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The treatment of asylum seekers is an important issue for many countries as they grapple with polarized public views on the issue. Researchers analyzed discourse about asylum seekers on Twitter — now X — at the time of the closing of Roxham Road.

In this Technology in Human Services podcast episode I was joined by Ibukun Abejirinde and Nancy Clark to talk about their work looking at how to re-imagine digital or virtual health care through a compassionate lens, focusing on Newcomers to Canada.

This May 2024 Scottish AI Alliance workshop focused on Bias in Generative AI, specifically on text-generating technologies called Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT. University of Edinburgh PhD student Lara Dal Molin moderated the session exploring concrete instances of bias in an open-source LLM.

In this December 2023 Catalyst webinar, Digital Evaluations expert Tom Keyte outlined findings and guidance resulting from new research conducted on the evaluation of digital products and services for non-profit organizations, evaluators, funders and digital agencies. Keyte highlighted the ins and outs of evaluating digital products, providing simple steps you can implement to improve your digital product development and evaluation.

In this July 2024 Canadian Immigration Institute session, Canadian Immigration lawyer Mark Holthe interviews Josh Schachnow about the impact of AI on Canadian Immigration law and practice.

This July 2024 DigiShift webinar provides an overview of common Cyber threats within the voluntary sector and what you can do, whatever your role or expertise to make things better. Speakers provide valuable insights and practical tips to help enhance your organization's Cyber resilience.

In this July 2024 Pathways to Prosperity webinar, speakers explore the questions How do governments use research? How can academics improve the impact of their research? to examine the use of research among provincial and municipal governments.

In this July 31, 2024 Techsoup webinar, Ryan Harrington, Director of Data Labs with Tech Impact delves into practical use cases of generative AI that demonstrate how nonprofits can leverage these tools to more effectively achieve impact, enhance their operations, and drive engagement.

Organized by ARAISA and the Société Nationale de l’Acadie (SNA) these May 2024 Cybersecurity and Data Protection webinars aim to raise awareness of privacy and data security principles, focusing on safeguarding client information and complying with provincial privacy laws. Both webinars are useful for all. Part 2 covers specific Atlantic region legal frameworks.