On February 11, 2026, the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions (CDCE) hosted the event Valuing Human Creativity in the Age of AI – On the Road to the National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. This day of reflection brought together multiple perspectives on the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on human creativity and helped foster a collective discussion on the ongoing transformations in the cultural and creative sectors.

The CDCE is today releasing the report from this event. The document provides a structured account of the presentations and discussions that shaped the day, offering a clear and rigorous overview of the analyses, examples, and debates raised by the speakers as well as by participants.

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All the sessions are also available on the parliamentary channel CPAC:

• Understanding AI Today: What Transformations for the Creative Industries? – Chloé Sondervorst, Director, CBC/Radio-Canada
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• Analysis: Human Creativity and Artificial Intelligence — What Are the Differences? – David Cropley, Professor of Engineering Innovation, University of Adelaide (Australia
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• Remarks by David Myles, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, and to the Secretary of State (Nature), and Member of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
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• Why Human Creativity Remains Essential in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from the Book Sector – Jean-Paul Eid, Comic Book Author and Illustrator, Spokesperson for the Regroupement pour l’Art Humain, and Félix Moreau, CEO, Québec Amérique
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• AI as a Lever for Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: An Inspiring Indigenous Initiative – Natasha Ita MacDonald, Vice-President, Heritage Lab & Thomassie Mangiok, Board Member, Heritage Lab
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• Overview of the Canadian Legal Framework for Artificial Intelligence and Culture – Christian Leblanc, Intellectual Property Lawyer and Partner, Fasken
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• International Overview of Recent Developments in the Regulation of Generative AI in Culture – Benjamin Bleton, Board Member, SACEM (France), Sebastian Cuttill, Head of Parliamentary and Legislative Affairs, News Media Association (UK), and Claire Pullen, Executive Director, Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (Australia)
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• International Instruments and AI: The Key Role of the 2005 UNESCO Convention – Destiny Tchéhouali, Professor of International Communication, Department of Social and Public Communication, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), UNESCO Chair in Communication and Technologies for Development
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This report was made possible thanks to the support of the UNESCO Chair in Communication and Technologies for Development at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). We thank Mousa Ndoye, Anne-Julie St-Laurent, Ichraq Ben Jfine, Saofar Some and Luis Felipe Suarez Vargas for their contribution to the drafting of this report, under the co-scientific supervision of Stacey Caceus and Destiny Tchéhouali.

We also thank the Government of Canada and the Government of Quebec for their support in the organization of this event.