In today’s popular culture, much has been made of gig-work companies that are leveraging the power of technology to transform traditional work and reap tremendous profits. On the other hand, far less is known about gig workers - the people who are driving this economy forward.

To fill this knowledge gap, McGill University’s Matthew Corritore, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Organization and John-Paul Ferguson, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour will survey gig-economy workers in Montreal and Toronto to get a fuller picture of who they are, their social networks, and how they fare on the job.

This research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada through a 2019 Insight Development Grant.

Visit https://www.mcgill.ca/delve/ to learn more.

Topics Discussed:

• Gig Work is Nothing New (3:39)
• Shortfalls of Current Data (4:51)
• Uncovering Hidden Social Networks (6:47)
• Promise vs. Peril (8:43)
• Context is Everything (13:46)
• Designing the Survey (16:10)

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Population aging is becoming one of the greatest social transformations of our time, but with new challenges come new opportunities to innovate.

In this episode, Dr. Mehmood Khan, former Vice Chairman of PepsiCo turned CEO of Life Biosciences joins Laurette Dubé, McGill University Professor of Marketing and Director of the McGill Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics to explore how the scientific community is partnering with business leaders, policymakers, and educators to stave off multiple diseases of aging through integrated interventions and product innovations.

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David Malpass gives his first major address as President of the World Bank Group ahead of the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meeting in October 2019. Hear more about what his organization is doing on the ground to reduce extreme poverty.

This episode is available on all major podcast platforms.

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Is AI coming for your job? The introduction of new technologies has disrupted and transformed job markets for centuries, most notably during the industrial revolution. Today artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous technology are changing most workplaces and shifting the ground beneath jobs that were once considered stable, with repercussions across all economic sectors. 

To help us navigate the fourth industrial revolution, we’ll hear from Yann LeCun, Director of AI Research at Facebook, Silver Professor and Founding Director of the Center for Data Science, New York University, and 2019 Turing Award recipient, alongside Matissa Hollister, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University.

1. ​The Evolution of Artificial Intelligence 
2. Taking Artificial Intelligence to Tasks 
3. Artificial Intelligence in Context 
4. Careers in Artificial Intelligence 
5. Preparing for the Future 

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