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That's a wrap: Thanking my community and planning next steps
I'm thrilled to say - I am DONE! I handed in my final research paper this week and now I await graduation. I have been fortunate to have...
Sep 17, 20203 min read


Conferences and pumpkin-spice lattes
It's definitely fall. The air is cooler, the leaves are turning shades of red, pumpkin-spice lattes are back and it's conference season....
Sep 15, 20202 min read


The last mile (kilometre) of my MACT journey
Many years ago I hiked the West Coast Trail. It's a 75 km stretch of rugged terrain on the west side of Vancouver Island. After 7 days of...
Aug 12, 20204 min read


Colour Coding (aka hanging out in my basement coding data)
Regular blog readers will know I’ve been procrastinating just a bit on really digging into my data coding process. Why? Coding...
Jul 3, 20202 min read


It's Focus Group Time! Three Tools for Developing Ethical AI
My first job after finishing my undergrad in the mid 90's was Research Coordinator for Metroline Research. I helped manage the Vancouver...
Jun 23, 20203 min read


Zoom, Meet or Skype? Conducting research in a time of physical distancing
My research focus is on AI researchers and how they are navigating ethical considerations in their work. I’m exploring issues around...
Apr 17, 20204 min read


Scenes from a Literature Review: Healthcare and AI
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...
Jan 17, 20205 min read


My annotated bibliography won't write itself (sigh)
This blog is serving a dual purpose for me. It's both a space to share information I’m discovering and a place to work through the...
Oct 18, 20193 min read


When data knows us better than we know ourselves
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...
Oct 9, 20193 min read


The ethics surrounding data collection
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...
Oct 7, 20192 min read


Where to begin...
Research is not a linear process. It gets messy. Or maybe I should say, MY approach to research has been messy. I'm currently enrolled in...
Oct 3, 20193 min read