“Fully many a flower is born to blush unseen” Thomas Gray Metrics provide tangible proof of performance while merit provides a moral...

The Digital Law Innovation Society is a student-led group at the University of Alberta that plays at the intersection of technology and...

Online personality assessment tests are increasingly being used in the recruitment process by a wide range of organizations. These...

Last week Google announced a new dermatology app the doesn’t work on darker skinned people. A few days earlier, 60 Minutes did a piece on...

In February 2019, I gathered in a jam packed hotel ballroom in downtown Edmonton to hear Dr. Safiya Noble talk about her book Algorithms...

I had the great pleasure of sharing the virtual stage tonight with Dr. Cheryl Prescod, Executive Director of the Black Creek Community...

This is the time of year when I get reflective, taking stock of the last 12 months while looking ahead to the coming year. To say it's...

Recently, I was on an email thread where a templated email was reused out of context leading to a slightly confusing and funny exchange...

Let me start this post on crime with a confession – I’m taking a break from coding my data (and I feel so guilty about it!). I did buy...

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...

I'm in NYC for the AI, Ethics and Society conference. Tonight, our opening keynote speaker was Charlton McIlwain who recently published a...

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...

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