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Wednesday, October 29, 2025
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What happens when we let machines make decisions for us: about what we see, who we meet, what we’re worth?
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Speaker(s)
Karina Kesserwan
Cost
This event is free.
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Where
John Molson Building
1450 Guy St.
Concordia Conference Centre, 9th Floor
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Join Concordia’s Jurist-in-Residence, Morton S. Minc, as he welcomes Karina Kesserwan, lawyer and strategic advisor at Kesserwan Arteau, for a conversation about how artificial intelligence is shaping our choices, our relationships and our future.
Would you want to live in a world where every action is tracked, compiled into a social score, and used to limit your options: from the jobs you can apply for, to where you can live, to how many children you should raise?
Where systems predict who will be “healthier” and more “successful,” and funnel resources toward them. Where you no longer need to work (or think), because machines do it for you. Where the art that surrounds you is generated by robots to match your tastes and current mood?
Where you never have to face disagreement, because you’re only around people who already agree with you: on everything, from the profound to the trivial.
And if your answer is no: what can you do today to prevent this future from becoming your reality?
This talk will explore the choices being made right now, the paths they are opening or closing, and how we can collectively shape the role of AI in our world as it begins to shape us.
Open to: Students in the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, law students, and the general public interested in cybersecurity, crisis management, and digital risk.
To Participating Lawyers
Since Concordia University is an organization distinct from the Bar of Quebec, you must declare your hours of training in your personal file. A certificate of attendance representing 1.5 hours of continuing education will be issued to those lawyers who attend this conference.
Law Meets Engineering Lecture Series
Concordia Jurist-in-Residence Morton Minc is hosting a series of law-related lectures given by prominent speakers geared to all Gina Cody School students. These lectures will tackle topics that will be very useful in their professional lives.
Guest speaker
Karina Kesserwan named a Top 100 Winner of Canada’s Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network, began her career in private practice before serving as a policy advisor to provincial cabinet ministers and later as a lecturer at the college and university levels.
Upon founding her own firm, she centred her practice on Indigenous rights and also handled a wide array of matters including mining law, health, treaty negotiations, culture, entrepreneurship support and workplace-harassment investigations.
For over seven years, Karina has been passionate about AI integration, an interest that arose from her work on including Indigenous perspectives in technology. Her original publications and talks on ethics, diversity, and AI challenges have made her a sought-after speaker, recognized for her unique expertise in this rapidly evolving field.