Publications

Academic Publications

Books

Momani, Bessma & Shelly Ghai Bajaj, eds. Disinformation and Democracy in the Digital Age: A Canadian Perspective. University of Toronto Press. (Forthcoming, 2025).  

Book Chapters

Ghai Bajaj, Shelly. (2024). “Digital Disinformation Threats and Ethnocultural Diasporas” in Gitanjali Adlakha-Hutcheon and Candyce M. Kelshall, eds. (In)Security: Identifying the Invisible Disrupters of Security (Springer Nature): pp. 53-66. 

Momani, Bessma & Shelly Ghai Bajaj. “Introduction: Digital Disinformation and Democracy in Canada,” in Shelly Ghai Bajaj & Bessma Momani, eds., Disinformation and Democracy in the Digital Age: A Canadian Perspective. University of Toronto Press (Forthcoming). 

Ghai Bajaj, Shelly & Bessma Momani. “Digital Diasporas, COVID Disinformation and Chat Apps: The Spread and Implications of COVID Mis/Disinformation” in Shelly Ghai Bajaj & Bessma Momani, eds., Disinformation and Democracy in the Digital Age: A Canadian Perspective. University of Toronto Press (Forthcoming).

Policy Reports, Briefs & Analysis

Momani, Bessma & Shelly Ghai Bajaj. “What the UK Riots and Springfield, Ohio, Can Teach Us about Disinformation.” Centre for International Governance Innovation, 9 October 2024, op-ed. 

Momani, Bessma & Shelly Ghai Bajaj. “What Springfield, Ohio, can teach Canadians about digital mis- and disinformation.” The Toronto Star, 5 October 2024, op-ed.  

Momani, Bessma & Shelly Ghai Bajaj. “Safeguarding Canadian Democracy in the Age of Growing Digital Disinformation.Policy Options, 5 March 2024, op-ed.  

Webinars & Podcasts

The Spread & Impact of Digital Disinformation in Diasporic Communities (with Bessma Momani and Shelly Ghai Bajaj) - The Human-Centric Cybersecurity Partnership (HC2P). Watch here.

Safeguarding Canadian Democracy: The Evolving Threat of Disinformation by Dr. Shelly Ghai Bajaj - Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity (CIC). Watch here.

CPI Talk: Digital Disinformation and Democracy (with Bessma Momani and Shelly Ghai Bajaj) -Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute. Watch here.