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Social media ban for Canadian youth? SFU experts available to comment on online harms bill
The federal government is due to unveil its new artificial intelligence strategy in the coming days as Ottawa looks to shape Canada’s relationship with the pervasive technology and AI companies.
SFU experts are available to give their take on the strategy and the many challenges facing the government, including: AI ethics and regulation, online harm and how to protect Canadian youth, data sovereignty, data centres, and disinformation.
Available SFU Experts
HELEN HAYES, fellow, SFU’s Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
helen_hayes@sfu.ca
Expertise: online harms policy; social media bans (Globe and Mail); AI policy; youth and AI; co-lead of the Gen(Z)AI project, a youth consultation on AI and online harms with youth-designed policy recommendations.
FERGUS LINLEY-MOTA, director, Dialogue on Technology Project
flinleym@sfu.ca
Expertise: co-lead of the Gen(Z)AI project, a youth consultation on AI and online harms with youth-designed policy recommendations; AI governance and policy.
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BÉLISLE-PIPON, assistant professor, Faculty of Health Sciences (speaks French and English)
jean-christophe_belisle-pipon@sfu.ca
Expertise: AI legislation and what steps Canadian policymakers must take; how algorithmic systems reshape decision-making; AI ethics; AI systems in health.
PETER CHOW-WHITE, professor, School of Communication
petercw@sfu.ca
Expertise: technology and communication, social media and social networks, the Internet.
AHMED AL-RAWI, associate professor, school of communication
aalrawi@sfu.ca
Expertise: disinformation; the cultural and communication aspects of AI; social media.
STEPHANIE DICK, assistant professor, school of communication
sdick@sfu.ca
Expertise: history and social implications of artificial intelligence; AI governance, ethics, and regulation; organizational AI adoption and implementation; AI and the future of work; AI and labour, human-machine intelligence; human computer interactions and relationships; data, bias, and sociotechnical systems.
Contact
SAM SMITH, SFU Communication & Marketing
236.880.3297 | samuel_smith@sfu.ca
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