CAN-CWIC is offering a free sponsorship opportunity for all schools that support 10 or more students to attend the conference.

Fifteen post-secondary institutions will receive part of $5.3 million worth of grant money from the federal government to make academic research more inclusive.

Waterloo’s designation of University Research Chair recognizes exceptional achievement of faculty and their pre-eminence in a field of knowledge.

Canada has recently taken steps to promote an ethical and inclusive approach to AI.

McGill graduate Bengio shares the prize with Geoffrey Hinton, an emeritus distinguished professor of computer science at the University of Toronto, and Yann LeCun.