The applications of artificial intelligence in mental health care are growing. To employ them ethically, we need to reconsider human-AI relations.
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The word ‘woke’ has increasingly become caught up in the rhetoric of the culture war. But debates around wokeness and what it means are drawing attention away from the real issues.
Feminine leadership encompasses aspects of ourselves that have been pushed aside within conventionally male-dominant spaces. Recentring them can foster leadership that is more inclusive.
Rising business costs and shifts in the market accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic are posing challenges for small retailers along Main Street business areas.
The baby drop box is a revival of centuries-old cultural practices from the Italian Renaissance when reproductive rights were zero.
Coronavirus has disproportionately impacted the most vulnerable seniors. We need socially innovative solutions to redesign long-term care and help seniors age safely and with dignity.
This approach would cause an outcry, but when it comes to homelessness, addressing only the symptoms has been the norm.
Afrofuturist’s work is rooted in the desire to transform the present for Black people. To do so, they imagine a reality in which Black people are the agents of their own story, countering histories that discount and dismiss them.
There are many hard lessons learned from the pandemic; one is that our food system needs a serious reboot. Luckily, we need only look to nature’s cycles for clues on how to fix it.
The tabletop role-playing game scene once epitomized by ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ has seen new game genres emerge where people experiment and play with solutions to structural inequalities.
A transcript of episode 7 of The Conversation Weekly pocast, including an extra from Don’t Call Me Resilient on the treatment of migrant workers in Canada.
Plus we hear about the hardships faced by migrant workers in Canada. Listen to episode 7 of The Conversation Weekly podcast.
For much of its history Canada has encouraged people to come and work in this country. However, racialized migrant workers often face an immigration system designed to leave them powerless.
As the COVID-19 pandemic, restrictions and quarantines continues into their second year, more people are experiencing an acute form of COVID-boredom.
A Rotterdam art centre removed its colonial-era name and is renaming itself ‘The Kunstinstituut Melly,’ to honour the city’s 30-year love affair with Ken Lum’s iconic work.
Leaders in private and public organizations should seek creative problem-solving skills to better innovate. Design thinking may be the answer.
Even as our world goes digital, there will always be an appetite for craftsmanship, for art and for the work only human hands can truly bring to life. Art and design schools should celebrate creators.
Canada’s reputation as a land of opportunity is challenged by Migrant Dreams, a documentary that explores the lives of migrants as they navigate dangerous and exploitative working conditions.
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Lecturer, Liberal Arts and Sciences, OCAD University
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Associate professor, Visual & Critical Studies/chair, Arts & Science program area, OCAD University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor, OCAD University
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Assistant Professor of Art History, OCAD University
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Assistant Professor of Art History, OCAD University
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Sessional Instructor in Digital Futures, OCAD University
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Managing Director, OCAD U CO, OCAD University
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Lecturer, OCAD University
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Assistant Professor, Documentary Film, OCAD University
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Associate Professor, Social Innovation Design, Faculty of Design, OCAD University
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Retired Professor, Furniture Design and Construction, OCAD University
