Bio
Joel Blit is a CIGI senior fellow and an associate professor of economics at the University of Waterloo, where he chairs the Council on Innovation Policy. His research, focusing on the economics of innovation and innovation policy, has featured in numerous media outlets, including The Economist, The Globe and Mail and the CBC.
Joel regularly advises policy makers and industry leaders on artificial intelligence (AI) and the future of work. He has briefed the Group of Seven representatives and has been invited to speak at numerous venues, including the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Global Forum on Productivity. His framework for thinking about the coming AI revolution has been influential among business and policy leaders and was adopted by a multibillion-dollar financial firm as the foundation of its AI strategy.