What we do

Strategic watch, foresight, representation and advocacy.

Engagement, knowledge-sharing, publication and education.

Programming and professional development.

You are AI curious but don’t know where to start? We support organizations in developing AI governance frameworks and responsible practices through cross-sectoral and forward-looking approaches. 

After identifying what kind of AI could be beneficial for your organization, we can :

1. AI Governance Strategies & Policies: Integration of regulatory requirements, ethical considerations, and organizational values into AI adoption strategies. Are you using ChaGPT with no policy in place on when, how to use it? That’s a serious liability (IP loss, security risks, reputational risks, etc.)

- Stakeholder Participation & Foresight: Engaging stakeholders in AI scenario design and anticipation to promote inclusive, sustainable, and legitimate policies. 

2. Strategic Monitoring & Regulatory Compliance: Regular updates on emerging AI governance standards to ensure compliance, competitiveness, and cyber resilience in an evolving landscape. 

- Digital sovereignty & cyberresilience advisory: development of strategies to enhance technological autonomy and protect against AI-related vulnerabilities. 

3. Feasibility Studies & Interoperability: Socio-legal assessment of data trusts. Analysis of interoperability with ecosystems based on shared values, ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks and safeguarding stakeholder interests. 

4. Stakeholder Engagement & AI Governance Networks: Creation & coordination of AI Governance communities including private, public, and cultural sectors, along with key stakeholders affected by AI’s impact. 

5. Strategic conferences & events to facilitate the adoption of innovative solutions aligned with digital sovereignty and cybersecurity challenges. 

About Us

AI Impact Alliance specializes in integrating socio-legal expertise with technological innovation to support organizations in navigating the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI). Since 2017, we have launched programs that examine the ethical, social, and legal implications of AI. 

We have championed best practices in AI engagement through the arts, and in 2024, we introduced a program focused on the legal and economic impacts of AI in the arts and culture sector. 

Our multidisciplinary approach and mission-driven business model (non-profit organization) ensure that AI initiatives remain ethical, independent from major technology corporations, regulatory-compliant, and aligned with Canadian societal values. Our network of experts is international, and we leverage our recognized expertise in AI governance to foster responsible and sustainable digital transformation. 

Our Founder

Valentine Goddard is a lawyer, artist and a recognized expert in AI governance. She is a trusted expert to governments and organizations (Canada Council on AI from 2021 to 2024, United Nations, etc.), actively contributing to the development of AI governance models that influence policy and regulatory frameworks at both national and international levels.

Renowned for her interdisciplinary approach, she bridges law, technological innovation, and civic engagement, integrating the arts as a strategic lever for legitimate and inclusive AI governance. Her expertise is frequently sought by governments, international organizations, and businesses for guidance on the socio-legal implications of AI, risk management, and adaptation to emerging regulations.

Since 2017, Me Goddard has been invited to speak at leading international forums and has collaborated with policymakers and experts worldwide on strategic AI governance issues. She possesses deep expertise in the impact of AI on arts, creativity, and knowledge generation. In 2025, her focus will be on cyber resilience, combating disinformation, and digital sovereignty. 

In our collaborators’ words.

  • As AI technology advances at a dizzying pace, what communities and perspectives are being left out, and how will this shape the narratives and stories of the future? We need to create the necessary guardrails to ensure that AI practices uphold democracy, equity, and pluralism. That’s why Inspirit Foundation joined the AI Impact Alliance.

    Sadia Zaman, CEO, Inspirit Foundation

  • Generative AI brings with it seismic impacts on the practice and profession of visual arts, and so it’s essential that the arts sector is able to co-create policy to define, protect, and advance the future of artistic expression in Canada. But given the magnitude and complexity of AI technology, sound policy solutions should be the product of processes that bring artists together, that foster space for creative, theoretical, and existential ideation, and encourage a diversity of voice and viewpoint. This is why the AI Impact Alliance’s contribution is so necessary, and why CARFAC Ontario is delighted to become a member.

    Jason Samilski, Executive Director, CARFAC Ontario

  • The rapid rise of generative artificial intelligence defines a new era for artists and their relationship to copyright, requiring close collaboration between creators and policy-makers. To navigate this ever-changing landscape with its complex components, it is crucial that policies emerge from inclusive processes, where diverse perspectives fuel innovation and legality. In becoming a member of the AIIA, RAAV is confident that it has found a trusted partner to build this bridge between creativity and digital democracy, to ensure that visual artists can benefit equally with other stakeholders from the opportunities that this technology brings.

    Camille Cazin, Executive Director, directrice générale, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels (RAAV)

  • My opinion on the contribution of art to the social issues of AI is that it's a way of nurturing collective reflection on the choices we'll have to make, which will have legal, economic and political ramifications. Art contributes to this through, among other things, the emotions and mental images that works of art (of all kinds) can arouse. Obviously, the form can be very different depending on the art form. And it's very important, this 'gut' aspect. For years, I thought I understood on a superficially rational level the arguments of certain researchers about the existential risks of AI, but I didn't do anything to dig into this and deal with it. It was when the arrival of ChatGPT forced me to confront the possibility of these risks, and above all to digest them emotionally, that my actions and plans really changed.

    Yoshua Bengio, Deep Learning Researcher and Professor, Scientific Director, Mila

  • How can we combine digital democracy and cultural democracy? Between creativity and legality, a whole field is opening up for our artists!

    Nathalie Bondil, Director of Museum and Exhibitions, Arab World Institute, Paris

  • As AI technology advances rapidly, the arts community will require a dependable source and repository to explore both potential opportunities and potential pitfalls. This evolution will entail legal complexities, a perpetual influx of novel creative considerations, and a necessity to forge connections across various sub-sectors. Mass Culture looks forward to collaborating with AIIA as a community partner, ensuring that the sector effectively harnesses its wealth of information and creative output.” Robin Sokoloski, Director of Organizational Development, Mass Culture | Mobilisation culturelle

    Robin Sokoloski, Robin Sokoloski, Director of Organizational Development, Mass Culture

  • As we are making strides in hardcore AI technology and witnessing paradigm shifts in power dynamics within society and the workforce as a result of technological innovations, we must be extra mindful of ways through which arts, creativity, and cultural engagement can ensure a balanced approach to progress and that is exactly why the Cluster is such a critical and timely initiative.

    Ebrahim Bagheri, Professor and researcher, Responsible AI Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University