This workshop series provides a comprehensive introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a focus on its growing influence in the social good sector. As AI continues to evolve, it is increasingly being applied to address critical global challenges, from combating climate change to improving healthcare and advancing gender equality. However, along with its transformative potential, AI also brings new ethical concerns about bias, privacy, and unintended consequences. In this series, participants will explore the history of AI, its current applications, and the importance of developing AI systems that are responsible, fair, and aligned with human values.

Participants will also dive into AI’s role in advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through case studies that showcase AI-driven innovations in areas such as environmental sustainability, clean water, and public health. Special attention will be given to how AI is being used in Canada, including insights from experts in the field. Through interactive discussions, practical exercises, and guest speakers, this series equips attendees with the tools to engage with AI thoughtfully and responsibly, and provides a framework for applying AI to create meaningful, positive change within their organizations and communities.

Kate Arthur

Kate Arthur is a British-Canadian entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in founder-leadership roles in technology, communications and digital education. She is currently co-founder at Comz, a global consulting group that empowers and supports executive leadership to bring AI & digital literacies into their organizations, communities, and countries.

Internationally, Kate speaks on the importance of AI literacy and contributes regularly to global policy discussions. She is a contributor to UNESCO's work on AI competency frameworks for students and teachers; a Canadian Delegate for the United Nations High Level Political Forum; a member of CCUNESCO's Artificial Intelligence & UN Sustainable Development Goals Working group; a member of Canada's Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development's Artificial Intelligence Public Awareness Working Group; a Trustee of the Anita Goulden Trust, a UK based charity that financially supports the Anita Goulden Home & School for disabled youth from disadvantaged communities in Peru. Kate’s grandmother, Anita Goulden, started the School in 1958.

Fluently bilingual (En/ Fr), Kate was raised & educated in the U.K., Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Argentina and Canada. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Concordia University (Canada), an Executive MBA from McGill/ HEC Universities (Canada), Board Governance training from Rotman School of Management (Canada), and certified in Public Policy, and AI & Ethics from the London School of Economics (UK).

Awards include Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100; 100 Entrepreneures Qui Changent Le Monde; Empowerment Leader of the Year Award; Visa Entrepreneur / Innovation Leader of the Year.

Kate recently completed a book A(m)I Literate?, scheduled for publication in Winter 2025.

Tanya Woods, BA, LLB, LLM, LLM, ICD.D.

Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs & Policy Counsel, Questrade Financial Group

Tanya Woods leads Government and Regulatory Affairs at Questrade Financial Group, a successful private Canadian company with $45B AUA and a portfolio of leading companies offering innovative financial, home, lending, and insurance services online to help clients become more financially successful. She is a dynamic and specialized technology, regulatory, and trade lawyer, former trade negotiator, and technology policy expert who advises governments and companies on issues such as intellectual property,

open finance, emerging technologies and digital trade.

She has served in advisory, board and C-suite legal and business roles for over 20 years, successfully advancing the commercial and regulatory agendas of technology companies, including Microsoft, Nintendo, Interac, and BCE Inc. Woods also launched and led Canada's first blockchain and digital assets trade association, was part of the launch of Canada’s first digital asset miner on NASDAQ, supported the development of the first global charity-led algorithmic (AI) literacy program, and sat on the Board of Canada’s first publicly traded 4D “metaverse” studio.

As an active humanitarian, Tanya was one of the first Chief Impact Officer’s in the world in 2013 and developed leading philanthropic technology to enhance philanthropic donations and build community resilience. Tanya’s leadership and contributions have been recognized by the Government of Canada, IT World, the Obama Foundation, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, amongst others. She studied law at the London School of Economics, University of Ottawa, and American University Washington College of Law and has her Institute of Corporate Directors Certification from the University of Toronto Rotman School of Business.