IRCC’s Most Introspective and Honest Look – IRCC’s Ombudsperson Office Feasibility Study (draft)
Back in February 2022, I testified in front of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (“CIMM”) where I testified along with other witnesses around the need for an independent ombudsperson for IRCC. Nearly three years later, we finally receive our first glimpse behind the curtain at how this recommendation was received and processed […]
CBSA Algorithmic Impact Assessment for Security Screening Automation (Draft)
Furthering our work in uncovering what the Canada Border Services Agency (“CBSA”) is doing, I am sharing the draft Algorithmic Impact Assessment we have for their Security Screening Automation (“SSA”) project. Based on a recent information technology report (disclosing projects with a budget of more than $1 Million dollars), the following is summarized about this […]
Another Peer Review We’re Making Public: Privately Sponsored Refugee Automation
We have access to a new peer review thanks to the ATIP prowess of Andrew Koltun. This one is for the Automation Tools on Privately Sponsored Refugee Applications Automation Tools on Privately Sponsored Refugee Applications Here is the Google Docs link for those who are looking on their cellphones and cannot see the preview. While […]
The DADM’s Noticeable Silence: Clarifying the Human Role in the Canadian Government’s Hybrid Decision-Making Systems [Law 432.D – Op-Ed 2]
This is part 2 of a two-part series sharing Op-Eds I wrote for my Law 432.D course titled “Accountable Computer Systems.” This blog will likely go up on the course website in the near future but as I am hoping to speak to and reference things I have written for a presentations coming up, I […]
Filling in Three Missing Peer Reviews for IRCC’s Algorithmic Impact Assessments
As a public service, and transparently because I need to also refer to these in my own work in the area, I am sharing three peer reviews that have not yet been published by Immigration, Refugess and Citizenship Canada (“IRCC”) nor made available on the published Algorithmic Impact Assessment (“AIA”) pages from the Treasury Board […]
Colliding Concepts and an Immigration Case Study: Lessons on Accountability for Canadian Administrative Law from Computer Systems [Op-Ed 1 for Law 432.D Course]
I wrote this Op-Ed for my Law 432.D course titled ‘Accountable Computer Systems.’ This blog will likely be posted on the course website but as I am presenting on a few topics related, I wanted it to be available to the general public in advance. I do note that after writing this blog, my more […]
What is an AI Hype Cycle and How Is it Relevant to Canadian Immigration Law?
Recently I have been reading and learning more about AI Hype Cycles. I first learned this term from Professor Kristen Thomasen when she did a guest lecture for our Legal Methodologies graduate class and discussed it with respect to her own research on drone technology and writing/researching during hype cycles. Since then, in almost AI-related […]
