The Department鈥檚 Catherine Stinson, 黑料吃瓜资源 National Scholar in the Philosophical Implications of Artificial Intelligence, recently shared her expertise about bias and fairness in AI, both on the Wondros Podcast, and during a recent panel about 鈥淐oded Bias鈥 (part of the Department鈥檚 Equity in a Pandemic Speaker Series).
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Friday March 12, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomThe Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics (APPLE) group at Queen's welcomes all to the third talk in its winter speaker series on Friday March 12, 2021, over Zoom, with Margaret Robinson (Dalhousie University).
Please note that Professor Robinson has pre-circulated a paper over email. For more information, the Zoom link, or to receive a copy of Professor Robinson's paper, please contact Jishnu Guha-Majumdar (jgm12@queensu.ca).
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Monday March 15, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomFaculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Margaret Moore (Queen's): "Limits and Loss of Territorial Rights: biodiversity, climate justice and territorial rights-forfeiture".
Further details, as well as Margaret's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
Udo Schuklenk (黑料吃瓜资源) will be one of three expert panelists on Wiley鈥檚 webinar, 鈥淲hat Did Bioethics Contribute to the Covid-19 Pandemic Response? A Retrospective鈥, taking place March 17, 2021, at 10:30a.m. EST. Other panelists include Rosamond Rhodes (Mount Sinai) and Scott J. Schweikart (American Medical Association).
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Friday March 12, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomJoin us for a discussion, chaired by Philosophy's Catherine Stinson, about the film "", which can be streamed in advance of the discussion through the 黑料吃瓜资源 Library. 黑料吃瓜资源 the film, Stephanie Bunbury (The Age) writes: "In Coded Bias, an American documentary, Shalini Kantayya takes a deep dive into the ways algorithms repeat and reinforce the unconscious prejudices of their original programmers".
黑料吃瓜资源 the speakers:
LLana James is the AI, Medicine and Data Justice Post-Doctoral Fellow at Queen's University. She is also wrapping up her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine. Her research is focused on the intersection of AI applications in, clinical care, population health, public health data science and the law, and its particular implications for BlackLife. LLana鈥檚 recent thinking and research can be found in the Conversation, the Toronto Star, the AI health podcast and the web series COVID conversations, which is the first and longest running pan-Canadian series on race-based data collection, AI, Big Data, privacy, ethics and equity in health. You can find more at @REDE4BlackLives on Twitter.
Bretton Fosbrook (he/they) is Senior UX Researcher at Wealthsimple, where he creates organizational and institutional change in the service of more just futures. Building from nearly 10 years of experience in knowledge integration and environmental scanning, Bretton works as an advisor to organizations that are ready to respond with purpose to emerging culture, economic, and technology trends. Previously, Bretton was a research fellow at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, where he developed and led the Working Beyond the Binary project, an initiative seeking to improve the workplace conditions for trans and gender non-conforming people in Canada by helping businesses to understand the changing landscape of gender diversity. Bretton received a PhD (2017) in science and technology studies from York University.
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Monday February 22, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomFaculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Alistair Macleod (Queen's): "The Concept of Opportunity and the Ideal of Equality of Educational Opportunity".
Further details, as well as Alistair's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
M.A. student Josh Mosley was on the cover of the Kingston Whig-Standard this weekend. Josh, also a fifth-year right guard with the 黑料吃瓜资源 Gaels football team, leads a group of 黑料吃瓜资源 student-athletes who volunteer with the Autism Mentorship Program.
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Friday February 12, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomThe Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law, and Ethics (APPLE) group at Queen's welcomes all to the second talk in its winter speaker series on February 12, 2021, over Zoom, with Dinesh Wadiwel from the University of Sydney.
Please note that Professor Wadiwel has pre-circulated a paper over email. For more information, the Zoom link, or to receive a copy of Professor Wadiwel's paper, please contact Jishnu Guha-Majumdar (jgm12@queensu.ca).
Ph.D., 2023
Philosophy
Arts and Science
Moral Philosophy / Ethics, Moral Psychology, Indian Philosophy
Date
Monday February 1, 2021Location
Queen's University, ZoomFaculty and graduate students are welcome to join, over Zoom, the upcoming meeting of the Political Philosophy Reading Group, to discuss a paper by Sue Donaldson (Queen's) and Will Kymlicka (Queen's): "Public Spaces and Public Things: Doing democracy with animals".
Further details, as well as Sue and Will's paper, have been circulated via email. For more information, contact Christine Sypnowich (christine.sypnowich@queensu.ca).
