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We Count

@WeCountproject

We Count is a community-driven project to address the inherent bias against small minorities and outliers in artificial intelligence and data analytics.

 Toronto, ON
wecount.inclusivedesign.ca
Joined April 2020
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IDRC@idrc_ocadu5 Feb 2025
#RtDDChallenge: #Accessibility regulations aren't designed to both encourage new technology development and prevent creating new harms and barriers. How do we make sure that these regulations foster digital innovation while addressing potential harms? Share your ideas with us!
Graphic of logo beside “Regulating the Digital Domain”. Text block: 2. How do we make sure that accessibility regulations foster digital innovation while addressing the potential harms of those innovations? Arrow pointing to comment section. Text block: Tell us your thoughts!

ALT Graphic of logo beside “Regulating the Digital Domain”. Text block: 2. How do we make sure that accessibility regulations foster digital innovation while addressing the potential harms of those innovations? Arrow pointing to comment section. Text block: Tell us your thoughts!

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IDRC@idrc_ocadu11 Feb 2025
#RtDDChallenge: Interoperability with AT products can be challenging, and the responsibility for access and accessible design is often shifted to customers and niche companies. 🟩 What should #accessibility regulations prioritize? 🟩
0%Integrated accessibility
0%Interoperability with AT
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IDRC@idrc_ocadu28 Jan 2025
#RtDDChallenge 1: Even with #accessibility regulations, digital services and products are still not fully accessible. How can we create a system that motivates designers and developers to create accessible digital products and services? Share your ideas with us in the comments!
Graphic of logo and text. Text reads: RtDD Challenge 1. Diverse Access Needs

ALT Graphic of logo and text. Text reads: RtDD Challenge 1. Diverse Access Needs

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IDRC@idrc_ocadu21 Jan 2025
IDRC’s RtDD project is tackling six key challenges that will lay the groundwork for a system that will create a fair, #inclusive and #accessible digital world. Starting next week, the team will be posting weekly #RtDDChallenge questions on our social media for community feedback.
Graphic of logo and text. Text reads: The 6 Challenges Are Coming! Regulating the Digital Domain

ALT Graphic of logo and text. Text reads: The 6 Challenges Are Coming! Regulating the Digital Domain

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In accordance with his family's wishes, it is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of @atg_abhishek, Founder and Principal Researcher of @mtlaiethics, and Director for Responsible AI at @BCG and a pioneering voice in the field of #AIethics [1/4] 🧵👇
Image from Montreal AI Ethics Institute (@mtlaiethics)
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Monday, September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. There are no classes scheduled for OCAD University students. The University will be open and active with programming related to the commemoration. Learn more: ocadu.ca/ndtr
The artwork, featuring interlocking hands made to resemble a sweetgrass braid, is by OCAD U alumni Mariah Meawasige (Serpent River First Nation).

ALT The artwork, featuring interlocking hands made to resemble a sweetgrass braid, is by OCAD U alumni Mariah Meawasige (Serpent River First Nation).

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Today is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We remember the children who never returned home and Survivors of residential schools, along with their families & communities. The pain of these experiences continue to this day. #NDTR #EveryChildMatters
Among the various visual elements illustrating Indigenous cultures, the circle is at the centre, which represents being together in spirit of reconciliation. The orange colour represents truth-telling and healing. The pathway represents the road to reconciliation. First Nations, Inuit and Métis are represented in the image.

ALT Among the various visual elements illustrating Indigenous cultures, the circle is at the centre, which represents being together in spirit of reconciliation. The orange colour represents truth-telling and healing. The pathway represents the road to reconciliation. First Nations, Inuit and Métis are represented in the image.

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Feed Ontario stands with 40 organizations across Canada advocating for a fully funded Canada Disability Benefit (CDB) in the upcoming 2024 Federal Budget. Canadians with disabilities can't afford to wait, and neither can our country. To learn more, visit fundthebenefit.ca
Graphic provides context for the call to action, with the headline: "We need a fully funded Canada Disability Benefit. Now." It is accompanied by signatures of the heads of forty organizations who stand by this request.

ALT Graphic provides context for the call to action, with the headline: "We need a fully funded Canada Disability Benefit. Now." It is accompanied by signatures of the heads of forty organizations who stand by this request.

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🙌 This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, check out our 5 easy tips on how to meaningfully engage with persons with disabilities. Everyone has a role to play! 🧵 Know more: bit.ly/3NaLwvF #IDPD
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"This facial recognition is biased toward darker or black individuals. It's a racist technique... and it's not being used properly," says Ivan Land, who is representing Porcha Woodruff in her suit against the Detroit police force after she was arrested for a crime she did not commit due to a faulty facial recognition match. Thanks to @democracynow for letting us share this clip, and let us know your thoughts below.
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Happy #IWD2023 to all the incredible women around the world! 🌍👩🔬 To celebrate this day, we are featuring initiatives from Gender STI consortium partners designed to promote #genderequality in #STI 🧵👇 #WOMENINSTI #research #innovation #Gendermainstreaming #H2020
Image from Gender STI Project (@GenderSti)
Image from Gender STI Project (@GenderSti)
Image from Gender STI Project (@GenderSti)
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay There's much to celebrate ✨ about women's achievements, yet we all know there's more to do. Worldwide🌎 let's #EmbraceEquity & build a better world for women everywhere. Collectively we can all forge positive change #IWD2023👉🏽bit.ly/IWD2023
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Jeden Tag versperren #Barrieren Menschen mit #Behinderung|en den gleichberechtigten Zugang & Teilhabe. Auch am #3dezember. Wie ihr an 365 Tagen im Jahr mithelfen könnt, Barrieren abzubauen, erfahrt ihr hier 👉 shero.link/hierbinichmenschh… #HierBinIchMenschHierKommIchrein
Roter Hintergrund. Darauf in weißer Schrift: "Barrierefreiheit ist ein Menschenrecht!" Darunter Grafik von zwei Schaltern. Im oberen Schalter steht "Barrieren". Er ist ausgestellt. Im unteren Schalter steht "Zugang für alle". Er ist angestellt.

ALT Roter Hintergrund. Darauf in weißer Schrift: "Barrierefreiheit ist ein Menschenrecht!" Darunter Grafik von zwei Schaltern. Im oberen Schalter steht "Barrieren". Er ist ausgestellt. Im unteren Schalter steht "Zugang für alle". Er ist angestellt.

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NEW BOOK “The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Practices, Challenges, and Debates.” by @wayneholmes @KPorayskaPomsta @juttatrevira @Alison_Cambs @IvanaBartoletti @Saltamentes @SandraCortesi @NathalieSmuha @d19fe8 and other great scholars tinyurl.com/EthicsOfAIED August 11.
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Last year, I helped build and scale a new Design team in the Canadian government under very scrappy conditions. 7 understatements I learned by doing design together 🧶: 1. The design process rarely feels structured, or finished.
Design process: we think it should be the double diamond neatly squared away, but sometimes it's just a huge mass of lines leading to a hypothetical solution...

ALT Design process: we think it should be the double diamond neatly squared away, but sometimes it's just a huge mass of lines leading to a hypothetical solution...

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#SaveTheDate: On April 11, the six finalists in the Block 2 #ArchitecturalDesign Competition will speak to their vision for this prominent space in Canada’s capital! Watch the live event to have a first look at their designs 👉 fb.me/e/1C3WAwZhy
Illustration of Block 2, the city block facing Parliament Hill.

ALT Illustration of Block 2, the city block facing Parliament Hill.

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Our next amazing woman #scientist is Vera Roberts, researcher at @idrc_ocadu at @OCAD University. 🇨🇦 Roberts said she has a trio of women role models who have inspired and supported her. One of them is her mother. ✨ #EUSisterProjects #DreamItBeIt
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Happy #IWD2022 to all the amazing women scientists around the world! 🌍👩‍🔬 Gender STI is proud to work with our #EUSisterProjects to promote #gender equality & advocate for women in #science. When we work together, we can achieve great things for women.✨ (1/2) #UnionOfEquality
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@REA_research8 Mar 2022
On #IWD2022 find out about 1⃣9⃣ #EUfunded projects that support #gender equality in research and innovation 👩‍🔬👏 #EUsisterprojects #UnionOfEquality
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Fable@makeitfable10 Jan 2022
Jan 12th's @ForHumanity_Org Conference panel is sure to be great! Featuring Maria Town of @AAPD, Matt Scherer of @CenDemTech, Sam, Jutta Treviranus of @idrc_ocadu and @WeCountproject, and Zuby Onwuta of @thinkandzoom. Join us at 2:15pm ET! Free signup: hubs.li/Q011RjYq0
AI-ForHumanity Conference. In-Focus: Disability inclusion & Bias mitigation. Panel 2:15ET, Disabled Humans in the Loop, Jan 12th 2022. Maria T, Matt S, Sam P, Jutta T, and Zuby O.

ALT AI-ForHumanity Conference. In-Focus: Disability inclusion & Bias mitigation. Panel 2:15ET, Disabled Humans in the Loop, Jan 12th 2022. Maria T, Matt S, Sam P, Jutta T, and Zuby O.

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OCADU x ECU public events has another exciting upcoming session! On Non-human Futures, Instruments, and Stories: A conversation between Suzanne Kite and Michelle Lee Brown. Nov 22, 1-2:30 pm #research #researchatOCADU @OCAD
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