BARRISTER TEASMIEA R. PATEL

Barrister Teasmiea Rahman Patel is an internationally experienced legal professional and governance advisor with over fifteen years of legal practice across British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. Her expertise spans ethical governance, artificial intelligence regulation, cybersecurity law, data protection, privacy, and human-rights–aligned compliance in complex cross-border and digital environments.

She serves as Chief Global Legal Advisor to the Universal Humanity Foundation (UHF) Canada and the Universal Global Institute (UGI) Canada, where she provides strategic legal oversight across global partnerships, governance frameworks, and CPD-UGAP™ Dual Accredited international programs. In this role, she supports institutional integrity, risk management, transparency, and regulatory alignment across education, technology, and humanitarian initiatives.

Barrister Patel is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Bio-Cybersecurity & International Governance (BiG) Clinic Foundation, a nonprofit, pro bono legal and governance platform operating under the humanitarian mandate of UHF Canada. The BiG Clinic provides advisory support on ethical AI, cybersecurity resilience, digital safety, data governance, and international regulatory coherence—strengthening public trust and institutional confidence across jurisdictions.

Her work integrates legal rigor with humanitarian values, ensuring that emerging technologies and global collaborations remain lawful, ethical, and socially responsible. Through policy guidance, governance design, and international collaboration, Barrister Patel contributes to advancing human security, ethical innovation, and sustainable peace in alignment with UN principles and international rule-of-law standards.