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This event is organized by the Council of Canadians. Join senior fellow Cynthia Khoo at the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry on May 22. She will speak about the process behind the People’s Consultation on AI and the history of civil society and legal advocacy regarding artificial intelligence and tech regulation in Canada.
This event was hosted by the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia on May 5, 2026. A recording of the session is available below. Join senior fellow Cynthia Khoo for this closing session of the Gender & Tech Online Talk Series. Khoo will discuss artificial intelligence from a critical perspective, focusing […]
Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo spoke with the CBC about the People’s Consultation on AI, launched by a civil society coalition last week in response to the federal government’s “national sprint” on AI. The independent initiative decries the short timeline of the “mad 30-day rush” to inform national policy and its overreliance on industry […]
In October 2025, Citizen Lab researchers and director Ron Deibert signed an open letter to the Canadian Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and the Minister of Industry rejecting the “National Sprint” on AI strategy and announcing a then-forthcoming independent “People’s Consultation on AI.” The independent consultation is now accepting submissions until March 15, […]
Citizen Lab senior fellow Cynthia Khoo speaks with Resh Budhu, host of the Courage My Friends podcast, about the problems with Canada’s ‘national sprint’ on artificial intelligence. She notes, “It’s kind of a slap in the face to everyone who has either been harmed by these kinds of reckless approaches to technology, or who has […]