Speaking

Talks,
panels &
papers

I speak on artificial intelligence as a corporate anti-corruption tool, on AI governance, and on corporate board diversity, to academic, government, investor, and professional audiences in Canada, the United States, Europe, India, and Nigeria.

Topic 01

AI for corporate integrity

How multinational corporations are using AI and machine learning to detect and prevent bribery and corruption, what those tools can and cannot do, and the governance conditions that determine whether AI-enabled compliance actually works.

Topic 02

AI governance

What responsible AI adoption requires of boards, how investors and regulators are pressing for accountability, algorithmic harm and where liability should sit, and how governance regimes compare across the Global North and South.

Topic 03

Corporate board diversity

Whether quotas and equity commitments deliver, particularly for Black women on Canadian and US corporate boards.

Invited Talks & Panels

2026

Algorithmic Harm and AI Governance: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis of the EU and BrazilInvited speaker

Centre for Feminist Legal Studies Lecture Series, University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 15 May 2026

2024

Tech Talks: Addressing Technological Change, Surveillance, Monitoring and AI at the Bargaining TablePanellist

Lancaster House · Vancouver, BC · 20 November 2024

2022

Making Cities Equitable and InclusivePanellist

University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 28 September 2022

2021

Workplace and Professional HarassmentPanellist

Women's Forum, Nigerian Bar Association Annual General Conference · Rivers, Nigeria · 27 October 2021

2021

Examining anti-Blackness and anti-Black RacismPanellist

University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 3 June 2021

Selected Conference Papers

2026

AI and Corporate Anti-Corruption: Use Cases, Risks, and Governance Implications

10th Interdisciplinary Corruption Research Network Forum · Duisburg, Germany · 25–27 June 2026

2025

Leveraging AI and ESG to Combat Corporate Corruption: An Integrated Framework

8th AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, and Society · Madrid, Spain · 20–22 October 2025

2025

Leveraging AI and ESG to Combat Corporate Corruption: An Integrated Framework

Transforming Business Practices with AI and ESG for a Sustainable Tomorrow, IILM University & University of Leeds · Greater Noida, India · 25 July 2025

2025

Combating Corruption: An Integrated Sustainable Governance and Artificial Intelligence Approach

ACPD–CALT Doctoral Student Research Roundtable, Intellectual Property and Technology Law · Vancouver, BC · 3 April 2025

2023

The Intractable Difficulties of Regulating Transnational Corporations for their Human Rights and Environmental Conduct in the Global South

with James Gathii · World Bank Group Africa Fellowship Brown Bag Lunch Series · Washington DC · 26 May 2023

2022

Getting Black Women on Canadian and US Corporate Boards: Are Quotas and EDI Commitments Sufficient?

Themis International Network of Women Business Scholars Annual Workshop · Kea, Greece · 5 June 2022

2021

Combating Corruption for Stakeholders and Social Good: From Canadian Multinationals to Global South State-owned Enterprises

UBC Sauder School of Business Research Showcase · Vancouver, BC · 1 December 2021

2021

Exploring the Integration of Corporate Governance Mechanisms and Artificial Intelligence in the Fight Against Corruption

NBA Talks, 61st Annual Nigerian Bar Association Conference · Rivers, Nigeria · 20 October 2021

2021

Corruption, Corporations and Agenda 2063

Reimagining Agenda 2063 Conference, University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 22 June 2021

2021

Re-imagining Corporate Purpose: Feminist Legal Theory and Critical Race Theory Perspectives

Themis International Network of Women Business Scholars Corporate Purpose Conference, University of Oslo · Norway · 16 April 2021

2019

Understanding the Nigerian Corporate Governance Challenge: Inadequacy of Laws or Question of Enforcement?

Liu Institute Network for Africa (LINA) Symposium, University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 19 October 2019

2019

Towards a Healthy City: Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Vancouver

Sustainability Scholars Conference, University of British Columbia · Vancouver, BC · 26 September 2019

Media Engagement

2026

Shopify Shareholders Vote Against Creation of AI Policy

Tara Deschamps · The Globe and Mail · 17 June 2026

2026

AI Data Centres are Coming to Vancouver. Here's What Experts Want You to Know

Maddie Dellplain · Vancity Lookout · 15 June 2026

2026

How Much Did OpenAI Know about Potential Violence in Tumbler Ridge? B.C., Ottawa Want to Know

Alec Lazenby · Vancouver Sun · 24 February 2026

2020

Western Canada: Hogan's Alley Once Again Offers Hope for Vancouver's Black Community

Wendy Cox and James Keller · The Globe and Mail · 27 June 2020

2020

Oludolapo Makinde and the City of Vancouver against anti-Black racism

Audrey Simon · La Source · 6 July 2020

2020

Black Community Calls for Reconciliation Over Vancouver's Historic Hogan's Alley

Melanie Nagy · CTV National News · 19 June 2020

2020

UBC Student Lays Groundwork for an Anti-Black Racism Strategy in Vancouver

Erik Rolfsen · UBC News · 19 June 2020