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All events are free to attend, unless otherwise indicated. Click on the pink text to access the individual event pages. Time zone is ET. Registration links will be published later this summer.
All events are free to attend, unless otherwise indicated. Click on the pink text to access the individual event pages. Time zone is ET. Registration links will be published later this summer.
Season 3, Part 1 (September- December 2021):
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, times and dates are subject to change. For season 3, events are virtual unless otherwise indicated.
September 15, 2021: Dr. Moya Bailey on Misogynoir Transform: Black Women's Digital Resistance, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
September 22, 2021: Claire L. Evans on Broad Band: The Untold Story of the Women Who Made the Internet, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
October 1, 2021: Dr. MC Forelle on Right to Repair, 5 PM (TBD if Virtual or In-Person)
October 6, 2021: Caroline Running Wolf and Michael Running Wolf on Indigenous AI, 7 PM ET (VIRTUAL)
October 22, 2021: Dr. Julie Podmore and Dr. Elspeth Brown on the Challenge of Digitizing Queer Archives, 5 PM (TBD if Virtual or In-Person)
October 27, 2021: Dr. Alessandra Renzi on Hacked Transmissions: How Social Movements Change Across Cycles of Struggle and Across Technology, 6 PM (TBD if Virtual or In-Person)
November 3, 2021: Op-Ed Writing Workshop with Dr. Diane Dechief, 12:30- 1 PM (Lunchtime workshop) (VIRTUAL) - feel free to attend while eating lunch!
November 10, 2021: Dr. Yuriko Furuhata on Environmental Technologies and Transpacific Experiments in Atmospheric Control, 6 PM (TBD if Virtual or In-Person)
November 17, 2021: Dr. Jennifer Lunquist on Addressing the Digital Harassment and Trolling of Scholars, 7 PM (VIRTUAL)
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Season One (January 2019- February 2020)
Past Events:
Season 2: part 1 (March 2020- December 2020)
March 11, 2020: Rackeb Tesfaye on Broad Science and Intersectional Approaches at 6 PM
March 18, 2020: Dr. Gabriella (Biella) Coleman on Alt Right vs. Anonymous: A Critical Comparison at 6 PM (rescheduling)
October 5, 2020: Coded Bias Screening and Q and A with director Shalini Kantayaa at 7 PM (ONLINE)- partnering with Cinema Politica
October 21, 2020 : Dr. Jess McLean on Environmental Costs and Benefits of Digital Technologies (ONLINE EVENT) at 7:30 PM
October 28, 2020: Alice Wong on Disability/ Visibility: A Fireside Chat at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT) conversation with Elizabeth Patitsas and special introduction with Yolanda Muñoz
November 4, 2020: Meredith Broussard on Artificial Unintelligence at 7 PM, (ONLINE EVENT)
November 11, 2020: Joy Lisi Rankin of A People's History of Computing at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
Season Two, Part 2: Winter and Spring 2021
(please note that the links to some of the 2021 events are forthcoming)
January 20: Sasha Costanza-Chock on Design Justice at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
January 27: Deborah Raji on Facial Recognition Technology on the Challenges of Audits, Accountability & Algorithmic Justice at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 3: Dr. Elinor Carmi on Media Distortions at 12 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 10: Yeshimabeit Milner on Abolish Big Data and Data 4 Black Lives at 7 PM (Canceled- hopefully will be rescheduled)
February 17: Caroline Sinders on Feminist Data Set and CAre B0t at 6 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 18: Chancey Fleet on Digital Frictions and Dark Patterns in Accessible Technology at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
February 24: Ana Brandusescu, Funding AI in Canada: Public investments, private interests at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 3: Keoni Mahelona and Peter-Lucas Jones on Indigenous Data Sovereignty at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 10: Morgan Klaus Scheuerman on How We Teach Computer Vision To See Race and Gender at 12PM (lunchtime event) (ONLINE EVENT)
March 17: Stephanie Dinkins on Art, AI, Data Sovereignty, and Social Inequity at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 24: Rose Eveleth of Flash Forward Podcast: Imagine Better Futures at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
March 31: Kate Crawford on the Atlas of AI at 7 PM (ONLINE EVENT)
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2019
January 23: Astra Taylor at McGill at 1 PM
February 25: Dr. Shawn Newman at McGill at 12 PM
March 15: Dr. Kristen Hogan at McGill at 4 PM
March 16: Dr. Kristen Hogan at L'Euguélionne at 4 PM
May 14: Suzanne Kite on Non-Human Futures: Ethical Frameworks for AI at 6:30 PM
August 21: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury on AI Ethics at MUTEK IMG ** ( there is a fee to attend)
September 5: Mimi Onuoha at Element AI, 5:45 PM
September 6: Mimi Onuoha at McGill at 12 PM
September 19: Dr. Sarah Myers West on AI and Intersectionality at 6:30 PM
September 26: Dr. Hannah McGregor on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 6:30 PM
September 27: Dr. Hannah McGregor Workshop on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 9:45-11:45 AM
October 1: Workshop with Metonymy Press at 12 PM
October 21: Workshop on Open Access and Open Data by Jenn Riley and Jessica Lange at 2:30 PM
October 25: Dr. Lauren Klein on Data Feminism and Open Review at 12 PM
November 4: Dr. Alex Ketchum Workshop on Public Facing Scholarship and Website Design at 2:30 PM
November 14: Dr. Cait McKinney on Crisis Infrastructures: AIDS Activism meets Online Content Regulation at 6 PM
November 15: 10th RéQEF masterclass entitled: Feminism & Technology: Desire, Opportunity, and Resistance
November 26: Dr. Ruha Benjamin on The New Jim Code: Race After Technology at 12 PM
November 29: Discussion Meetup with the Montreal AI Ethics Institute at 6:30 PM
2020
January 10: Anna Sigrithur on Feminist Podcasting at 1 PM
January 16: Abigail Echo-Hawk on Decolonizing Data (Rescheduling)
February 5: Corina MacDonald on Datafication in Scholarly Communication at 6 PM
February 20: Meredith Whittaker, Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute at 6 PM
February 26: Yuan Stevens: Move Fast and Break Things? Montreal’s Role in the Global AI Industry at 6 PM
January 23: Astra Taylor at McGill at 1 PM
February 25: Dr. Shawn Newman at McGill at 12 PM
March 15: Dr. Kristen Hogan at McGill at 4 PM
March 16: Dr. Kristen Hogan at L'Euguélionne at 4 PM
May 14: Suzanne Kite on Non-Human Futures: Ethical Frameworks for AI at 6:30 PM
August 21: Dr. Rumman Chowdhury on AI Ethics at MUTEK IMG ** ( there is a fee to attend)
September 5: Mimi Onuoha at Element AI, 5:45 PM
September 6: Mimi Onuoha at McGill at 12 PM
September 19: Dr. Sarah Myers West on AI and Intersectionality at 6:30 PM
September 26: Dr. Hannah McGregor on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 6:30 PM
September 27: Dr. Hannah McGregor Workshop on Feminist Academic Podcasting at 9:45-11:45 AM
October 1: Workshop with Metonymy Press at 12 PM
October 21: Workshop on Open Access and Open Data by Jenn Riley and Jessica Lange at 2:30 PM
October 25: Dr. Lauren Klein on Data Feminism and Open Review at 12 PM
November 4: Dr. Alex Ketchum Workshop on Public Facing Scholarship and Website Design at 2:30 PM
November 14: Dr. Cait McKinney on Crisis Infrastructures: AIDS Activism meets Online Content Regulation at 6 PM
November 15: 10th RéQEF masterclass entitled: Feminism & Technology: Desire, Opportunity, and Resistance
November 26: Dr. Ruha Benjamin on The New Jim Code: Race After Technology at 12 PM
November 29: Discussion Meetup with the Montreal AI Ethics Institute at 6:30 PM
2020
January 10: Anna Sigrithur on Feminist Podcasting at 1 PM
February 5: Corina MacDonald on Datafication in Scholarly Communication at 6 PM
February 20: Meredith Whittaker, Co-Founder of the AI Now Institute at 6 PM
February 26: Yuan Stevens: Move Fast and Break Things? Montreal’s Role in the Global AI Industry at 6 PM