Frog Lake First Nation had long sought to build a healing facility focused on Indigenous equine culture, but it wanted to map out how a proposed centre could improve community health before investing.

So the Alberta community turned to RUNWITHIT Synthetics, an Indigenous, women-led technology company based in Edmonton, for assistance.

New research has found that women and those in low-income professions are more likely to be employed in jobs that have a high degree of exposure to machine learning – and, therefore, risk being automated. 

Research conducted by the Institute for Work & Health, the Future Skills Centre, and The Dais divided jobs into two categories based on high and low exposure to machine learning. They found that about 12 per cent of the total workforce were completing tasks that may be suitable for machine learning. 

Clean data and sound data governance policies are key criteria that funders look for when making grants and assessments about AI projects, according to two technology-focused philanthropic organizations. 

The data needed to fuel AI models in the social purpose sector has significant gaps, said Jennifer Pratt Miles, practice director at the Meridian Institute, which runs the Lacuna Fund. 

A new report has found that flexibility and benefits don’t compensate for low wages in staff recruitment and retention at Alberta non-profits. 

Sara Waisglass knows firsthand how social media pressure can impact one’s mental health. 

Our reporters will be watching select sessions during this event, and our social media manager, Lisa Baskin, will post them on our X wall here.

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