Kira Lussier
AI Safety
Program Manager
About
Kira Lussier is the Program Manager for AI Safety at CIFAR. In her role, she manages the Canadian AI Safety Institute (CAISI) Research Program at CIFAR, including the CAISI Research Council, grant calls and evaluation, events and other strategic priorities.
Before joining CIFAR, she spent a decade as an academic researcher at the University of Toronto. As a postdoctoral researcher from 2018-2021, she provided operational, strategic and communications support to launch the BigDataAI Hub at the University of Toronto Mississauga. As an affiliate at Rotman’s Institute for Gender and the Economy, she led a research project on unconscious bias in organizational EDI policies.
She earned her PhD in the history of science & technology from the University of Toronto, writing her dissertation on the history of psychological testing. During her doctoral studies, she held leadership roles in university governance, edited an academic journal, organized a major conference and curated scientific exhibits. Her writing on the social context of science and technology has been published in Slate, Aeon, The Conversation, in addition to academic journals. Kira obtained her BA in history and politics from McGill University.