Rick Colbourne Ph.D (Cantab), ICD.D
@rickcolbourne.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business - focus is on emancipatory entrepreneurship, social justice, just transitions, and hybrid venture creations. I integrate activism and community-based participatory action research in my work.
AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI deepfakes of real doctors spreading health misinformation on social media
Hundreds of videos on TikTok and elsewhere impersonate experts to sell supplements with unproven effects
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
AI-generated deepfake videos of doctors whose words have been manipulated to help sell supplements and spread health misinformation www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot buff.ly/UB5TbHN
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot
I knew that a revolution in our understanding of soil could change the world. Then came a eureka moment – and the birth of the Earth Rover Program, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Over a pint in Oxford, we may have stumbled upon the holy grail of agriculture | George Monbiot buff.ly/UB5TbHN
Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges
Producer says creatives need to own their intellectual property so they can license it to generative AI platforms
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December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Musicians must embrace ‘unstoppable force’ of AI, Eurythmics’ Dave Stewart urges www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...
Tim Metz is worried about the “Google Maps–ification” of his mind. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
The People Outsourcing Their Thinking to AI
Rise of the LLeMmings
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Tim Metz is worried about the “Google Maps–ification” of his mind. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit | The Tyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
A New Oilsands Pipeline? What Politicians Won’t Admit | The Tyee thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
protesters walked into the store en masse, picked up $0.17 ice scrapers (get it?), bought them one by one, then queued up again to return each purchased tool. This was all perfectly legal, but it created retail chaos www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
A Backlash Is Brewing Against Companies Helping ICE
Activists are targeting the reputations of Home Depot, AT&T, and other businesses.
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November 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
protesters walked into the store en masse, picked up $0.17 ice scrapers (get it?), bought them one by one, then queued up again to return each purchased tool. This was all perfectly legal, but it created retail chaos www.thebulwark.com/p/backlash-b...
Stone Island’s Instructions for Authenticity profandrewgroves.substack.com/p/stone-isla...
Stone Island’s Instructions for Authenticity
How a pair of jeans turned wear into a performance.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Stone Island’s Instructions for Authenticity profandrewgroves.substack.com/p/stone-isla...
Calgary woman shocked by Skip the Dishes’ response to brazen theft | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1154950...
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Globalnews.ca – Watch and read Canada’s Breaking news plus Business, Health, Politics and World News
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November 29, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Calgary woman shocked by Skip the Dishes’ response to brazen theft | Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/1154950...
ICD.D session on AI
November 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
ICD.D session on AI
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
DULF Founders Guilty of Drug Trafficking | The Tyee thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | I think they got especially radicalized by getting rich. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
https://thetyee.ca/News/2025/11/10/Man-Who-Tracks-Silicon-Valley-Nerd-Reich/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=101125
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November 10, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The Man Who Tracks Silicon Valley’s ‘Nerd Reich’ | I think they got especially radicalized by getting rich. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada theconversation.com/the-maori-wa...
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada
Recent Māori ward plebiscites indicate that while institutional reforms for Indigenous representation are vital, meaningful change isn’t possible without broad public understanding and trust.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The Māori ward vote in New Zealand contains important lessons for Canada theconversation.com/the-maori-wa...
Canada’s best option, instead, is to stay consistent with a single message: it stands ready to be a partner. The two countries have always benefited from working together, and can again do so. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Carney Goes from ‘Elbows Up’ to Apologies | The Tyee
How Canada is getting it all wrong in dealing with Trump the bully.
thetyee.ca
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Canada’s best option, instead, is to stay consistent with a single message: it stands ready to be a partner. The two countries have always benefited from working together, and can again do so. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2025...
Top 10 Real-World Digital Human Use Cases Transforming 2025 vertu.com/ai-tools/dig...
Top 10 Real-World Digital Human Use Cases Transforming 2025
See how digital human technology is revolutionizing customer service, healthcare, education, and more with real-world use cases in 2025.
vertu.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Top 10 Real-World Digital Human Use Cases Transforming 2025 vertu.com/ai-tools/dig...
Ray Wanuch - closing ceremonies for Cando conference in Quebec City.
October 30, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Ray Wanuch - closing ceremonies for Cando conference in Quebec City.
Closing ceremonies for Cando conference
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Closing ceremonies for Cando conference
Indigenous procurement panel at Cando conference in Quebec City.
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Indigenous procurement panel at Cando conference in Quebec City.
Urban Reserve presentation at Cando
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Urban Reserve presentation at Cando
Global Affairs presentation at Cando conference on global Indigenous engagement
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Global Affairs presentation at Cando conference on global Indigenous engagement
Cando National Conference in Quebec City
October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Cando National Conference in Quebec City
Nike Wants Us to Get Ready for the Age of Robot Shoes www.esquire.com/style/mens-f...
Nike Wants Us to Get Ready for the Age of Robot Shoes
The Swoosh just unveiled plans for Project Amplify, a motorized sneaker system to aid walking and running.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Nike Wants Us to Get Ready for the Age of Robot Shoes www.esquire.com/style/mens-f...
Language of the manosphere is crossing into the classroom, survey says | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Language of the manosphere is crossing into the classroom, survey says | CBC News
A recent survey from Angus Reid and White Ribbon found that four in five educators said they had witnessed sexist or misogynistic behaviours in the classroom. And when students repeat misogynistic language,...
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October 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Language of the manosphere is crossing into the classroom, survey says | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Skills once lodged in the body moved into tools and rose into institutions. Over time, the division of labor became, inevitably, a division of cognitive labor. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Age of De-Skilling
Will AI stretch our minds—or stunt them?
www.theatlantic.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Skills once lodged in the body moved into tools and rose into institutions. Over time, the division of labor became, inevitably, a division of cognitive labor. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost | Environment | The Guardian share.google/0PDKFyZTh8eF...
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost
In this week’s newsletter: whether it’s a holiday or work trip, railway travellers find themselves burdened by astronomical prices
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October 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
When trains are pricier than planes, there’s a heavy social, financial and environmental cost | Environment | The Guardian share.google/0PDKFyZTh8eF...
Leaders from the creative industries urge Parliament to act on foreign AI companies - University Affairs universityaffairs.ca/news/leaders...
Leaders from the creative industries urge Parliament to act on foreign AI companies - University Affairs
‘Nearly every song ever written by a Canadian songwriter has already been scraped,’ says music industry witness.
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October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Leaders from the creative industries urge Parliament to act on foreign AI companies - University Affairs universityaffairs.ca/news/leaders...