Free City Radio
Tuesday July 7th, 2026 with Stefan Christoff
324, AI and systemic violence against migrants in Canada

On this edition of Free City Radio we hear the third in a series of a three programs that gather and present audio recordings from Montreal at the Civil Society Summit on the AI Industry, an event co-convened by the Council of Canadians. The voices featured in this project are: Gabriel Bergevin-Estable is a research fellow in the geography of migration at the Canada Research Chair in Global Migration Dynamics. For the past 20 years, he has worked as an activist, staff member, or administrator for various community organizations, primarily in the areas of immigration and cultural communities, technology, and disability. Abdulla Daoud is the founder of The Refugee Centre, a Montreal-based non-profit supporting refugees and newcomers through legal, employment, housing, and integration services. He teaches refugee policy at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and is the Impact Fund Manager at the Northpine Foundation. He has advised governments, institutions, and civil society organizations on refugee policy, newcomer inclusion, and the ethical use of technology in migration systems. Mostafa Henaway is an author and community organizer with the Immigrant Workers Centre (IWC-CTI) in Montreal, focusing on labour and migrant justice. He is also a researcher on the labour conditions of Amazon logistics workers and the author of Essential Work, Disposable Workers: Migration, Capitalism and Class. The panel was moderated by Sophie Toupin, Université Laval. For full information about the gathering visit: aicivilsociety.ca The Council of Canadians is supporting this first in a series of three editions of Free City Radio. The music track is Passage by Anarchist Mountains.