Michel Mersereau

Michel Mersereau is a recognized public policy practitioner whose professional expertise, teaching experience and research program focus on the domains of critical policy studies, political economy, digital equity and public policy development. His research focuses on the logistical nature of digital infrastructure, household broadband use, and the political economy of urban telecommunications policy. He is a senior management and policy consultant for the City of Toronto. And in this capacity, he leads research and policy development to support the city’s ConnectTO program, telecommunications regulatory planning, digital equity strategy, universal free public WiFi planning, and Indigenous Data Governance policy planning. He is a member of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada’s (ISED) Scientific Advisory Committee evaluating subsidized broadband programs, and his research has informed policy interventions at both ISED and the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

He received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2020 and currently holds an appointment as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Information.