
Christelle Tessono
Policy and Research Assistant
christelle.tessono@torontomu.ca
Christelle Tessono (she/her) conducts research at the intersections of digital technology, human rights, and governance. As a result, this has led her to work on a variety of projects related to political advertising on social media platforms, gig work, facial recognition technology, privacy and AI policy. Prior to joining the Dais, Christelle was an Emerging Scholar at Princeton University’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) as part of a two-year research fellowship. Additionally, she worked at the House of Commons of Canada, where supported the legislative work of two Members of Parliament as part of the non-partisan Parliamentary Internship Program (PIP).
Christelle is from Montréal and holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from McGill University. She is currently pursuing her graduate studies at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information.