Dawn R. Bazely (born 30 August 1960) is a full professor in biology in the Faculty of Science, and the former Director of the Institute for Research Innovation in Sustainability (2006-2011 and 2012–2014), at York University in Canada.

Bazely has been a field biologist for forty years and her research specializes in plant-animal interactions in ecology.

[9][10] In this role, she developed expertise in sustainability, science policy and environmental security, and expanded her research focus.

[7][15] In 2003, Bazely received York University's Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award.

[10][17] In a The Washington Post editorial, Bazely writes that she uses editing Wikipedia pages as a tool to teach her students the skills of HTML-style coding.