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As AI claims entry-level jobs, we need to prioritize real-world experience for young people alongside learning

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A made-in-Canada approach to AI

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Canada’s AI ambitions depend on energy security and critical resources

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Leveraging Canada’s Arctic experience to shape space-mining norms

Canada’s next great project must be to build an AI nation

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Reimagining the future Canadian economy in a changing world

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Before Canada spends billions more on defence, let’s control the killer robots

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Trust in government a key factor in acceptance of greater federal use of AI

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Encouraging innovation and competition through smart regulation

Hansen stands in front of a large screen split into six images depicting some of the people in the company. One person looks into a microscope. Two others sit in front of a laptop. A third walks down a hallway, clipboard in hand.

Canada’s pandemic preparedness investments still make equity an afterthought

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When Canadian regulations favour corporate concentration

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A safer online experience doesn’t require sacrificing privacy

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Can angst about productivity lead to serious public-service reforms?

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Canada needs ethical data governance in agriculture

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Federal legislation needs further amendments to protect children’s privacy

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Do away with the maze of government procurement

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Online harms need a gender-based analysis

Canada needs to start seeing Africa as a collaborator

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Canada must end financial discrimination against sex workers

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The Online Harms Act should target social media’s greatest harm

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Universities must move past research and teaching, and do more to help society

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Canada must be more audacious with efforts to attract global talent

Social media researchers are under attack. The online harms bill can help them fight back

Budget needs to set an accelerated course for a low-carbon future

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