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Roby Abdul Wahab

  • PhD Student, School of Information Studies

Education:

Master of Arts: English Literature & Cultural Studies
Lakehead University - Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
Specialization: Media & Film Studies, Culture and Social Justice, Narratives of Climate Change.

Graduate Certificate in Public Policy Analysis
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Master of Arts: English Literature
Jahangirnagar University - Bangladesh
Specialization: Media & Film Studies, Postcolonial Writings,  Gender Studies & Cultural Studies.

Bachelor of Arts: English Language & Literature
Jahangirnagar University - Bangladesh

Research Interests:

  • Information Policy
  • Information Security and Governance
  • Digital Governance and Public Sector Information
  • Artificial Intelligence in Public Policy
  • Climate Change and Information Security Policy

Background & Professional Experience:

Abdul Wahab, known by the nickname Roby, is currently an Appeals Officer with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). At the CRA, he has also held roles as a Compliance (Collections) Officer and Non-Filer Officer since 2023. With his experience at CRA, he brings valuable expertise in policy-informed decision-making, policy analysis, and the effective collection and utilization of information within the federal public service context.

Before joining the Government of Canada, he accumulated five years of corporate management experience in Canada and three years of university teaching experience at two universities in his home country. While working as a Lecturer in Humanities and Social Science at Bangladesh Army International University of Science & Technology (BAIUST), he moved to Canada to pursue a second Master's degree at Lakehead University, supported by a Faculty Research Award. He began his PhD journey at UWM as a Canadian citizen while also working for the federal Government of Canada.

His work is grounded in a commitment to ethical information practices and digital transformation. Leveraging his background in the public sector, his research interests encompass information policy, Artificial Intelligence in Public Policy, climate change & information security policy, AI Ethics in public policy/digital governance, and information security in the public sector, especially within a Canadian federal context. He is particularly interested in how AI will play roles in public policy & how other emerging technologies are reshaping public administration and the management of sensitive data.

Publications:

Wahab, A. (2017). Binary oppositions: The structure of power in A Question of Power by Bessie Head. English Literature Journal, 4(3), 821–823.

Wahab, A. (2017). Mental illness: The healing power in Bessie Head’s A Question of Power. International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences, 2(4), 139–143. https://doi.org/10.24001/ijels.2.4.17

Seminar Papers:

Wahab, A. (2024). Analyzing Nova Scotia’s output-based pricing system (OBPS) as a carbon pricing policy in response to the Pan-Canadian Framework (PCF) (graduate seminar), University of Saskatchewan, SK.

Wahab, A. (2018). Climate refugees: A potential threat to the border security of the USA & Canada in the film Climate Refugees (Directed by M. Nash) (graduate seminar), Lakehead University, ON.

Wahab, A. (2018). Confinement in the African apartheid society: Re-reading Bessie Head’s A Question of Power as a confinement narrative (graduate seminar), Lakehead University, ON.