Sachil Singh @sachil_singh

Asst. Prof • co-ed @BigDataSoc • Medical sociologist • algorithmic bias • race • surveillance • decolonization • @yorkuniversity @YorkUKine @YorkUHealth Joined March 2021

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Sachil Singh @sachil_singh

2 years ago

Grateful for the opportunity to represent @YorkUHealth & @YorkUKINE yesterday at Meiji University (Tokyo) where I presented my work on healthcare A.I., surveillance and racial bias to the Japan Society for Information and Management. A great opportunity to learn from colleagues!

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ANURegNet @ANURegNet

3 years ago

So proud of our very own @k8henne who has been been awarded the 2022 @ANUasiapacific Commendation for Excellence in Supervision! Congratulations, Kate!👏🏽👏🏽 Read more here: bit.ly/3VUisd

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Federico Bianchi @federicobianchy

3 years ago

Text-to-image generation models (like Stable Diffusion and DALLE) are being used to generate millions of images a day. We show that these models perpetuate and amplify dangerous stereotypes related to race, gender, crime, poverty, and more (arxiv.org/abs/2211.03759) A thread🧵

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Surveillance & Society @SurvSoc_Journal

3 years ago

[ARTICLE] “(Un)Seeing as Care or Control: The Collection of Race-Identified COVID-19 Data.” @KKmarfo, @jessandtech, & Lynn Ng Yu Ling explore the complex ethical terrain for using race-identified data during a pandemic. #openaccess | Read it here: bit.ly/3S1dV73

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CBC News @CBCNews

3 years ago

One in four Black, Indigenous and realtors of colour say a client has refused to work with them because of their identity. cbc.ca/1.6597697

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Admire Mare @admire2mare

3 years ago

#NewPublicationAlert: Happy to share the cover of our upcoming #book with Dr Allen Munoriyarwa. It shines the light on the #mutation of #surveillance from #analogue to digital forms.

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Big Data & Society @BigDataSoc

3 years ago

Big Data and Society Colloquium (Aug-Sep 2022) To promote scholar exchange around data studies, BD&S is holding a series of online webinar panel discussions with experts from around the globe. Everyone is welcome to attend. See follow-up tweets for Zoom links 1/5

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Big Data & Society @BigDataSoc

3 years ago

The editorial team at @BigDataSoc wants to pass along the news that our new IF is 8.731, up from the previous score of 5.987. This keeps BD&S as the top ranked journal in the Social Sciences (Interdisciplinary) category. 1/7

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Matthew Zook @mattzook

3 years ago

Amazon algorithms filtering out queer theory

The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social @mitpress

3 years ago

Amazon algorithms filtering out queer theory

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CBC Toronto @CBCToronto

3 years ago

ArriveCan app could have use beyond pandemic, public safety minister says ift.tt/n7mv8oi

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Big Data & Society @BigDataSoc

3 years ago

BD&S seeks expressions of interest in Co-Editor position, Seeking expertise in all areas of big data practices, particularly from the Global South. 3-year term starting late 2022. More info buff.ly/3N3n4cG Questions to @mattzook [email protected]

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Chris Willoughby (@antiquatedmeds.bsky.social) @AntiquatedMeds

3 years ago

Last blurb in for #MastersofHealth forthcoming w/ @UNC_Press. #twitterstorians #histmed #meded @DorothyERoberts says "Willoughby brilliantly illuminates how ideas about Black anatomical difference found an intellectual home in medical schools, /1

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Sachil Singh @sachil_singh

3 years ago

A fantastic *Beyond Big Data Surveillance* conference in Ottawa over the last two days. Many thanks to all who made it a great event, and especially to @sscqueens that has stewarded so many excellent events over the years.

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Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts

3 years ago

American Academy of Pediatrics rejects yet another race-based medical guidance. They finally recognize that automatically adjusting for a patient’s race is not a rigorous assessment of risk. apnews.com/article/scienc…

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Sachil Singh @sachil_singh

3 years ago

How Ottawa psychologists are trying to treat the trauma of racism ottawacitizen.com/news/local-new…

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Caster Semenya @MightyCaster

3 years ago

So according to World Athletics and it's members I'm a male when it comes to 400m,800m, 1500m and 1600m! Then a female in 100m,200m, and long distance events.😂🤣😂🤣 what a research. What kind of a fool would do that? Hai mathata man, bare sepela o di bone.👀

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CANSSI Ontario @CANSSIOntario

4 years ago

Steven Ruggles @HistDem, Professor of history and Population studies @UMNews, speaks at our upcoming #ARESeminars on #spatial & #environmental #demography. Join us! Mar 14, 2022 | 3:30-4:30 pm ET | ℹ️ bit.ly/3MtQmCp Coproduced with @UofTStatSci

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Dorothy Roberts @DorothyERoberts

4 years ago

My last two tweets were about race-based medicine and it’s weighing on me the incalculable amount of suffering Black people have endured because doctors have perpetrated since slavery the myth that our bodies naturally function differently than other human beings’ bodies.