Dr. Lesley Wilton is the keynote speaker at the 2025 Teaching With AI Conference. Rapidly evolving as a general-purpose technology, AI is increasingly enmeshed in formal and informal learning environments. Meaningfully integrating AI into teaching and learning requires understandings of what AI is, what it does and what pedagogies (including AI pedagogies) best benefit learners. […]

Isabel Pedersen will present at the annual conference of the Canadian Communication Association. Precision Neuroscience, Synchron, Neuralink, and Paradromics are racing to develop brain implants for many applications including therapeutic use, cognitive enhancement, and for general, ‘everyday’ communication. The Paradromics website, for example, claims “we will continue to expand the capabilities of our massively scalable […]

Isabel Pedersen presents: The goal to achieve novel AI systems has been ignited by an urgent commercial preoccupation with making emotionally engaged, empathetic AI assistants. The promise of empathy offers the alluring condition of being known by another, when someone simply “gets you.” Inventors work to embed the appearance of emotional signs in functional AI […]

Isabel Pedersen will present the Fourth Annual Stéfan Sinclair Lecture @ Concordia. She focuses on embodied computing, algorithmic culture, augmented reality, emergent media, and AI ethics. Her talk will be followed by a round-table chaired by Geoffrey Rockwell with three graduate students. The live event will take place at Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705, Concordia University, […]

Lesley Wilton presents at the Annual Independent School Summit 2024 in Toronto.

Isabel Pedersen, Delon Omrow, Shawna Longboat (Hamilton Regional Indian Centre), and Julius Kaka (The Global Initiative Network) will be presenting at the 24 hour Conference on Global Organized Crime 2024 (OC24).

Katlynne Davis, Stephen Fonash, Mollie Stambler, Jessica Campbell, Gustav Verhulsdonck, Lesley Wilton, and Jason Tham spoke at the SIGDOC 2024 conference in Washington, DC.

The Digital Life Institute and Ontario Tech University proudly present an in-person research seminar and demonstration exploring the transformative impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on the music industry. What does the use of AI-powered tools say about human creativity and machine learning? Algorithms and data-driven platforms have changed the landscape of music production. The seminar […]

Andrew Iliadis presents at the 74th Annual ICA Conference in Gold Coast, Australia.

Isabel Pedersen speaks at the annual conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Rhetoric (RhetCan 2024). This event is online and live at McGill University, Montreal: 2024 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Alyson E. King will present her research and chair two sessions at this conference in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Day 2: May 22, 2024 So, now what do I do? Tips for dealing with academic misconduct. Alyson King, Ontario Tech University, Canada Day 3, May 23, 10h45-12h00 - Session Chair: Alyson King The curriculum dilemmas in fostering […]

What ethical frameworks for the quick evolution of artificial intelligence and biotechnology? Welcome to USP en conversation - SPU Talks! Join us for an engaging event where we bring together experts to discuss a wide range of topics. From ethics to art, from reconciliation to artificial intelligence, there is something for everyone. Prepare to listen, […]