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Provincial AI Policy Tracker – June 2026 Update
Updated the provincial landscape based on what's changed since Hannah's April thread. Several notable developments in the last two months. BC: new teacher resource guide released May 2026 with classroom implementation examples.…
No Board Policy in NB and I’m Done Waiting
Two years into the generative AI era and our board has sent zero guidance. Not vague guidance. Zero. I've stopped waiting. Here's what I implemented on my own this term and I'm…
How to Write an AI Use Policy for Your School
If your school doesn't have an AI policy yet, you need one. And even if it does, it might need updating. Here's a framework for developing a practical, enforceable AI use policy…
Provincial AI Policies: Where Does Your School Board Stand?
I've been trying to compile information about AI policies from different Canadian provinces and school boards, and the variation is striking. Here's what I've gathered so far, and I'd love to hear…
Province-by-Province AI Policy Comparison – What Does Your Board Actually Say?
I'm a first-year teacher and I realized I had absolutely no idea what guidance actually existed in Canada, so I spent a weekend compiling what I could find. Sharing here in case…
Dumb Question Maybe – Why Does My Rural Board Have Zero AI Guidance When TDSB Has a 20-Page Policy?
ok so maybe this is obvious to everyone but me but: I'm first year teaching math at a small rural Ontario school and I found out last week that TDSB has a…
Quebec CEGEP AI Policy Update – What’s Changed and What Hasn’t
For those in the Quebec CEGEP system, a practical update on where things stand after the recent policy revisions. The Fédération des cégeps issued updated guidance in March 2026. The key changes…
Alberta Board vs School-Level AI Policy – The Gaps Are Real
Ran an informal survey across my math department this term and the results were fascinating, if concerning. Asked teachers in our school: what does your AI policy allow, and how do you…
University AI Policies After 3 Years – Are They Actually Working?
From an academic integrity coordinator perspective: we now have enough data to evaluate the first generation of Canadian university AI policies. The verdict is mixed. Policies that worked: transparency-based frameworks that required…
We Let Students Write Part of Our AI Policy. Here’s What Happened.
Vice-principal in Quebec. Sharing a process that genuinely changed our outcomes. In September 2025, instead of rolling out an AI policy developed by administration and presented to students, we involved the student…
University AI Policies in 2026 – What’s Actually in Place Across Canada
Working in academic integrity at UBC I have a cross-institutional view that might be useful. Here's what I'm seeing across Canadian universities in 2026. The institutions that moved fast in 2023-2024: most…
Back to School AI Policy Prep – Checklist for Department Heads
Department head in BC. September is coming and AI policy is one of the things I have to have sorted before students arrive. Sharing my prep checklist in case it's useful. Six…
Trying a show your prompts policy instead of banning ChatGPT outright
this year instead of a flat ban or a free for all i'm trying something in between. students can use chatgpt for brainstorming and outlining but they have to submit their prompt…
How is your school marking the shift back after a summer of AI news
our pd day this week had exactly one hour dedicated to ai in the classroom, sandwiched between a fire drill review and a new attendance software training. felt like a missed opportunity…
Rolling out an AI disclosure form this year, how’s it going for you
our department implemented a mandatory AI disclosure form this semester, students check boxes for what tools they used and how (brainstorming, editing, drafting, none) and attach it to every major assignment. three…
Wrote our class AI policy together with students, sharing how it went
tried something different this term. instead of handing students an ai policy i wrote myself, i spent two class periods building it together with them, small groups drafted sections and we voted…
Ontario board sent a new AI guidance memo, anyone parse this yet
our board sent out a memo this week updating our AI guidance for the year and honestly i've read it three times and i'm more confused than when i started. one section…
Every department has a different AI policy and its chaos
I teach a required first year writing course that pulls students from every faculty on campus and the AI policy chaos is genuinely something else. My engineering students tell me their department…
Our school’s AI policy doesn’t account for ESL at all
Our new AI policy came out this week, board wide, one size fits all, and there is not a single line in it about ESL learners. Same detection thresholds, same consequences, same…
Cross curricular AI policy, are we overcomplicating this
our staff has been debating a cross curricular AI policy for six weeks now. six weeks. for a policy that's supposed to be one shared document across departments. every department wants its…