AI Advisory Committee

The Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee (AIAC) is a subcommittee of the Technology Management Committee (TMC). The committee's purpose is to provide cross-functional advice, review, and governance support on artificial intelligence matters at George Brown Polytechnic.

AIAC supports institutional alignment, responsible adoption, and coordinated decision-making related to AI across the Polytechnic. This includes advising on the development, review, and refresh of the AI Plan and Roadmap, as well as broader AI-related priorities, risks, opportunities, standards, and governance considerations.

The Committee will review, advise on, recommend, and/or monitor major topics and activities related to artificial intelligence at George Brown Polytechnic, including:

  • institutional AI priorities, opportunities, risks, and readiness considerations
  • AI-related governance approaches, planning assumptions, standards, and frameworks
  • significant AI-related proposals, initiatives, or issues referred to the Committee
  • emerging issues related to AI use across academic and corporate divisions
  • institutional considerations related to AI in academics, teaching and learning, student experience, operations, data, privacy, cybersecurity, accessibility, equity, communications, and workforce readiness
  • recommendations to TMC on AI-related plans, priorities, standards, and other strategic matters requiring approval, endorsement, or further direction

AIAC brings together members from across academic and non-academic areas of the Polytechnic to support a coordinated, responsible, and institutionally aligned approach to AI.

Co-Chairs

Shehroze Saharan

Senior Manager, Institutional AI Strategy Development and Support, 
Office of the Vice-President, Digital Transformation & Chief Information Officer 

Morris Anthony Beckford

Associate Dean, School of Social and Community Services and School of Deaf and Deafblind Studies, 
Faculty of Community Services and Interdisciplinary Studies

Secretary

Jimi Rockley

Coordinator, Digital Learning Environments, 
Office of the Vice-President, Digital Transformation & Chief Information Officer

 

Members

Anuli Ausbeth-Ajagu

Professor, School of Management, 
Faculty of Business, Creative Industries and Culinary Arts

Elena Chudaeva

Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 
Faculty of Community Services and Interdisciplinary Studies

Cheryl Dunn

Manager, Marketing and Communications, 
Centre for Continuous Learning and Professional Studies

Daniel Fok

Director, Student Life, Housing and Athletics, 
Student Success

Salvador Garcia-Martinez

Data Visualization and Analytics Specialist, Enterprise Applications, 
Information Technology Services

Sarah Gillard

Senior Manager, Library Services, Libraries, 
Learning and Assessment Centres

Victor Gonzalez

Financial Assistance Consultant, 
Registrar's Office

Gordana Icevska

Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 
Faculty of Community Services and Interdisciplinary Studies

Rhoda Lee

Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Response Advisor, 
Office of Anti-Racism, Equity and Human Rights Services

Christopher Pandolfi

Professor, School of Design, 
Faculty of Business, Creative Industries and Culinary Arts

Rocio Conde

Educational Technology Specialist, 
Teaching and Learning Exchange

Albert Danison

Associate Dean, School of Computer Technology, 
Faculty of Applied Science, Construction and Engineering Technology

John-Allan Ellingson

Partial-Load Professor & Primary Investigator, 
Faculty of Applied Science, Construction and Engineering Technology and the Office of Research and Innovation 

Joanna Friend

Manager, UDL, Accessible Pedagogy and Academic Success, 
Teaching and Learning Exchange

Klajda Gega

Manager, Organizational Change,
People and Culture

Rebekah Glendinning 

Liaison Librarian, Digital Literacy and AI Librarian, 
Libraries, Learning and Assessment Centres

Karen Hamilton

Professor and Online Coordinator, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 
Faculty of Community Services and Interdisciplinary Studies

Shahin Javanshiri

Manager, Network Infrastructure Services, Cyber Security, 
Information Technology Services

Mariel Andrea Mallonga

Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator, 
Office of the General Legal Counsel

Yuchen Sun

Director, Research Programs, 
Office of Research and Innovation

Ex-officio Members

Jason Inniss

Director, Teaching Excellence, 
Office of the Provost

Jessica Rumboldt

Manager, Indigenous Initiatives, 
Office of Anti-Racism, Equity and Human Rights Services

Frank Rosa

Director, Enterprise Applications, 
Office of the Vice-President, Digital Transformation & Chief Information Officer 

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