Digital Power and its Undoing: Resisting Algorithmic Domination, Reclaiming Tech Futures - Panel 1 (webinar recording)

This March 2025 Concordia University session brings together scholars from different fields to critically examine AI governance, gender-based violence, and algorithmic power—before shifting toward degrowth, digital commons, and pluriversal approaches to technology.

Speakers

Jonathan Martineau, Concordia
Dr Martineau earned his PhD in Political Theory from York University in Toronto. He held a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Sociology at Université du Québec à Montréal, and an Assistant Professorship at the Department of Politics and International Studies at Bishop's University, before joining Concordia’s Liberal Arts College. His research focuses on the topic of time and temporality, the history of philosophy and social theory, political economy, and philosophy of technology.

Blair Attard-Frost, University of Toronto
Blair thinks about AI governance through a trans feminist lens. Her research addresses challenges of power, participation, and justice in AI governance systems. She draws on 10+ years of experience working across government, industry, and academia to teach students, professionals, executives, public servants, and communities about AI policy & ethics. Her creative work combines experimental sci-fi, glitch art, and surrealism to expose frictions between gender, technology, and regulation.

Nohémie Bokuma, Concordia
Nohémie is a first-year MA student in Political Science at Concordia University, looking to research AI governance and AI ethics through a feminist lens. Precisely, she will be researching how national policies interact with digital misogyny and antifeminist radicalization.

Jonathan Durand Folco, Université Saint Paul
Associate Professor in the School of Social Innovation at Saint Paul University, Canada. Jonathan is passionate about participative democracy, citizen's innovations in urban settings, environmental justice, and economic and social ethic.