Ai, Power & Misinformation
Presented by the Knowledge For Change Tkaronto Hub
How can we understand and challenge the power of AI, big tech, and misinformation to build more just and community-driven technologies? Join the Knowledge for Change Tkaronto Hub for a webinar and participatory discussion with Denisse Albornoz, Deputy Director of The Engine Room, and Angela Chukunzira, Mozilla Foundation Tech and Society Fellow, as we explore the social impacts of technology on marginalized communities.
Date: October 23, 2025
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm ET
Location: Online
About the Speakers
Denisse Albornoz, Deputy Director at The Engine Room
Denisse is a researcher interested in the societal impact of technology, particularly on marginalised communities. Using justice and community-centred methodologies, she has co-designed programs with diverse groups, including scientists, artists, and activists, to mitigate online harms and advance the safe and equitable use of technology.
Before joining The Engine Room, she led and supported research at the Royal Society, Tactical Tech, Hiperderecho and the Centre for Internet and Society. Denisse is also a fellow at the Knowledge Equity Lab at the University of Toronto and serves on the Advisory Board of the Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA). In her spare time, she enjoys planning trips to try new food or to explore the nearest mountain or beach.
Angela Chukunzira, Mozilla Foundation Tech and Society Fellow
Angela has been involved with social movements and their communicative practices in Nairobi. She has also examined the intersection of labour within the digital economy specifically with location-based platform workers and the ‘invisible’ tech workers. She has previously researched on youth perceptions of digitisation, unemployment and what the future of work(ers) looks like.
About the K4C Tkaronto Hub
The K4C (Knowledge For Change) Tkaronto Hub was co-founded in the summer of 2019 by the Knowledge Equity Lab at University of Toronto Scarborough, OISE at the University of Toronto, Toronto Centre for Community Learning & Development (CL&D), and the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC). The K4C Tkaronto Hub is part of the global K4C Consortium, which includes 22 Hubs around the world in Canada, Colombia, Cuba, India, Ireland, Italy, Malaysian, Mexico, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and the United States of America.
Our collective goal is to enable transformative change by providing accessible opportunities for students, educators, academics, community development and international cooperation practitioners in the Greater Toronto Area region and beyond to learn about CBPAR, and to facilitate community-academic partnerships to carry out CBPAR projects. You can see examples of our previous CBPAR projects here.
