Government of Canada launches National AI Literacy Initiative

New national partnership with Amii will provide free, practical AI learning for students, educators, workers and communities across Canada

New national partnership with Amii will provide free, practical AI learning for students, educators, workers and communities across Canada

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing how Canadians learn, work and access services. Canadians need the knowledge and skills to benefit from these technologies, understand their risks and make informed choices about how AI fits into their lives.

Today, the Honourable Evan Solomon, Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and Minister responsible for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, launched Canada’s National AI Literacy Initiative, a new national partnership with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii). The initiative will provide free, practical learning opportunities to help Canadians understand AI, use it responsibly and benefit from the opportunities it creates.

A key initiative under Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All, the program will be delivered through three learning streams:

The initiative is built around a simple progression: understand AI, use AI and, for those who choose, build with AI. It will give Canadians practical knowledge to assess AI-generated information, recognize risks such as bias, misinformation and privacy loss, and decide how to use these technologies confidently and responsibly.

Through Amii-led programming, the initiative is expected to reach up to one million post-secondary students and more than 50,000 kindergarten-to-Grade-12 (K-12) educators. The free learning opportunities will provide practical, foundational knowledge that students and educators can apply in classrooms, workplaces and their daily lives.