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Sharlene Gandhi

Sharlene has been reporting on responsible business, environmental sustainability and technology in the UK and Canada since 2018. She has worked with various organizations during this time, including the Stanford Social Innovation Review, the Pentland Centre for Sustainability in Business at Lancaster University, AIGA Eye on Design, Social Enterprise UK and Nature is a Human Right. Sharlene moved to Toronto in early 2023 to join the Future of Good team, where she has been reporting at the intersections of technology, data and social purpose work. Her reporting has spanned several subject areas, including AI policy, cybersecurity, ethical data collection, and technology partnerships between the private, public and third sectors.

Sharlene's Latest Articles

Free Toronto clinic to help non-profits navigate cybersecurity threats
Tool to help AI developers ascertain potential human rights infringements
“We stopped pretending to be neutral”: Why and how public and community foundations want to shift power dynamics

When it comes to equity, foundations are reassessing their granting practices, endowments, reporting requirements, and staff/volunteer recruitment.

Why are digital natives not included in Canada’s digital policy? Young people speak up

The inaugural Canada Youth Internet Governance Forum welcomed young people from coast-to-coast-to-coast, with a grant from CIRA covering the cost of travel for many.

Charitable sector needs ‘home in government’, more transparency: advisory committee
How UK funders quickly mobilized against racist violence

One of the outcomes includes funders collecting more granular data on who receives funding, which communities they are from, and how that funding trickles down to racialized communities – but is that enough?

Activist’ tech company Mozilla to push for public AI infrastructure
Non-profits understand need for equitable approach to AI, but unsure where to begin: survey results
Federal government opens consultations on using – and avoiding – AI in public services
New ‘Common Impact Data Standard’ hopes to become Dewey Decimal System of impact measurement

Co-ordinated impact tracking saves time and tedium, unveiling “service deserts” along the way

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