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Bret Nestor

Bret Nestor is a research associate at UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and School of Population and Public Health.


Health-data sharing across provinces is the cornerstone of the government’s new AI strategy, but will our privacy really be protected?

If Canada wants to become a global leader in health AI, it should also become a global leader in demonstrating that ‘privacy-preserving’ AI actually preserves privacy.

opinion | BY DEAN REGIER, BRET NESTOR | August 6, 2026