PARADIGMS is a non-profit organization that supports democratic governments in managing rapid technological transformation. Founded to work alongside McGill University’s Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, PARADIGMS produces multimedia assets, develops interactive technologies, and promotes public policy engagement around the world.
PARADIGMS creates interview and narrative podcasts, film and video productions, including short-form documentaries, campaigns, animations, builds websites, apps / interactive technologies, and produces immersive installations. This suite of activities has been purpose-built for academics, journalists, and governments to better engage with, understand, and manage democratic disruption and the resultant social changes driven by technological transformations in social media, artificial intelligence, and digital disinformation.
Our vision is a world where compelling stories and innovative technologies inspire vibrant democracies, empowering citizens to navigate and shape the rapidly changing digital era.
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Taylor Owen
Taylor is the CEO of Paradigms, the Beaverbrook Chair in Media, Ethics and Communications at McGill University, and the founding Director of The Centre for Media, Technology and Democracy.
He is a leading global scholar on digital governance and the design and implementation of online harms regulation.
James Milward
James is the President of Paradigms, where he leads the strategy, design and production of content and events that use storytelling to enable and evolve audience engagement around our projects and products.
Prior to this work, James founded and served as Founder & President of the two-time Emmy® Award-winning content studio Secret Location, sold to eOne and then Hasbro in 2020.
Helen Hayes
Helen is the Director of Programs and Development at Paradigms, where she oversees strategy and outreach. She is a Ph.D. Candidate at McGill University and both the Director of Development and a Senior Fellow at The Centre for Media, Technology, and Democracy, where she specializes in global tech policy and the governance of artificial intelligence.
Oliver Lewis
Oliver is the UK-based Executive Producer at Paradigms and works at the intersection of technology, popular culture, and national security. He was an executive in two billion-dollar software companies and spent a decade teaching and researching conflict at the University of Oxford.
Oliver leads our expansion in Europe, particularly on countering hostility, authoritarianism and antisemitism in the digital world.