Episode 3: Professor Raywat Deonandan

In this episode, Mish sits down with Professor Professor Raywat Deonandan, a global health epidemiologist, award-winning novelist, and uOttawa's research chair in university teaching, to unpack AI's growing role in academia and around the world. From students using AI for fraud or support to its unexpected potential as a digital therapist, they explore how this technology is reshaping learning, ethics, and even human connection.

This episode is hosted by Mish Boutet and produced by Lauren Roulston with sound editing by Benjamin Purdy at CHUO 89.1 FM. Music is by Kulovka

What is AI and Higher Learning?

Artificial intelligence is transforming the way we work, think, and learn- but what does that mean for students and educators today?

Join Mish Boutet, uOttawa's digital literacy librarian, for a thought-provoking three-part podcast series exploring the rapidly evolving world of AI. Each episode features a one-on-one conversation with leading professors and scholars who discuss where this technology is headed, social reactions to its rapid rise, and how we can use it effectively.

Is AI a tool for progress or a force we should fear? Listen in as experts unpack the hype, the hesitation, and the hard truths about the future of artificial intelligence!