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 Deliberation Events

Canadian AI 2023 – Responsible AI Track

8 - 9 June 2023

Ethics, Governance and Democracy

Articles

Canadian AI 2023 – Responsible AI Track

International symposium – Society, AI and Normativities: Scientific Contributions to the International Agenda on AI Regulation

IA and responsibilities: How are ethical standards integrated in technical systems? Examples from finance and smart cities

Webcast BandWit Episodes

Conference: Algorithmic Habits and Precluded Transformations

Ethics and Simulation: From AI to Virtual Reality

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

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

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

Chair on Social Justice and Artificial Intelligence 2019-2020

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

Conference-discussion: Anticipating AI’s major Risks for Society

Elevating Higher Education : A Cutting-Edge Roadmap for Quality, Equity, and Inclusion With a Focus on Student and Instructor Mental Health in Multimodal Learning Environments

Shattering Barriers

Canadian AI 2023 – Responsible AI Track

Supporting Next Generation Scholarship Program 2023-2024

International symposium – Society, AI and Normativities: Scientific Contributions to the International Agenda on AI Regulation

Results of the 2022-2023 competition of Supporting Next Generation Scholarship Program

Postdoctoral Fellowship on the Legal Issues of Data Governance

Get Ready for the Metaverse: Implications for Business and the Future of Work

Report on transversal issues related to the deployment and use of AI in the Quebec professional system