A university student’s cautionary note on AI in classrooms

We cannot allow a whole generation of Canadians to be treated as collateral in the pursuit of national ‘productivity gains.’

AI Minister Evan Solomon. The federal government needs to back its ambitions for AI adoption with dedicated research funding to understand and address the social, educational, and emotional risks of generative AI, writes Aliyah Daya. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ALIYAH DAYA

September 2, 2026

When I started university in 2024, my professors were adamant about keeping artificial intelligence out of the classroom. This stance seemed reasonable to me. I was at university to learn, and outsourcing my papers and translations to AI didn’t seem like a great way to ach...

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