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The internet has helped teenagers continue learning and connect with others. (Aziz Achkari/Unsplash)

May 18, 2021

For teenagers, the internet helps during lockdowns but it’s no substitute for the outside world

Valerie Michaelson, Brock University; Robert Porter, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Valerie Steeves, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Teens have acutely felt the effects of the pandemic lockdowns on their social lives. As the end of stay-at-home orders draws nearer, it’s important to consider teenagers’ social and emotional needs.

Facial recognition algorithms are usually tested using white faces, which results in the technology being unable to differentiate between racialized individuals. (Shutterstock)

August 24, 2020

AI technologies — like police facial recognition — discriminate against people of colour

Jane Bailey, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jacquelyn Burkell, Western University, and Valerie Steeves, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Technology is not neutral, as facial recognition algorithms and predictive policing have shown us. Algorithms discriminate by design, reflecting and reinforcing pre-existing biases.

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