I’ll be at the 2023 Data Justice Conference in Cardiff, Wales, where I will present “Institutional Ethnography & Data Justice: Concepts, Tensions, Practical Applications”
AIES 2021: Co-design and Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Health – Myths and Misconceptions
I’m presenting Co-design and Ethical Artificial Intelligence for Health: Myths and Misconceptions at AIES 2021.
Richard Whitby's The Lost Ones at SALT
This month I had the chance to visit Salt Galata, a contemporary art space occupying a former bank building in the Karaköy district of Istanbul. This work by Richard Whitby entitled The Lost Ones was on, showing residency status assessments being carried out by an unforgiving, disembodied voice.
Moving Patient Engagement to the Centre of Health Care
To improve the health care system, we need to think bigger about the role of patient engagement. Engagement must be embedded in daily practice.
I wrote this op-ed for the Institute for Research on Public Policy's July issue of Policy Options.
How Librarians are Rising to Their Next Challenge: The Opioid Crisis
Libraries are among our most accessible public spaces. In this Toronto Star article, a strategic partnership between Toronto Public Library and Toronto Public Health highlights how moving care into the community improves access to critical services.
Co-Design For Health: From Inclusion To Equity
What exactly is co-design, what does ‘involvement’ really entail, and which projects are best-suited to co-design? Through a brief overview of co-design for health, I, along with Pivot Design Group team members Ian Chalmers and Pam Sethi, set out to provide an answer to these questions and more.
Will AI Just Wind up Automating Inequality?
Will AI automate inequality? An IRPP podcast on how can we ensure that digital innovations don't create a “digital poorhouse.”
Politics & Design Method
"Design tools and methods are thus never, as most toolkits and models claim, value-neutral, but always arrive laden with political and cultural baggage" - Ahmed Ansari's post on the politics of design methods often overlooked by design professionals and those who use design tools alike.
No Rooms Available: Parkdale’s Housing Crisis is a Public Health Crisis
Canada's Indigenous Voices: Who You Need to be Following on Twitter
A list of some of Canada's most active, online indigenous voices, curated by Martha Troian.