Bio
Blair is an interdisciplinary researcher, educator, and creative with 10+ years of experience working across government, academia, and industry. Blair researches the governance of artificial intelligence, with a focus on AI governance systems in Canada and trans feminist perspectives on AI. She teaches students and professionals about AI ethics and policy, advises organizations, and advocates for community-led AI governance systems. Her creative work combines speculative fiction, glitch art, and surrealism to explore trans perspectives of the future of AI.
Blair’s research has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) with a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2021-2024), and by three Ontario Graduate Scholarships (2019-2020, 2020-2021, & 2024-2025). She is a member of the Beta Phi Mu International Honor Society for Library and Information Studies, a recipient of the OLA Anniversary Prize, and a two-time recipient of the Norma Epstein Foundation Award in Creative Writing.
Specialization
Global & national AI governance systems, AI policy, AI ethics, AI futures, transfeminism, participatory governance, service systems
Degrees
- Master of Information – Knowledge Management & Information Management (University of Toronto, 2016
- Honours Bachelor of Arts – English Literature, Writing & Rhetoric (University of Toronto, 2014)
Committees or Affiliations
- iDB Lab
- AI Advisor, AI Skills Lab Canada
- Program Committee Member, ACM FAccT Conference 2024 & 2025
- Research Advisory Board Member, AI and the Future of Post-Secondary Education. The Conference Board of Canada (October 2023 – October 2024)
- Research Associate, Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation (2018-2019)
- Editor-in-Chief, The iJournal (2015-2016)