In February 2019, I gathered in a jam packed hotel ballroom in downtown Edmonton to hear Dr. Safiya Noble talk about her book Algorithms...

I had the great pleasure of sharing the virtual stage tonight with Dr. Cheryl Prescod, Executive Director of the Black Creek Community...

I'm re-reading Shoshana Zuboff's The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - the first book selected by the Women in AI Ethics bookclub for...

Reflecting back on 2020, one of the things that fuelled me is great conversations. This past fall, I was incredibly fortunate to speak...

This is the time of year when I get reflective, taking stock of the last 12 months while looking ahead to the coming year. To say it's...

How we currently build AI is fundamentally flawed. We need new principles and a new process to build intelligent machines that are able...

Imagine these two scenarios...you're at work and you've just polished off a latte. You throw the cup in the lunchroom garbage but...

Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange...

I had a chance to catch two amazing presentation in the past two days - cyber-security expert Bruce Schneier and distinguished computer...

I'm thrilled to say - I am DONE! I handed in my final research paper this week and now I await graduation. I have been fortunate to have...

Entrepreneurship is something we romanticize but the reality is a lot of hard work and outcomes that are far from certain. I've had some...

It's definitely fall. The air is cooler, the leaves are turning shades of red, pumpkin-spice lattes are back and it's conference season....

Recently, my city passed a bylaw that makes mask wearing mandatory in all indoor spaces. I'm in Canada where "to mask or not to mask"...

Many years ago I hiked the West Coast Trail. It's a 75 km stretch of rugged terrain on the west side of Vancouver Island. After 7 days of...

I submitted my draft Findings and Discussions chapter this weekend! I’m now on a rare break from my research project as I await some...

Regular blog readers will know I’ve been procrastinating just a bit on really digging into my data coding process. Why? Coding...

Let me start this post on crime with a confession – I’m taking a break from coding my data (and I feel so guilty about it!). I did buy...

My first job after finishing my undergrad in the mid 90's was Research Coordinator for Metroline Research. I helped manage the Vancouver...

This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to...

Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....