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Canadian Teachers’ Federation concerned National AI Literacy Initiative puts adoption before safety

Financial Post · October 14, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

OTTAWA, Ontario, Oct.

14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On September 9 th , the Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation, Evan Solomon, unveiled Canada’s National AI Literacy Initiative , delivered in partnership with the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii).

The Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF/FCE) welcomes federal investment in K-12 educators.

But the initiative asks teachers to integrate AI into K-12 classrooms before anyone, government included, can say whether these tools are safe and beneficial for learning.

AI for All: Essentials for Educators encourages the adoption of a technology that is unregulated, untested, and changing faster than any course can keep up with.

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Canadian Teachers’ Federation concerned National AI Literacy Initiative puts adoption before safety

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