This past week has been a tough one. It's forced us to look at systemic issues of racism and inequality which we have not been able to...

Generally when things are quiet on the blog, it means I'm really busy with my research. That's certainly been the case this past month....

There’s something about seeing the hard, cold numbers globally tracking the coronavirus that’s turned average people into armchair...

It's been a super full day exploring the landscape surrounding the many societal questions relating to artificial intelligence and...

Recently, I participated in CIFAR's AI for Health townhall. The purpose of the meeting was to gather feedback on a draft framework that...

In a post-Christmas shopping spree, my husband brought home "an amazing deal" - a Ring doorbell bundled with an Amazon Echo. He had no...

I'm having that moment of guilt when you realize that your last blog was close to two months ago! Time to dust off the cobwebs with an...

Last night I was at a talk on ethics and bias hosted by Women in Big Data. One of the presenters mentioned the Harvard Implicit...

A month ago, I attended a masterclass with author Candace Savage. It was a primer on historical research and how to use fragments of data...

There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says,...

If I were writing an equation to summarize the general state of artificial intelligence today it might look like this: AI = ML = DNN...

I hate working out. But I dutifully drag myself to the gym a couple times a week. Recently, I’ve been going to Orangetheory Fitness. For...

I can’t take credit for the title of this post but it sums up an issue that we all face - we trade our privacy for convenience. This line...

Ethical behaviour is culturally contextual and constantly evolving. Our not too distant past is filled with discriminatory behaviours and...

A few months ago, I was enticed by a special offer from 23andMe. I'd been on the fence about genetic testing for some time. Like the...

I’ve been talking with a lot of different people - pretty much anyone who will listen – about where to focus my research. One piece of...