WomanACT’s submission to the Government of Canada’s AI transparency consultation was informed by feedback from frontline GBV organizations, survivors, and sector professionals. The consultation explored how AI and technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) are creating new risks for survivors, including deepfakes, image-based abuse, impersonation, stalking, surveillance, harassment, and coercive control, as well as less visible harms through automated or algorithmic decision-making.
The submission highlights the need for clear AI labelling and provenance requirements, stronger platform accountability and rapid-removal mechanisms, safety-by-design, improved tracking of AI-facilitated GBV, and meaningful involvement of survivors and the GBV sector in AI policy development. WomanACT calls for a gender-responsive, intersectional, and trauma-informed approach to AI transparency that recognizes AI-related harms cannot be left for survivors to identify and manage on their own.
Citation:
WomanACT. (2026). WomanACT’s Written Submission to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada: Enhancing Trust in Artificial Intelligence Through Increased Transparency.