Tanja Tajmel, Concordia University

Research

Artificial Intelligence Gendered innovations Technology policy Social equity Socio-economic analysis Indigenous population Gender Older adults and aging population

Latest funding

Assessing the socio-economic (in)equity of AI in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,186
Assessing the socio-economic (in)equity of AI in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$32,655
A Training Program on the Development, Deployment and Servicing of Artificial Intelligence-based Software Systems
NSERC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,050,000

All 4 grants and awards

Assessing the socio-economic (in)equity of AI in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tajmel, Tanja

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Gendered innovations; Technology policy; Social equity; Socio-economic analysis; Indigenous population; Gender; Older adults and aging population; Intersectionality; Canada

$32,186

Assessing the socio-economic (in)equity of AI in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tajmel, Tanja

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Gendered innovations; Technology policy; Social equity; Socio-economic analysis; Indigenous population; Gender; Older adults and aging population; Intersectionality; Canada

$32,655

A Training Program on the Development, Deployment and Servicing of Artificial Intelligence-based Software Systems

Co-investigatorNSERC2021Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Shihab, Emad E

Keywords: ai-based systems; servicing ai-based systems; social aspects of ai-based systems; software deployment; software development; software engineering

$1,050,000

Decolonizing Light – Tracing and Countering Colonialism in Contemporary Physics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Tajmel, Tanja

Keywords: decolonization; physics education; indigenous knowledges;optics; narratives; knowledge systems; physical research; discourse analysis; power relations; social inequity

$178,818

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Artificial Intelligence Dear Professor Tajmel, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on artificial intelligence connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Assessing the socio-economic (in)equity of AI in Canada" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]