Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Publish Date: 2026-01-26 00:00:00
Source Domain: educationnewscanada.com
- Dr. Ki Wight leads a project at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Council (SSHRC) to examine the impacts of AI and disinformation in art and design education.
- The initiative involves a nine-month project as part of a larger two-and-a-half-year research effort aimed at addressing lack of literature on the intersection of AI, disinformation, and creative higher education.
- The research team includes ECU faculty and design students who presented their findings at symposiums in 2025.
- Key concerns identified include the potential deskilling of creative professionals, threats to intellectual property, propagation of entrenched biases by AI, and slow institutional policy development in response to AI’s rapid evolution.
- A forthcoming “Gen AI Learning Community” will be established to address these concerns collaboratively and ethically in ECU’s classrooms.
- The initiative emphasizes building ethical literacy founded on agency, equity, community care, and ethical co-creation, tailored to students’ diverse concerns.
- The project aims to influence policy and practice in creative education through invited industry guests, public events, and publications.
