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Victoria Lemieux is a Professor in the School of Information at the University of British Columbia and the Cluster Lead of Blockchain@UBC, Canada's largest research cluster focused on blockchain technology. She holds a doctorate from University College London in Archival Studies, obtained in 2002, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) since 2005. Her research interests include the risk and availability of trustworthy records, particularly in blockchain record-keeping systems, and the impacts of transparency and financial stability on public accountability and human rights. Victoria has been instrumental in organizing summer institutes to educate undergraduate and graduate students on distributed ledger technologies. She has received several awards, such as the Emmett Leahy Award for outstanding contributions to records management and the World Bank Big Data Innovation Award. She is affiliated with multiple departments at UBC, including the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Sauder School of Business, and she is currently accepting doctoral students focusing on Computational Archival Science and blockchain technology.
Offers course-only and thesis routes. Focus areas include philosophy of science, mind, ethics, and Asian philosophy.