Gen(Z)AI

Gen(Z)AI is bringing young people (ages 17-23) together across Canada to help shape the future of AI.

From September 2025 to April 2026, we are convening 100 young Canadians across four regional forums in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and Halifax to hear from youth directly on the implications of AI systems for online harms, and to develop concrete policy recommendations aimed at shaping Canada鈥檚 legislative and regulatory approaches to AI. Participants learn from experts, deliberate with other young people, and build policy consensus that has the potential to impact Canadian AI governance.

Gen(Z)AI鈥檚 Four Forums

Toronto

AI & Chatbots: November 7-9, 2025
Chatbots are some of the most widely-used forms of AI. As they become increasingly embedded in our work, school, social, and personal lives, how can we ensure that we鈥檙e using them safely?

Montreal

AI & Information Integrity: January 30 - February 1
AI is changing the way we access, process, and produce information. What can we do to ensure the words we read and the videos we view online are trustworthy?

Vancouver

AI & Data Privacy: February 20-22
AI systems are built using large datasets, and continuously collect user data to fine-tune their outputs. What kind of data should be collected, and what should be protected?

Halifax

AI & Age Assurance: March 27-29
Governments around the world are considering asking young people to verify their age before accessing online platforms or using AI systems. How can we ensure that solutions like this protect user privacy, digital rights, and access to information?

Are you between 17-23 years old? Participate now!

Gen(Z)AI brings 100 young Canadians (ages 17-23) from across the country together to deliberate in-person and generate policy recommendations about AI and online harms, which will be presented directly to decision-makers. This national process also has a complementary digital phase: in partnership with , recommendations will be shared with thousands more Canadian youth, who can weigh in on the draft recommendations created by their peers, and contribute their voices to this groundbreaking process.

Via an interactive sequence, linked below, participants will be asked to indicate their level of agreement with the recommendations drafted by Gen(Z)AI representatives and suggest improvements: a crucial step in refining each proposal. It also provides opportunities for participants to share personal stories related to their use of AI, and to propose other AI-related issues they would like to see discussed and deliberated on in in future processes.

The survey will be populated with the results of each forum, and will be open until April 2026. The results of the survey will be discussed and brought into the deliberations of the final plenary session in Ottawa.

Forum Reports

Gen(Z)AI Forum Report: AI & Chatbots

"Young Canadians really care about the future of AI, and they desperately want change. This was made clear during our first Youth Forum on AI Chatbots. This generation is uniquely positioned to provide perspectives informed by their lived experiences, and they must be centred in the policymaking process. This Youth Forum was just the beginning, and I am excited to see this important work continue!"

Madeleine Case
Report Author and Lead Youth Fellow, Gen(Z)AI Forum on AI Chatbots

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Partners

Gen(Z)AI is a joint project of SFU鈥檚 Dialogue on Technology Project and McGill鈥檚 , with support from and . The project is supported by funding from The Walton's Trust, Ronald S Roadburg Foundation, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, CIFAR and Mila.

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Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue