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Lawrence Nault is a Canadian author, filmmaker, and independent researcher based in Alberta's Badlands. His work spans privacy, technology governance, environmental accountability, and speculative fiction, examining how decisions about information, technology, and natural resources shape society and the people affected by them.
Lawrence Nault is a Canadian author, filmmaker, and independent researcher based in Alberta's Badlands. His work spans speculative fiction, documentary filmmaking, privacy, technology governance, environmental accountability, and public policy.
Drawing on a background in policy, governance, risk, and compliance, Nault examines how decisions about land, information, technology, and natural resources affect individuals, communities, and the environment. His research and public-policy work address issues ranging from personal data collection and surveillance to artificial intelligence infrastructure, energy demands, land use, and public accountability.
As an author, he explores many of these same questions through young adult eco-fiction and adult speculative fiction, using imagined worlds to examine the human and environmental consequences of technological and societal change. His documentary work similarly reflects an interest in the relationship between individuals, place, and the systems that shape their lives.
Working independently from Alberta's Badlands, Nault brings together creative storytelling and policy analysis to examine a recurring question: who controls the systems we depend upon, and who bears the consequences of the decisions made about them?
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Credit: Courtesy of Lawrence Nault
All cover images courtesy of Lawrence Nault / Our Workshop.
Siding 29: How We Enclosed the Record of Human Life—and How We Can Build Differently
Hi-res JPG · Nonfiction · 2026
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Coverage
Featured expert contributor, as an independent privacy and technology policy researcher in TechRound's examination of Meta's AI agent Muse. Commentary addressed data minimization, third-party privacy, informed consent, and the risks of granting AI agents access to email, calendars, contacts, and other connected services.
Experts Comment: Meta’s Muse Can Collect 31 Types Of Personal Data – Should You Be Worried?
Journalist Brian O'Connell quotes Lawrence Nault on surveillance pricing, consumer transparency, and the hidden cost of exchanging personal information for retail discounts. The article also features his nonfiction book, Siding 29: How We Enclosed the Record of Human Life—and How We Can Build Differently.
‘Big Tech reinventing the rip-off’: You’re likely getting gouged by retailers’ pricing schemes
Journalist Shreejit Shelar profiles Lawrence Nault and his latest nonfiction book, Siding 29: How We Enclosed the Record of Human Life—and How We Can Build Differently. The article explores how an investigation into the history of Banff's Cave and Basin evolved into a broader examination of who controls information, what society chooses to preserve, and what is ultimately lost.
October 15, 2026 — Rocky Mountain Outlook
"It’s not like everybody has their own lake with their own supply to draw from."
No Public Input on Ottawa’s Public Input Principles for Data Centre Development
The Energy Mix — Jody MacPherson — Feature — 2026
"There is a paradox in the identity of the reclusive author. On one hand, there is the joy and satisfaction of creating something and then the struggle of leaving that safe space and sharing your art with the world."
The Drumheller Mail — Feature — August 21, 2024
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