David Elder
Counsel at Stikeman Elliott LLP
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDavid Elder is a senior privacy and communications lawyer with over three decades of experience shaping Canadian broadcasting, telecommunications and data protection policy across government, in-house and private practice. As Counsel at Stikeman Elliott and former VP Regulatory Law and Bell Privacy Ombudsman, he has a proven record of securing favourable regulatory and legislative outcomes and now leads the firm’s Communications Law Group while serving as Chief Privacy Officer. Widely recognized in Chambers, Lexpert, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal, he blends strategic public policy leadership with hands-on regulatory advocacy and compliance design. Known for translating complex technical and legal issues into actionable corporate practice, he also edits a leading blog on communications law, reflecting a commitment to public-facing thought leadership.
17 years of coding experience
Agincourt CollegiateLL.B., Law, LL.B., Law at University of OttawaB.A. (Hons.), English Literature/Mass Communications, B.A. (Hons.), English Literature/Mass Communications at York University
Github Skills (8)
simulation10
fusion-reactor10
fusion5
character-sheet4
data-processing4
data-management4
javascript3
data-visualization2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (4)
ORNL-Fusion/OEDGE
Oct 2008 - Jan 2023
OEDGE/DIVIMP/LIM plasma edge simulation codes for fusion reactor applications
Contributions:9 reviews, 494 commits, 8 PRs in 14 years 5 months
fusion-reactorsimulation
jdelder/divimp3d
Jun 2023 - Jun 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 1 day
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