Event Description: Canadian democracy cannot be free if our digital public sphere is overrun by foreign influence and made toxic for profit. Meanwhile, AI as a tool for the profit of Big Tech companies is used to threaten jobs, undermine public education, healthcare, and public services, and erodes public trust. How do we make digital sovereignty and public, democratically controlled AI for the public good into real nation-building initiatives?
Leading to the 2026 Panamerican Congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, the Broadbent Institute and Rumbo Colectivo (Chile) host this in-person public event on ‘A Progressive Vision for AI & Digital Sovereignty,’ taking place Thursday, July 9th from 6pm – 8pm EDT at Toronto Metropolitan University (doors open 5pm).
This discussion aims to help inform parliamentarians, policy thinkers, organizers, and civil society on what a progressive vision for AI and digital sovereignty ought to look like, in Canada and around the world.
Register here.