In recent years, Canada has nurtured a strong reputation as a global centre for AI research and development and cemented its position as a pioneer in this area through the establishment of world-renowned centres of excellence such as MILA and AMII, as well as the Vector Institute in Toronto. Building on this success, there are now growing indications that the country is also becoming a global leader in AI for medicine and healthcare applications.
A great deal of this progress is being spearheaded by universities, through initiatives like the recently established Temerty Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM). As Muhammad Mamdani, Director at T-CAIREM and professor at the University of Toronto, which hosts the Centre, explains, the Centre aims to: establish a leading education program in applied artificial intelligence for medical and health science professionals; create a robust health data environment ‘enabling timely access to high quali