Panel 1: AI Adoption, Skills & Access: Making AI Work For People, Not Just Platforms

April 15 2026:The Canadian Internet Society (TCIS) hosted its annual Digital Access Day policy conference. The 2026 theme is 'Access, Autonomy, and the Open Internet' and asks a simple question: how do we build stronger Canadian capacity for AI, cloud, and networks without breaking the open, global internet that people rely on every day?

Panel 1: AI Adoption, Skills & Access: Making AI Work For People, Not Just Platforms

Introduction: Dr. Wendy Cukier - Founder and Academic Director, Diversity Institute; Academic Research Lead, Future Skills Centre
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Vidya ShankarNarayan - Senior Assistant Deputy Minister, People, Culture, and Digital Solutions, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Dr. Wendy Cukier - Founder and Academic Director, Diversity Institute; Academic Research Lead, Future Skills Centre
Shannon Lundquist - Vice Chair and Senior Client Partner, Deloitte
Moderator: Karen Savoie - President & Founder, Savoie Faire Consulting

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EN https://archive.org/download/tcis-digital-access-day-2026/03_AI_Adoption_EN.pdf
FR https://archive.org/download/tcis-digital-access-day-2026/03_AI_Adoption_FR.pdf

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