The Department of Canadian Heritage is seeking your input for the National Survey on the Cultural Sector’s Readiness for Artificial Intelligence. The survey will be available until September 15, 2026.
Please access the French language survey here: Sondage national sur la préparation du secteur culturel à l’intelligence artificielle.
Magazine publishers as well as News publishers, please fill out this important survey before the deadline!
On June 4, the Government of Canada launched its new national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, AI for All, which aims to strengthen trust in AI, create new economic opportunities, and support Canadian sovereignty in this rapidly evolving field.
As part of this strategy, the Department of Canadian Heritage is developing a new Creative Technology Program, a $50 million initiative designed to help Canada’s cultural sector adapt to rapid technological change, including the growing adoption and impact of artificial intelligence.
The pillars of the strategy
Pillar 1: Protecting Canadians and safeguarding our democracy
- AI will only deliver on its promise if Canadians trust it. That requires modern privacy and online safety laws, strong national AI safety capabilities, and secure government systems.
Pillar 2: Empowering Canadians
- Canada must become an AI skills nation, where AI creates good jobs for Canadians, by giving access to AI training and education for all Canadians and by representing and including Canadian voices, languages and culture.
Pillar 3: Powering AI adoption
- The gains of AI will come from putting it to work across the Canadian economy and developing pro-worker, industrial AI technologies. AI for All will support accelerated adoption among small and medium-sized businesses and transform public service delivery for Canadians.
Pillar 4: Building the foundation for Canadian sovereign AI
- AI for All will support the building of sovereign compute infrastructure at scale—resilient, sustainable and under Canadian governance—and grow Canada’s exceptional pool of AI researchers and talent.
Pillar 5: Scaling Canadian champions
- AI for All will help Canada’s top AI companies get more funding and use the government as a key customer so they can grow faster, compete globally and ensure trusted and reliable AI tools are available to Canada and Canadians.
Pillar 6: Building trusted partnerships
- Canada will work with reliable partners to develop and share standards, invest together in innovation, and help Canadian AI companies reach global markets—all while staying true to our democratic values.
To learn more, here is an Overview of Canada’s National Artificial Intelligence Strategy: AI for All.
Please note: “Responses [to the survey] will be analyzed confidentially and reported only in aggregate form to protect respondents’ identities.” — Le Secrétariat FPT culture et patrimoine | The FPT Culture and Heritage Secretariat
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