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AI for all? 51猎奇入口experts available to comment on Canada’s national AI strategy

June 03, 2026

The federal government is due to unveil its new artificial intelligence strategy in the coming days as Ottawa looks to shape Canada鈥檚 relationship with the pervasive technology and AI companies.

51猎奇入口experts are available to give their take on the strategy and the many challenges facing the government, including: AI ethics and regulation, online harm and how to protect Canadian youth, data sovereignty, data centres, and disinformation. 

Available 51猎奇入口Experts

HELEN HAYES, fellow, SFU鈥檚 Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue
helen_hayes@sfu.ca
Expertise: co-lead of the Gen(Z)AI project, Canada's first citizens' assembly on AI; online harms policy; AI policy; youth and AI; social media bans

STEPHANIE DICK, assistant professor, school of communication
sdick@sfu.ca
Expertise: History and social implications of artificial intelligence; AI governance, ethics, and regulation; organizational AI adoption and implementation; AI and the future of work; AI and labour, human-machine intelligence; data, bias, and sociotechnical systems.

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE B脡LISLE-PIPON, assistant professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
jean-christophe_belisle-pipon@sfu.ca
Expertise: AI legislation and what steps Canadian policymakers must take; how algorithmic systems reshape decision-making; AI ethics; AI systems in health.

DUGAN O鈥橬EIL, vice-president, Research and Innovation (VPRI)
Contact: Will Henderson, 604.368.2532, will_henderson@sfu.ca
Expertise: Innovation, high-performance computing, artificial intelligence, building Canada鈥檚 sovereign compute infrastructure, particle physics.

FERGUS LINLEY-MOTA, director, Dialogue on Technology Project
flinleym@sfu.ca
Expertise: co-lead of the Gen(Z)AI project, Canada's first citizens' assembly on AI; AI governance and policy; how computational technologies shape democratic life.

Ahmed Al-Rawi, associate professor, school of communication
aalrawi@sfu.ca
Expertise: disinformation; the cultural and communication aspects of AI; social media.

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236.880.3297 | samuel_smith@sfu.ca

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