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Office Hours: Here’s what startups want to know about AI ethics

What's on the mind of startups when it comes to AI ethics? I’ve been hosting office hours with Startup Edmonton. These are confidential...

Myths & Reality: AI and the Law Part 1

The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

Responsible Innovation: Would you let an algorithm shortlist you for the job?

Online personality assessment tests are increasingly being used in the recruitment process by a wide range of organizations. These...

Targeting AI Ethics: Data, Models, and People

Artificial Intelligence is a powerful technology that is shaping our world. Some AI systems can deliver harmful, discriminatory outcomes...

AI and EDI: reflections on making BlackTalk - a new podcast

Last week Google announced a new dermatology app the doesn’t work on darker skinned people. A few days earlier, 60 Minutes did a piece on...

Search algorithms continue to oppress

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

Hate Over Health: Understanding racial discrimination in the age of COVID-19

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

Cut and paste culture: The hidden cost of reusing data

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

That's a wrap: Thanking my community and planning next steps

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...

Conferences and pumpkin-spice lattes

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....

How am I biased?

Last night I was at a talk on ethics and bias hosted by Women in Big Data. One of the presenters mentioned the Harvard Implicit...