Julianna Kowlessar

Julianna L. Kowlessar is a PhD candidate in the Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture at York and Toronto Metropolitan Universities. She is also a 2025–2026 Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation’s (CIGI) Digital Policy Hub. Her research focuses on developing innovative, creative pedagogical methods to teach critical media literacy to Canadian youth, centring their lived experiences with media.