Ethics, Governance and Democracy

Numerous codes of ethics have been created to govern AI and digital technology. How do we concretely apply these principles in the field of research, within companies and in civil society? Researchers in this field are working to develop ethical governance of technology.

Co-Heads Researchers

Allison Marchildon

Professor, Department of Philosophy and Applied Ethics, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Université de Sherbrooke
Bryn Williams-Jones

Professor Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, École de santé publique, Director of Bioethic Programs

Université de Montréal

Articles

Ethics, Governance and Democracy Events

Conference: Securing Us: How the Issue Isn’t Really Security versus Privacy After All

31 March 2022

Ethics, Governance and Democracy

Articles

Conference: Securing Us: How the Issue Isn’t Really Security versus Privacy After All

Conference: Social Justice and Artificial Intelligence: Citizen governance to reverse invisibility in algorithms and discrimination in their uses

Call for Papers 3rd Study Day in AI Ethics

Conference: Scoring Systems: At the Extreme of Interpretable Machine Learning

Reflexivity Grid on the Ethical Issues of Artificial Intelligence Systems (AIS)

Webconference: How to Train in AI Ethics in Higher Education: Presentation of a Competency Framework

New Webcast Bandwit/Bande Pensante

Conference: RoboTruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low-Wage Work

Événement public numériQc: participation of 5 OBVIA members researchers

Seminar: Understanding the Tensions and Convergences between Privacy and Ethics for the Responsible Development of Machine Learning

Conference: Is Consciousness a Correlate of Highly Sophisticated Intelligence?

Responsible Artificial Intelligence: a Guide for Deliberation

Reprise – Conférence midi: Le problème du problème de la boite noire

Appel à textes d’opinion Éthique, IA et COVID19

Journée d’étude sur l’éthique des algorithmes (CRÉ-OBVIA)

Article : «AI Ethics: how can information ethics provide a framework to avoid usual conceptual pitfalls? An Overview »

Conférence: «Why privacy matters more than ever»

Conférence : « Comment faire la morale aux robots? »

Conference : « Robots, AI and Moral Revolutions »

Can we innovate responsibly during a pandemic?

Conférence : “Technology’s Unpaid Debt: AI and the Promise of a More Humane Future”

Researchers

Co-Heads Researchers

Researchers

Abeona-ENS-OBVIA Chair on AI and Social Justice

Abeona-ENS-OBVIA Chair on AI and Social Justice

COVID-19

Education and Empowerment

International Relations, Humanitarian Action and Human Rights

Industry 4-0, Work and Employment

Environment, Smart Cities, Territory and Mobility

Law, Cyberjustice and Cybersecurity

Arts, Media and Cultural Diversity

Sustainable Health

Webinar: How does EDI fit into the AI that drives your professional decisions?

For a citizen governance of algorithms

Publication of a study on artificial intelligence in public administration in Quebec

Conference: Securing Us: How the Issue Isn’t Really Security versus Privacy After All

AI-powered chatbots, designed ethically, can support high-quality university teaching

Conference: Implementing AI in Organizations: Issues and Challenges

Colloque: Towards a Reform of Access to Health Information for Research Purposes in Quebec: Preliminary Reactions to Bill 19

Launching of the 4th phase of the call for innovative projects (2022-2025) with a budget of $1M

How artificial intelligence reproduces and amplifies racism

Conference: Regulation of AI in Europe