Rim Khazall

Rim Khazall is the Senior Strategic Advisor to the Chief Data Officer at the Canadian Border Service Agency (CBSA). Rim started her public servant career at the Public Health Agency of Canada as an analyst, developing the sleep indicator for the Canadian Community Health Survey. She then worked at Statistics Canada as a researcher investigating the feasibility of using artificial intelligence (AI) in survey collection methodology. That work fueled her interest in how AI and automation is developed and implemented in the Government of Canada. This lead to her working at the Treasury Board Secretariat as a Senior Policy Analyst for the Directive on Automated Decision Making and the Algorithmic Impact Assessment tool. This work laid out the foundation for her work at CBSA, where she is now working to advise and support senior management on all things pertaining to the Chief Data Office, including the practical and responsible application of AI and automation at the border. This work includes taking into account policies, legislation, privacy, technical limitations and the like. Outside of her work with the Federal government, Rim is on the Board of Directors at Feed Ontario, a volunteer community developer and a contract instructor at Carleton University for the Departments of Neuroscience and Health Science. Rim has a PhD in Neuroscience from Carleton University.