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Jake has informed the regulatory frameworks and policy formulation on artificial intelligence both for supranational organizations such as the United Nations and the African Union, as well as domestic institutions in several countries, including Canada, the United States, Brazil, and Nigeria. He has held multiple academic fellowships, including at the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society at the University of Ottawa; the Harvard Library Innovation Lab of Harvard Law School; the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance of the University of Cape Town, South Africa; and the Center for Human Rights Science of Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

He has published widely on various issues of artificial intelligence, international law, and human rights. Some of his works have been published by the Harvard Human Rights Journal, Oxford University Press, Journal of Robotics, AI & Law, African Journal of Legal Studies, and The TWAIL Review. He is the Production Editor of the Transnational Human Rights Review, a peer-reviewed journal on transnational human rights normativity and practices. He is also the author of the book ‘A Decade at the Bar,’ an anthology of legal experiences in Africa.

Kamilah Clayton is a Registered Social Worker in private practice with over 15 years of experience working with children, youth, and families across child welfare and mental health settings. Kamilah utilizes an Identity Affirming approach to mental wellbeing for people of African descent/heritage, grounded in Africentric principles and centres, belonging, joy, and community. Kamilah is a PhD Candidate in the School of Social Work at York University. Her doctoral research explores the relationship between social work practice in schools and Black students’ experiences of school belonging, and is supported in part by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Research Fellowship. In addition to her doctoral studies, Kamilah is as a Contract Lecturer in the School of Social Work at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Dr. Denise McLane-Davison is an internationally recognized scholar, educator, and scholar-activist grounded in Black Feminist, Womanist, and Africana epistemologies. She is Graduate Program Director and Professor of Social Work, Faculty of Community Services, at Toronto Metropolitan University, leading transformative work in curriculum innovation, research, and community engagement. Her scholarship centers Black humanity, cultural memory, and collective healing, with a focus on African-centered social work, health equity, and liberatory pedagogy. She is the author of African-Centered Social Work (Oxford, 2025), advancing a restorative, justice-oriented framework rooted in community knowledge. She founded the Revolutionary Dreaming Black Feminist Scholars Retreat and Writing Circles, fostering mentorship and scholarly community. She serves on the editorial leadership of the Canadian Social Work Review and as Chair of the Commission on Research for the Council on Social Work Education.