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Today, with the AI landscape evolving rapidly, especially with the explosive advancement of generative AI technologies, Canada finds itself pulled between two global powers: the United States, favouring open innovation, and the European Union, doubling down on strict AI regulation. Canada does have a proposed Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA), introduced in 2022 as part of Bill C-27, which aims to regulate high-impact AI systems. However, AIDA is still under review and has yet to be finalized, leaving a critical gap in national legislation.

Artificial” Intelligence: What are we trying to achieve?

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March 27, 2025 Ali Shiri

“Deep Research”: A Research Paradigm Shift

While keeping pace with the new developments in generative AI and LLM reasoning models is in itself a challenge, new ‘deep research’ agents are beginning to surface at a remarkably rapid rate.

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November 6, 2024 Michael Ridley

Looking Backwards to See Ahead: The Case of Expert Systems Development in Libraries

During the current moment, as generative AI dominates our thinking, both for its extraordinary performance and serious flaws, a new direction is needed. The way forward may involve looking backward. The addressing the deficiencies of generative AI would benefit from reviewing, and incorporating, some of the lessons from expert system development during the late 20th century.

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March 29, 2024 Lubna Daraz

Unmasking Health Myths: Crafting Quality Standards Against Online Misinformation and Disinformation.

COVID-19 has become the catalyst of health MIDI (misinformation and disinformation) on the World Wide Web. It is difficult for people to know what to believe. If people act on wrong information, their health may get worse. We need to be ready when the next health emergency comes. We need to know how to find good health information.

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May 4, 2022 Madelyn Sanfilippo

Mental Health and Title IX: Challenging Privacy and Transparency

How transparent are universities about mental health resources and student privacy relative to Title IX? What are best practices for information dissemination relative to these resources? What should students know about privacy, transparency, and mental health relative to Title IX?

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March 24, 2022 Ali Shiri

Digital Libraries for People: Ethical Design, Adaptive Exploration, Analytical Support

There are new and emerging trends in data science, information science, information retrieval, and artificial intelligence which have influenced and continue to influence our thinking and the ways in which we design and evaluate digital libraries.

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January 30, 2022 Amy Rosellini

Hotel Workers Adapt to a Changing Industry

As the Omicron variant of COVID-19 instigates a new wave of pandemic travel restrictions and global lockdowns, hospitality workers, including hotel workers, continue to suffer.