Equity & Diversity in the Context of Critical AI Literacy
The OISE Centre for Media, Culture & Education (CMCE) and the McLuhan Foundation present:
EQUITY & DIVERSITY IN THE CONTEXT OF CRITICAL AI LITERACY
In what ways does AI reproduce the inequities we already experience, and how can we develop skills to recognize the ways in which AI reinscribes inequalities? This panel explores how Critical AI Literacy can centre Indigenous and equity-deserving knowledges while moving educators beyond critique toward refusal, resistance, agency, and action.
🗓� Friday, October 9, 2026
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We look forward to welcoming you!
Co-sponsored by OISE's CMCE and the
About the speakers
Leslie Chan
is Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, in the Department of Global Development Studies and Director of the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto Scarborough. His teaching and research examine the geopolitics of knowledge production and the infrastructures that determine whose knowledge is visible, valued, and acted upon. Grounded in epistemic justice, his current work explores how “AI� intensifies longstanding inequalities through data extraction, algorithmic governance, platform concentration, and the erasure of marginalized knowledge and labour. He works with students, scholars, and community partners to resist extractive AI systems and develop participatory, community-governed alternatives for more equitable knowledge futures.
Marie K. Heath
(she/her) is Associate Professor of Learning Design and Technology at Loyola University Maryland; Co-Founder and Executive Director of Civics of Technology ( an organization with international reach that empowers students and educators to critically inquire into the effects of technologies on their individual and collective lives; Co-Editor of the CITE Social Studies Journal; and faculty fellow at Loyola's Center for Research and Evaluation. She recently co-authored an award-winning book, . Prior to her work in higher education, Marie taught high school social studies in Baltimore County Public Schools. Her scholarship has won awards for its influence on teacher education, social studies education, and technology education, as well as for public reach and community engagement. She is a sought-after public speaker, award-winning teacher, and advocate for technological futures rooted in justice, joy, and democracy.
Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey
is the Senior Research Officer in Critical Data Studies at the (FNIGC). She conducts critical inquiry and applied research with the , examining data’s role in Indigenous governance and colonial control. Through her work with FNIGC and the (GIDA), she co-authored a . Skylee-Storm has a diverse background in historical research supporting Survivor groups, which led her to co-author a chapter in the 2026 book edited by Sean Carleton and Niigaanwewidam Sinclair, . In 2023, she collaborated with public historian Krista McCracken on , focusing on reshaping archival practices. Skylee-Storm identifies with paternal Kanien:keha'ka heritage from Kahnawà :ke and maternal settler heritage from Newfoundland.
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is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor at OCAD University in Toronto ( ). She established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design at OCAD University. Jutta was recognized for her work in AI by as well as by . She is the chair of the for the Accessible Canada Act.