Shehroze Saharan
Shehroze Saharan is the inaugural Senior Manager, Institutional AI Strategy Development and Support at George Brown Polytechnic, where he leads the development and implementation of a comprehensive, college-wide artificial intelligence strategy. His work focuses on ethical, human-centred, and responsible AI integration across academic, student-support, and operational environments, including AI governance, institutional readiness, secure experimentation, and enterprise adoption.
A higher education technology leader specializing in AI strategy, digital transformation, and emerging technology governance, Shehroze oversees institutional AI roadmaps and capacity-building initiatives and chairs the College’s AI Advisory Committee. Prior to joining George Brown, he served as the University of Guelph’s lead consultant on AI and Generative AI in education, where he played a central role in policy development, faculty and staff capacity building, and the founding of the Teaching with Artificial Intelligence Conference, now Canada’s largest AI-in-education event.
For Shehroze, this work is deeply meaningful and guided by an ethos of collaboration, curiosity, and impact. His guiding principle is simple: let’s come together to think boldly, question deeply, and act purposefully.
He is also the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Matilda Project, an award-winning open educational initiative advancing equity and representation for historically overlooked women in science. He is completing his PhD at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto, where his research examines Generative AI in curriculum and pedagogy.
Education
In progress: Ph.D., University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education: Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Generative AI
M.I., Master of Information, University of Toronto, Faculty of Information: Information Systems & Design; Knowledge and Information Management
B.Sc., University of Guelph: Biomedical Sciences, Minor in Media & Cinema Studies
The Matilda Project
Shehroze Saharan is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of The Matilda Project, a nationally recognized, research-driven Open Educational Resource dedicated to counteracting the Matilda Effect and advancing equity for historically overlooked women in science. The project has secured competitive provincial funding and institutional support, supports tens of thousands of learners annually, and is integrated into undergraduate and graduate STEM and humanities curricula. Shehroze leads a multidisciplinary team of over 30 collaborators across institutions including the University of Guelph, University of Toronto, Queen’s University, and Harvard Medical School, and oversees the development of interactive, narrative-driven multimedia learning content. He also recruits and directs a creative team that includes professional medical illustrators and designers with experience from Digizyme, Netflix, Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and more, ensuring scientific accuracy, strong storytelling, and high production quality.
