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At the October 2025 AI for Social Impact Gathering, Geoff Zakaib from Data for Good shared key lessons from the National Mental Health Datathon and practical strategies for making cross-sector data collaboration work.

CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre was one of five research centres that promoted policy-relevant research about immigration, settlement, and diversity in Canada. It existed from 1996 to 2013. CERIS maintained a useful virtual library of reports, working papers, and more. When CERIS closed, that repository was lost. I was able to download 408 documents before the repository was lost. While I've been wanting to post them all individually, I haven't been able to, and wanted to share the reports.

Canada recently completed an online consultation about our country's AI strategy. There has been much criticism that the AI task force that was created is overly representative of the tech industry and not representative enough of Canadian society. Here are a few interesting and thoughtful submissions you should be aware of that try to address this fatal flaw in our government's strategy.

This conversation explores how nonprofit organizations can adopt and collaborate with generative artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance their work while preserving human judgment. Beth Kanter frames AI as a translator and thought partner that can free staff from repetitive tasks, deepen learning, and improve stakeholder relationships.

This October 2025 panel focused on impacts of AI and false responders on online data collection. Learn how researchers are navigating false responders and bots as hostilities rise against 2SLGBTQIA+ communities.

This November 2024 webinar, with members from the “Beyond Technology, Beyond Healthcare” project, shared lessons learned from a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues that can transform approaches in ensuring responsive and equitable service delivery for newcomers to Canada.

This May 2025 Code for Canada session discusses how Canada’s newly elected federal government can address its current slide in international digital government rankings and deliver better public digital services. The panel features insights from three digital government leaders with deep knowledge of international and Canadian digital service success stories.

This digtalLIFT April 2025 Digital Divide Simulation, presented by KC Digital Drive, invites participants to step into the shoes of those navigating an analog life in our digital world. Through a series of realistic activities and obstacles, gain firsthand insight into the compounded difficulties arising from digital exclusion.

This May 2025 Civic Tech TO talk explores the landscape of digital skills in the non-profit sector in Canada. It explores both research and strategies that organizations can use to invest in the digital skills of their workforce.