ABC: partnership on algorithmic bias and safety in Canada

who we are

ABC is a University of Toronto-based interdisciplinary research initiative focused on understanding and addressing algorithmic bias in Canada.Through academic collaboration, public engagement, and partnerships with industry, government, and Indigenous communities, we aim to promote understanding about the effects of algorithmic bias and to shape more equitable AI systems.

news

> see our open call for applications for University of Toronto undergraduate students interested in internships> our first ABC seminar series will launch this fall featuring five outstanding speakers: find the schedule below> our upcoming September Soiree in Technophilosophy will explore bias and safety in AI companionship> we are thrilled to announce that Dr. Miron Clay-Gilmore will join our project as a Postdoctoral Researcher, and Leena Abdelrahim and Kwesi Thomas will join as inaugural graduate fellows

ABC seminar seriesFall 2025
wednesdays 3:00-5:00pm
Centre for Ethics
15 Devonshire Place

sept 17
Dr. Benjamin Wald
Chiefs of Ontario

oct 1
Prof. Alex Tolbert
Emory University

oct 15
Prof. Catherine Stinson
Queen's University

nov 12
Prof. Ishtiaque Ahmed
University of Toronto

nov 26
Prof. Elise Burton
University of Toronto

members

Dr. Miron Clay-Gilmore
(Postdoctoral Research Fellow)
Research areas: philosophy of AI, race, big data, Africana philosophy, black male studies

Prof. Ellen Abrams
(Collaborator)

Prof. Ishtiaque Ahmed
(Collaborator)

Prof. Rima Basu
(Collaborator)

Prof. Gideon Christian
(Collaborator)

Prof. Ryoa Chung
(Collaborator)

Prof. Jerome Clarke
(Collaborator)

Prof. Beth Coleman
(Collaborator)

Jesslyn Dymond
(Collaborator)

Prof. Sina Fazelpour
(Collaborator)

Prof. Gabrielle Johnson
(Collaborator)

Prof. Edward Jones-Imhotep
(Collaborator)

Dr. Osonde A. Osoba
(Collaborator)

Prof. Kristin Voigt
(Collaborator)

Dr. Benjamin Wald
(Collaborator)

partners

University of Toronto

Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto

Centre de recherche en éthique/Centre for Research in Ethics (CRÉ), Québec

Chiefs of Ontario

Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto

Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, University of Toronto

Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Soceity, University of Toronto

Data & Trust Office, TELUS Corporation

research

> Ethical Considerations in using Artificial Intelligence in Organ Transplantation. Vold, K., Orlandi, M., Hall, J., Huynh, E., Katz, R., and Gross, J. To appear in the University of Toronto Press. Eds. M. Bhat and A. Sidhu.

acknowledgmentWe wish to acknowledge the land on which the University of Toronto operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, it is still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to convene our project on this land.