Public Engagement on Artificial Intelligence with Indigenous communities in Canada

The Public Awareness Working Group (the Working Group) of the Government of Canada Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence (the Advisory Council) provides recommendations to the Government of Canada on how to boost public awareness and foster trust in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in order to better ground the Canadian discourse in a measured understanding of the technology, its potential uses, and its associated risks. The Working Group has been tasked with engaging Canadians in dialogue on AI. This mandate includes representation and inclusivity of marginalized populations.

ISED is seeking a Contractor to review existing Indigenous initiatives on public awareness, literacy, and education related to AI, including initiatives aimed at bringing Indigenous people into the AI sector and Indigenous-led AI governance projects. The Contractor will provide a list of oral and written sources consulted and initiatives identified during this review, and using the findings of the review and the recommendations developed by the Working Group during its first phase of work, develop a set of draft recommendations for future action by the Government of Canada to reflect Indigenous initiatives on AI. Using these recommendations, the vendor will convene a series of targeted deliberative engagements with Indigenous communities on whether the recommendations are reflective of the priorities and interests of Indigenous communities, and the ways these recommendations can be revised, expanded, and developed to better reflect these interests.