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A huge congratulations to Dr. Joelma Peixoto on winning the Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence Award!

The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) established the Postdoctoral Fellow Excellence Award in 2019 to recognize postdoctoral fellows who have displayed excellence in research, professional development, and/or service during their appointment at Ontario Tech University.

Today, Peter delivered a keynote at Ontario Tech’s inaugural AI Forum that was held under the theme Building Trust: The Strategic Advantage of Human-Centred AI. The event convened more than 200 leaders to examine how human-centred AI can support innovation, accountability and economic growth.

This week, Peter gave a keynote talk at a one-day global workshop on AI & Trust, hosted by the Schwartz Reisman Innovation’s AI & Trust Working Group, a transdisciplinary initiative exploring how societies build, sustain, and negotiate trust in AI systems.

Last week, Peter joined over 45 participants in Ottawa for a multi-stakeholder workshop to explore the key challenges and opportunities shaping Canada’s AI innovation ecosystem, hosted by Meta’s Open Loop, a global program that connects policymakers and technology companies to help develop effective and evidence-based policies for AI and other emerging technologies.

This week, Peter traveled to Burlington, Ontario to participate in the The Smart Great Lakes Initiative workshop. The two-day workshop convened partners to discuss major forces reshaping the Great Lakes, namely, the emerging applications of AI and machine learning, novel technologies for data collection and management to inform decision making, and the growing emphasis on “responsible AI” across federal and provincial agencies.

The Cakes and AI format returns once again to close out our year. An opportunity to get together and celebrate AI research with researchers and faculty across the University. It’s great that members of the Trustworthy AI Lab get to share their many successes of 2025 while simultaneously getting inspired by colleagues here at OTU; food for thought 🎂😉.

This week Ainaz, Andrew and Nathan participated in the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) showcase.

In the afternoon session, Ainaz showcased the artistic side of our work. The visual artefact envisions a potential future where the justice system is controlled by Artificial Intelligence, for this, she took home the People’s Choice Award, well done!