”AI Dialogues” delves into the ethical and practical questions of generative AI for McMaster University and post-secondary education, bridging the gap between knowledgeable educators, students, and practitioners and those less familiar with AI technology. Hosted by Stephanie Verkoeyen, each episode features conversations with educators, students, and academic staff, providing insights into how AI can transform learning and shape the future of higher education.
S3 E12: When a Program Writes Its Own AI Guidelines
Matt Sibbald, Associate Dean of McMaster';s Undergraduate Medical Education (UGME) Program, joins me to talk about building program-level AI guidelines for medical education, and what it takes to translate institutional principles into a specific professional context.
You can see the UGME AI program guidelines here (https://mcmasteru365.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/UGME-UGOperations/IQBy-0FASPB6SY9idNtIC5AiAXIKdDawwJp0pbDEnjFdT6A?e=9D9L4r).
16 Apr 2026
S3 E11: Architects of What Comes Next
I talk with Sarah King, who’s the Manager, Academic Experiential Education at McMaster’s DeGroote School of Business. Sarah’s been leading the experiential learning strategy for the McLean Centre for Collaborative Discovery (https://degroote.mcmaster.ca/about/mclean-centre-for-collaborative-discovery/), a space deliberately designed around a different vision of what university education could be.
We talk about her journey to this work, what generative AI means for the assumptions higher education has long taken for granted, and why she believes the purpose of a university education goes far deeper than credentials and job readiness.
In the episode, we reference the article, Experiential Learning as a Response to Rupture (https://forum.academica.ca/forum/experiential-learning-as-a-response), that Sarah co-wrote with Jessica Riddell, along with Jessica's book, Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing (https://www.jessicariddell.com/hope-circuits).
2 Feb 2026
S3 E10: When Generative AI Enters the Hackathon
Nicole Sorokin, President of MacHacks, an event run by the McMaster AI Society (https://www.mcmasterai.ca/), talks about what really happens at hackathons and how generative AI is reshaping these spaces.
This is part one of a two-part series. Next episode I’ll be joining the hackathon and interviewing participants throughout the day to capture the experience in action.
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