TLDR
Nasreen is a researcher, advisor, and speaker on critical AI development and use, intersectionality, and technology-facilitated gender-based violence.
She is committed to a safer, more accessible, and just future for all genders, gender-diverse folk, 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, racialised individuals, Indigenous people, and everyone who is systemically marginalized.
She is primarily based in so-called Canada, on the unceded and unsurrendered traditional territory of the Anishinabe Algonquin Nation

Research Background

She has a strong background in qualitative research that centres the lived experiences and community voices of Black, racialized, and Indigenous women.

Her doctoral research examined how racialized and Indigenous activists across Canada use digital tools in their work to end gender-based violence. This research has helped inform policy development and contributed to public understanding of the intersectional societal impacts of social media platforms.

Nasreen has also taught at Carleton University, where she was an instructor for the 4th year undergraduate course “Race, Media, and Ethnicity”. In this role, she guided students in critically examining how race and ethnicity are constructed, represented, and challenged through contemporary media and technologies.

Strategic Advising

From 2016 to 2021, Nasreen volunteered and served as an active board member with Women’s Initiatives for Safer Environments (WISE Ottawa). Since 2021, she has been an advisor to the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) on its project addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence. As an advisor, she has contributed to intersectional policy recommendations and to reports such as Unacceptable: Responding to Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence, a plain-language guide to understanding technology-facilitated violence and legal responses in Canada. Since 2022, she has also been a member of the Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)’s Black and Racialized Persons Caucus, a strategic advisory group that supports the integration of equity, anti-racist, decolonial, and intersectional approaches in OCTEVAW’s work.

Policy Experience

For the past several years, she has worked for the Government of Canada on responsible AI research, data and AI policy, inclusive design, and providing advice for policies and programs incorporating GBA Plus.

Speaking and Writing

Outside of her day job, Nasreen is a sought-after speaker and guest lecturer on technology-facilitated gender-based violence from an intersectional perspective, and more recently on the emerging role of artificial intelligence in this area.

She has authored research papers, policy briefs, accessible reports, and blog posts/opinion pieces that translate research insights into practical recommendations for industry, policymakers, and civil society.

Let’s Collaborate

Nasreen is open to new employment opportunities and connections where she can continue her research and advocacy toward building more equitable digital futures for everyone.