AI Observatory
About HESA's AI Observatory
Background
In May 2023, Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA) hosted an initial roundtable discussion on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in higher education. Its success (more than 177 people joined the call from across the country) proved the need for pan-Canadian inter-institutional collaboration for the development of comprehensive institutional policies.
This is why HESA decided to launch its Observatory on AI Policies in Canadian Post-Secondary Education (hereafter, “the Observatory”). The Observatory will act as a Canadian clearinghouse for post-secondary institutions’ policies and guidelines with respect to AI.
The objectives of the Observatory will include:
1. To encourage cross-institutional learning by providing a platform for sharing policies and guidelines on AI, so that post-secondary institutions can support and draw inspiration from one another instead of having to re-invent the wheel by themselves.
2. To keep post-secondary institutions informed of the latest developments on AI policies and guidelines in the higher education sector, by gathering information and disseminating it via weekly emails.
