→ Gender-Based Violence and Protecting Dignity Online
Protecting dignity and addresing gender-based violence in the digital sphere are efforts and topics that are very close to my heart. Like many others, I am also a survival of sexual violence. My experiences of sexual violence are what led me to apply to law school in 2013.
After I started studying law at McGill University, a confluence of factors spurred me on in 2015 to develop expertise at the intersections of law and technology. During my studies, I was able to bridge my passions and career decisions; I began exploring the topic of sexual violence online.
I am grateful to say that I published my first peer-reviewed paper on this topic in the last term of my degrees in law at McGill University.
This is a collection of my work in the past that has focused on non-consensual intimate images, privacy rights, and dignity.
Writing
- Yuan Stevens. Dignity, Gendered Harm, and A Flexible Approach: Analysis of the Right to One’s Image in Quebec, Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 19(2), 2022
- Yuan Stevens. Survivability and Resilience: A View into Windows of Vulnerabilities, Terms: Vulnerability series by the Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University, 2021
- Yuan Stevens, “Revenge Porn”, Tort Law, and Changing Socio-Technological Realities: A Commentary on Doe 464533 v ND, Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 15(2), 2017
Speaking
- Journalists and Online Hate: What Can or Should Be Done, Canadian Association of Journalists and School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University, 2021
- Yuan Stevens. Privacy Threats in the Context of Intimate Relationships: Sociotechnical Vulnerabilities in Canada’s Legal System, SERENE-RISC Annual Workshop: The State of Canadian Cybersecurity, 2020
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Lara Karaian, Alexa Dodge & Yuan Stevens. Online Lives & Violent Acts: Violence Against Women, Terms of Privacy: Intimacies, Exposures and Exceptions Conference, HTMlles Festival, Ada X, 2016
Presentation: Revenge Porn’s Victims: Private Law and Protecting Sexual Integrity as a Social Good
In The News
- Toxic Harm Online — What Can Fix It? – The House, CBC Radio, Aug. 2022
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How to Sext Safely: A Guide to Protecting Your Privacy While Getting Intimate Online – Xtra Magazine, Jan. 2021
Podcasts
- Yuan Stevens & Sammy Cheaib. Revenge Porn, Tort Law, and the Protection of Privacy: ND Strikes Back, McGill Law Journal Podcast, July 2016
- Yuan Stevens & Sammy Cheaib. Revenge Porn, Tort Law, and the Protection of Privacy in Canada Part II, McGill Law Journal Podcast, May 2016
- Yuan Stevens & Sammy Cheaib. Revenge Porn, Tort Law, and the Protection of Privacy in Canada Part I, McGill Law Journal Podcast, May 2016