Vass Bednar is an interdisciplinary wonk focused on ensuring that we have the regulatory structures we need to embrace the future of work and new ways of living. She is the Executive Director of McMaster University’s Master of Public Policy in Digital Society Program and a Public Policy Forum Fellow. As an enthusiastic and perpetual student of the policy-making process, she has held leadership roles at Delphia, Airbnb, Queen's Park, the City of Toronto, and University of Toronto.

Vass is recognized as a creative, data-driven thinker and served as a member of Ontario’s Workforce Recovery Advisory Committee and was the Chair of the federal government's Expert Panel on Youth Employment. A graduate of McMaster University's Arts & Science Program, Vass holds her Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the University of Toronto and successfully completed Action Canada and Civic Action DiverseCity Fellowships.

Passionate about public dialogue, she was also the co-host of "Detangled," a weekly pop-culture and public policy radio show and podcast that ran from 2016-2018. She currently writes a newsletter about Canadian startups and public policy called "regs to riches" and was recently recognized as an outstanding alum with a McMaster "Arch" award.