The Brock University research project “Healing Algorithms: Decolonizing AI for Health Equity in Indigenous and Black Communities” was launched Nov. 5 with a public event that introduced its two advisory boards, which included, among other members, Sabrina Shawana (left), her father, Knowledge Keeper James Shawana (right) and Trecia McLennon, Founder of Ethicul Group Inc. (centre). The research aims to make existing artificial intelligence systems fairer by rethinking the assumptions on which they are built. The advisory boards also include Belicia Xochi Recinos Athanasas with the Fort Erie Native Friendship Centre, Brock Associate Professor of Nursing Connie Schumacher, retired pediatrician Dr. Peter Bonsu, Brock student and entrepreneur Justin Mafie and Alex Coleman, Board Member for the Foundation for Black Communities.