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Recent/upcoming publications & presentations 

Shiri, A. (2026) Assessing Anti-Indigenous Bias in Large Language Models: A Prompt Engineering Pilot Experiment. Proceedings of the Canadian Association for Information Science Annual Conference. June 22 - 25, 2026. 

Shiri, A. (2026) Canada's AI Strategy and Universities: Beyond Literacy, Students Need to be Fluent with AI. The Conversation. June 11, 2026.

Annunziata, R. S., Farnel, S., Shiri, A. (2026) Intergenerational Digital Storytelling for Inuvialuit Cultural Heritage Preservation. Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science. 49(2), pp. 1-16. 

Shiri, A., Mussone, P., Popoola, I., Kung, J. (2026) AI as Your Grant Writing Partner: Ethical and Effective Approaches. May 27, 2026. (YouTube recording)

Shiri, A. (2026) AI and Health Research: Balancing Innovation and Accountability. Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, College of Health Sciences, University of Alberta, March 19, 2026. (YouTube Recording)

Shiri, A. (2026) Beyond Search: How AI Agents Are Redefining Research. Times Higher Education. January 13, 2026

Growing AI Literacy Through Multi-stakeholder Partnership Panel. Organized by Higher Education Strategy Associates (HESA). Panelists: Karsten Mundel, Ali Shiri, Janice Kung, Ibironke Popoola, Warren Kufuor-Boakye, March 13, 2026.  (YouTube Recording)

Thompson, S., Chapman, J., Junus, R., Kenfield, A. S., Woolcott, L., Shiri, A. (2025) Measuring the Impact of Digital Collections: Digital Content Reuse Assessment Framework Toolkit. Information Technology and Libraries, 44 (5), 2025. 

Shiri, A. (2025) Generative AI and Social Good: Advancing Responsible Innovation in Graduate Education. Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) Annual Conference, Ottawa, November 4-7, 2025.  

Shiri, A. (2025) Navigating Generative AI in Graduate Research and Supervision.  Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Sciences, Mentor Meeting, ALES, University of University, October 14, 2025.

Ethical Use of AI in Higher Education, organized by HigherEd+ , The Canadian Association for Graduate Studies, Canadian Postdoctoral Development Network, and Canadian Association of Postdoctoral Administrators. Panlist: Farooq  Rathore, Mohammad Irfan, Ali Shiri, Moderator: Katrina  Godwin. October 2, 2025. 

AI Ethics and Qualitative Research, 10th World Conference on Qualitative Research - Pre-Conference Panel: Ali Shiri, Vern Glaser, Michael Van Manen, Gillian Lemermeyer, Sep 30, 2025 (YouTube Recording)

Shiri, A. (2025) Eh, I?: Navigating AI Challenges in Canadian Post-Secondary: Balancing Innovation and Integrity. Keynote Speech, Athabasca University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, September 16, 2025.  

Shiri, A. (2025) Generative AI in Graduate and Postdoctoral Research: Innovation, Integrity, Accountability. AI Day, University of Alberta, August 19, 2025. 

Panel: The AI inflection point. What is the future for disciplines, higher education, and society? Panel members, Ali Shiri (Chair), Geoffrey Rockwell, Carrie Demmans Epp, Gillian Lemermeyer. AI Day, University, August 19, 2025.

Shiri, A. (2025) AI in Universities: How Large Language Models Are Transforming Research.  The Conversation. July 21, 2025.

Shiri, A. (2025) Deep research”: A research paradigm shift. (March 27, 2025). Information Matters, Vol. 5, Issue 3. (Listen to the Podcast created using Google NotebookLM ) 

Shiri, A. (2025) Generative AI in Higher Education: Implications for Teaching, Learning, Research. Concordia University of Edmonton, February 18, 2025. 

Shiri, A. (2025) Re-envisioning Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs through Generative AI. Western Canadian Deans of Graduate Schools Annual Conference, January 23-24, 2025, Victoria, British Columbia.

Shiri, A. (2024) Artificial intelligence literacy: a proposed faceted taxonomy. Digital Library Perspectives, 40 (4), pp. 681 - 699.