Indigenous led innovation: Aligning technology with community values | L'innovation dirigée par les Autochtones : harmoniser la technologie avec les valeurs de la communauté

Info Matters

Jeff Ward, is the CEO of Animikii and a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence working group on responsible AI. His areas of expertise encompass the development of technology solutions tailored for Indigenous communities and organizations and the integration of traditional Indigenous values and culture into modern business practices.

• The “move slow and empower people” philosophy [2:00]
• Animikii’s day to day work and the development of the Niiwin platform that can be used to support Indigenous data sovereignty [5:07]
• Incorporating Indigenous values and traditions into business practices — the seven sacred teachings [6:09]
• Indigenous people have always been data experts [9:08]
• #Data Back, shares Animikii’s perspectives on Indigenous data sovereignty and principles like OCAP and FAIR [10:32]
• Frameworks for Indigenous data governance [10:49]
• Working with the Survivors’ Secretariat, focusing on data related to the Mohawk Institute Residential School [13:09]
• The extractive nature of artificial intelligence and its environmental impact [16:26]
• The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) working group [20:00]
• How the principles of Indigenous data sovereignty can inform conversations about data ethics and governance in a digital world [23:14]

Resources:

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports and calls to action
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Niiwin data platform (Animikii)
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls calls for justice
• #DataBack e-book (Animikii)
• The First Nations Principles of OCAP (First Nations Information Governance Centre)
• The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship (Scientific Data, 2016)
• CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance (Global Indigenous Data Alliance)
• The Survivors’ Secretariat
• Federal, provincial, territorial information and privacy commissioners and ombuds wrap up successful annual meeting (IPC news release)
• Jeff Ward (Linkedin)
• First Nations data sovereignty (Info Matters season one episode)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them.

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review.

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Post @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [e-mail].

The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this podcast are for general information only. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, the IPC does not endorse, approve, recommend, or certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.