Ambika Opal

Ambika Opal is an interchange fellow at the Digital Policy Hub and is currently working with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as a consultant to coordinate the development of the National Inuit Data Strategy. Her research will focus on data governance, specifically global Indigenous approaches to data and information governance.

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Expertise
Data Governance

Bio

Ambika Opal is an interchange fellow* at the Digital Policy Hub and is currently working with Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami as a consultant to coordinate the development of the National Inuit Data Strategy. The National Inuit Data Strategy will outline Inuit data principles and approaches to data governance and management. Ambika holds a bachelor’s degree in systems design engineering and a master’s degree in global governance and specializes in the intersection of technology and policy, including renewable energy, climate change and data.