Policy on Generative Artificial Intelligence

Effective January 2026

Following approval by the Editorial Board on January 8, 2026, the Canadian Journal for the Academic Mind is implementing a new editorial policy on the use of generative artificial intelligence. Effective immediately, CJAM does not accept manuscripts that rely on generative AI tools for the creation of scholarly content in any capacity. All arguments, analysis, interpretation, and written expression must be produced through human intellectual labour, with authors retaining full responsibility for originality, accuracy, and integrity.

CJAM does not accept submissions that rely on generative artificial intelligence tools for any purpose. All scholarly arguments, analysis, interpretation, and written expression must be produced through human intellectual labour, with full responsibility for originality, accuracy, and integrity resting with the author(s).

CJAM’s prohibition on generative AI is grounded in ethical, environmental, and political concerns. Large-scale AI systems are associated with significant environmental degradation, including high energy consumption, water use, and carbon emissions, which disproportionately impact communities already facing climate and infrastructural precarity. Moreover, many leading AI companies maintain documented collaborations with state security agencies, immigration enforcement bodies, and military or surveillance operations, raising serious concerns about the role of these technologies in border violence, carceral systems, and armed conflict.

As a journal committed to critical inquiry, social responsibility, and global justice, CJAM refuses to normalize or legitimize scholarly production that relies on technologies implicated in environmental harm, dispossession, and repression.

Likewise, editors and reviewers of the Journal will not use generative artificial intelligence or AI-assisted tools at any stage of the editorial or peer-review process. Manuscripts, peer-reviewer reports, and decision-making are treated as confidential and are evaluated exclusively through human scholarly judgment.

We acknowledge that some authors may have previously prepared or submitted work using generative AI prior to the adoption of this policy, and we apologize for any inconvenience or confusion this change may cause. We appreciate our contributors’ understanding as we work to align CJAM’s editorial practices with our values.