Ontario funding to support hundreds of research projects; the country’s first interdisciplinary training network in perinatal research on medications, and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s U of T visit to discuss the rise of artificial intelligence.
Organization: Privacy Commissioner of Canada
The Short Report – June 22, 2022: A big investment in CCRM’s OmniaBio, feds seek to advance digital charter, forging a new oil sands alliance, launching a climate impact accelerator, and more.
South Korea’s Medipost acquires OmniaBio for contract development and manufacturing; Ottawa introduces legislation to bolster trust in the digital economy; a new oil sands alliance combines Canada’s three major oil producers, KPMG Canada and MaRS Discovery District launch a climate impact accelerator program, and more.
Startup aims to make it easier to deploy trustworthy and responsible AI
A new Canadian startup is using AI to help businesses use AI-based systems responsibly.
Experts converge on how to deploy contact tracing apps responsibly
As Canada weighs the deployment of contact-tracing applications to harness the COVID-19 pandemic, experts weigh in on what it will take to do it right.
Canada takes first steps toward global leadership on ethical standards for artificial intelligence
Many Canadian organizations and government bodies are grappling with the troubling questions raised by the emergence of autonomous systems, as Canada strives to adopt a leadership stance internationally for the development of ethical standards for artificial intelligence.