Generative AI changes which job types are vulnerable to automation

Published: 13 February 2026

Artificial intelligence is expected to reshape the labour market, but its impact won’t be felt evenly across all types of jobs. In Quebec, roughly 59 per cent of jobs are considered highly exposed...

AI replaces tasks, not entire jobs

Published: 13 February 2026

AI is changing the workplace, but it usually doesn’t replace entire jobs. Before laying people off because of ‘AI efficiencies’, employers need a solid plan. “We may or may not overestimate how...

Embracing AI tools can help forge path to leadership positions 

Published: 4 November 2025

Fewer than one in three professionals are seeking a management position, according to recent research by Robert Half, a human resources consulting firm. “The findings speak to an ongoing issue with...

When AI is used to set wages, it sets them higher than humans would

Published: 9 October 2025

When AI sets wages, it pushes them higher, according to recent research by Maxime Cohen, a Professor of Retail and Operations Management at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. Cohen...

Enabling Digital Economies: McGill Desautels at the Dubai AI Festival

Wednesday, April 23, 2025toThursday, April 24, 2025

In partnership with Dubai AI Festival, McGill Desautels is looking forward to a global gathering of industry leaders, innovators, and researchers shaping the futu/desautelsCategory: Desautels...

To avoid reproducing existing biases, AI should be built with an EDI lens

Published: 29 November 2024

Integrating an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) lens into artificial intelligence systems is no longer a luxury or optional, writes McGill Desautels Faculty Lecturer Simon Blanchette in The...

PQ plan to replace immigrants with robots won’t address key labour market shortages

Published: 15 November 2024

The Parti Québécois' recent 97-page immigration plan suggests replacing workers with automation in sectors facing labour shortages. However, Assistant Professor of Operations Management Rob Glew...

AI Is Good for Us: A Microsoft-sponsored white paper

Published: 11 September 2024

AI has become an omnipresent topic of discussion in our daily lives, both professionally and personally. While much has been written on the challenges, risks, and pitfalls of AI (and the strong...

Public sector organizations need to ensure fair AI implementation

Published: 10 November 2023

Artificial intelligence can identify patterns in data much faster and more effectively and efficiently than humans can, but it is only applicable to the specific contexts in which data was created....

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