Jake Okechukwu Effoduh is an Assistant Professor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law of the Toronto Metropolitan University in Canada, where he teaches Technology Law and Society. He has gained significant expertise in international human rights advocacy at various ranks of legal systems. As Chief Councillor of the Africa – Canada Artificial Intelligence and Data Innovation Consortium, he provided human rights compliance expertise on the use of AI and Big Data in Canada and across over 20 African countries. He has also informed the regulatory frameworks and policy formulation on artificial intelligence in several African countries as well as in the United States and Brazil. Effoduh holds two master's degrees in international law from the University of Oxford in the UK and Osgoode Hall Law School of York University in Canada. He has held multiple academic fellowships, including at the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Ottawa; the Harvard Library Innovation Lab of Harvard Law School; the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance of the University of Cape Town; and the Center for Human Rights Science of Carnegie Mellon University.