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$1 million of the gift will be allocated to an endowment establishing the Slater Family Fellowship in Technology and Human Nature. Starting in 2021, the fellowship will be awarded to a PhD student, entering or enrolled in the Faculty of Arts, who is pursuing research related to the philosophical assessment of technology and its implications for humans and society.
A second facet of the gift will see $250,000 allocated to enable McGill faculty to participate in the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) fellowship program based in San Francisco. Drawing on the global reach and resources of the World Economic Forum (WEF), C4IR partners with governments, leading companies, civil society and experts from around the world to design and pilot innovative approaches to policy and governance related to emerging technologies. |