The Anticolonial Cuia: The Costs of AI will happen on the first day of the III Critical Internet Governance Symposium in Toronto, Canada, which will take place on October 5-6, 2026. The event is co-organized by the Toronto Metropolitan University, the Faculty of Information at University of Toronto, the Rede de Pesquisa em Governança da Internet (REDE), the critical infrastructure lab, the Indigenous Friends Association, the Abya Yala Pluriversity, and the Communication and Culture Graduate Student Association.
Anticolonial Cuia in Toronto: The Costs of AI
October 5th, 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Toronto Metropolitan University, Daphne Cockwell Complex (DCC), 7th Floor, 288 Church St.
9:00– 9:10 AM: Opening
9:10–9:30 AM: Dr. Jess Reia’s keynote
9:30–10:15 AM: The Costs of AI: Human Rights and Earth Rights
Dr. Veronica Uribe, Dr. Alejandro Mayoral Baños, dr. Aylan Couchie, Dr. Seyram Avle
10:15–11:00 AM: AI Counter-Movements (Black, Feminist, Indigenous, Queer AI)
Keshav Kant, Mel Racho, Océane Nyela, Kruskaya Hidalgo Cordero
11:00 AM–12:00 PM: Indigenous Foodways Tour 1
12:00–1:00 PM: Lunch (provided for registered participants)
1:00–2:00 PM: Indigenous Foodways Tour 2
2:00–3:00 PM: AI Policy Priorities workshop
with Dr. Evan Light, Maria Cortez and students from the Critical Information Policy MA Program
3:00–3:45 PM: Break
3:45–6:30 PM: Community Mesh Network Workshop
with Christy Westhovens and Maxigas
7:30 PM: Happy Hour – Samba Nazareth, 49 St Clair Ave W.
