Pair of Calgary Drop-In Centre pilot projects set to wind down at end of March
The Encampment Shelter and Vicinity Outreach programs, previously offered by the Drop-In Centre, will come to an end this month as federal funding winds down.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pilot-projects-encampment-funding-9.7142384?cmp=rss

New permanent Hub homeless shelter proposed in Nanaimo, as current one faces imminent closure
Facing a looming closure, the social service organizations that operate a temporary winter shelter and drop-in centre for people in need in Nanaimo, B.C., are proposing to create a permanent, year-round shelter — but its proposed location is already facing opposition.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-nanaimo-hub-9.7140277?cmp=rss

N.S. bill aims to extend support for youth in foster care who age out of the system
A bill before the Nova Scotia Legislature is proposing a change to the age when young people in the foster care or group home system can get provincial support, raising it from 19 to 26.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/foster-care-group-homes-support-raising-age-limit-9.7138740?cmp=rss

Federal funding gap threatens services for Montreal’s most vulnerable
Face à Face, a non-profit organization, serves over 1,200 clients without a fixed address, with just a handful of employees. Now, staff worry the situation will worsen due to a lack of financial support from the federal government.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7136923?cmp=rss

Next Manitoba budget will boost child-care worker wages, number of spaces
The Manitoba budget, set to be delivered Tuesday, will include more money for child care and a smaller deficit, Finance Minister Adrien Sala said Friday.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-budget-2026-child-care-worker-wages-spaces-9.7136658?cmp=rss

TikTok 'mum on the run' who bragged about UK benefits jailed in Thailand for drug offences

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/tiktok-mum-run-who-bragged-36896813

Saskatchewan government says affordability a priority, increases income support by 2%
The province named affordability as one of its main priorities in the 2026-27 budget, increasing social services and assistance spending to more than $1.9 billion. That is $87 million more than social services and assistance got last year, representing a 4.7 per cent increase and making it the third-biggest sp...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/budge-affordability-social-services-9.7134118?cmp=rss

Teaching AI Ethics: Bias and Discrimination

This is the first post in a series exploring the nine areas of AI ethics outlined in this original post. Each post will go into detail on the ethical concern as well as providing practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. UPDATE: Here's a pre-post-script to this post which raises an important point about bias in image generation. It comes from a DM conversation and subsequent comment on the post on LinkedIn: Excellent comment via Lori Mazor on the image with this […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/03/06/teaching-ai-ethics-bias-and-discrimination/

Teaching AI Ethics: Environment

This is the second post in a series exploring the nine areas of AI ethics outlined in this original post. Each post goes into detail on the ethical concern and provides practical ways to discuss these issues in a variety of subject areas. For the first post on bias and discrimination, click here. The original post Teaching AI Ethics provided an overview of nine areas of ethical concern with AI. Although I primarily work with generative AI like text and image generation, many of these can be […]

https://leonfurze.com/2023/03/13/teaching-ai-ethics-environment/