Karine Gentelet (Université du Québec en Outaouais (Canada)) will give a talk entitled « Reflections on the decolonization processes and data sovereignty based on the digital and AI strategies of indigenous peoples in Canada ».

This presentation will focus on the digital strategies developed by Indigenous Peoples to reaffirm their information sovereignty and how they contribute to the decolonization of data. The information that represents Indigenous Peoples is tainted by colonization and systemic practices of informational discrimination. Their initiatives of informational sovereignty and data decolonization allows data that is collected by and for them and therefore much more accurate, diversified and representative of their realities and needs. The principles developed by Indigenous Peoples not only testify to an asserted digital agency but also induce a paradigmatical shift due to the inclusion of ancestral knowledge and traditional modes of governance. It allows a new power balance within the digital ecosystem.