Dr. Jonathan Roberge and I are pleased to announce the publication of the Canadian team's second report for the international Shaping AI <https://www.shapingai.org/>project on AI Governance in Canada (2011-2022) based on research coordinated by Dr. Sophie Toupin and myself. *Read the report here: https://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ai-policy-report/ <https://www.amo-oma.ca/en/ai-policy-report/>* You can read more in a co-published piece with Joanna Redden in the Conversation: https://theconversation.com/the-federal-governments-proposed-ai-legislation-... Our key findings: 1. Canadian AI governance focuses on economic and industrial policy. National symbolic investment in AI dampens critical discussion about the technology and its risks. 2. AI governance is uncoordinated and lacks clear mandates for consultation and effective mechanisms of feedback, which impedes good governance and public participation. 3. AI policy is marked by notable silences on key issues, including Indigenous rights and data sovereignty, the creative and cultural sectors, and the environmental impact of AI. 4. The Government of Canada is a key site of AI development and deployment that remains understudied in current legislation. The chapters cover a range of topics, including: - the Canadian government’s algorithmic impact assessment - ethics and federal AI procurement - public consultations on the use of facial recognition technologies - the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research’s involvement in AI research and policy - the use of racially biased AI technology in Canada’s immigration system Highlighting the need to improve consultation and public participation in AI governance, the report questions the assumptions behind the development of the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act and its inclusion in Bill C-27. AIDA’s passage raises larger concerns about digital policy development and governance, accountability, and oversight in Canada. Shaping AI <https://shapingai.org> is part of a multinational and multidisciplinary social research project that examines the global trajectories of public discourse on AI in four countries (Germany, UK, Canada, and France) over a ten-year period, 2012-2021. Funded by the European Open Research Area, Shaping AI brings together leading research teams from each of the four countries under scrutiny. -- Be good, Fenwick