In Defence of Democracy 2026: Carissa Véliz with Lisa LaFlamme

The Samara Centre for Democracy presents In Defence of Democracy with Carissa Véliz, best-selling author of Prophecy: Prediction, Power, and the Fight for the Future, from Ancient Oracles to AI, and Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oxford. Her keynote will examine predictive AI and the future of politics in Canada and will be followed by a conversation with renowned journalist and Samara Centre board member Lisa LaFlamme.