Keep the thinking yours
Start with AI literacy, then look at what it means to learn with an AI tutor.
A BILINGUAL PUBLICATION / MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC
Essays on AI in education, written by a teacher in Montréal.
Agora is Inquisitive Flow Learning’s free, bilingual publication on artificial intelligence, education and policy in Quebec and Canada: nine essays and guides so far, on five topics, with three reading paths and a reading desk where you keep your own notes. It is written and edited in Montréal by a teacher, for teachers, parents, students and anyone deciding how AI should enter a classroom. No account; read in French or English.
Essays, analysis and practical guides. In English and French.
From the classroom
to the public square.
01EducationHow we learn
02PolicyWho decides
03ResearchWhat we discover
04CodeWhat we can build
01 / THE READING DESK
Nine essays, three reading paths.
Start with a reading path or explore by topic. Collect a few articles, keep a question in mind, and make the reading your own.
Follow the Canadian question
Connect language, research and the infrastructure behind AI.
Learn by making
Explore coding as a way to think, then bring the question back to learning.
AGORA / SELECTED READING
A few ideas worth your time.
The Crier in the Square: Why We Built OYEE, a Free AI-Literacy Journey That Never Phones Home
Last month I argued AI literacy is the new digital divide. This month my team ships its answer: OYEE, a free, bilingual AI-literacy journey at oyee.ca that runs entirely in your browser — no account, no tracking, nothing transmitted.
How to Use an AI Tutor Without Letting It Do the Thinking
An AI that hands you solutions feels like learning and is the opposite. A six-move protocol for studying with any AI without going passive: attempt first, ask for questions, explain back, chase the why, surface your errors, space it.
AI Literacy Is the New Digital Divide
The first digital divide was computers. The second was broadband. The third is understanding AI — and two students with the same laptop and the same chatbot are already on opposite sides of it.
Where Does Canada's AI Actually Run? The Quiet Race for Sovereign Compute
Every call to a frontier AI model is answered by a physical building, and almost never a Canadian one. A practitioner's map of the sovereign compute race: the CLOUD Act, Quebec's hydro advantage, Ottawa's $2-billion bet, and three questions every organization should ask its AI vendors.
The Learners Everyone Forgot: Why Adult Education Is Where AI Tutoring Will Prove Itself
Everyone debates AI in kindergartens and on campuses. Nobody talks about the adults finishing high school between two jobs. They are the hardest learners to serve, which makes them the truest test of AI tutoring.
Why Every Student Should Learn to Code (Not Just Use AI)
AI can generate code. So why bother learning to write it? Because coding was never just about producing code — it's about learning how to think.
Learn Python by Building Real Things: A 23-Level Roadmap
The best way to learn Python isn't through abstract exercises. A 23-level roadmap that pairs real code with real hardware, from first function to invention lab.
Inside Mila: How Montreal Became the World's Deep Learning Capital
Yoshua Bengio built a lab. That lab built an ecosystem. From a single university research group to over 1,200 researchers, Mila is the reason the world pays attention to Montreal.
Quebec's Quiet AI Revolution: From Language Laws to Language Models
Quebec has always fought to protect its language. Now, as AI reshapes how language is produced, translated, and consumed, the province faces a new frontier.
A different question, perhaps?
No articles match these filters. Try another word or return to the whole selection.
02 / THE PERSPECTIVE
Written from Quebec, about Quebec classrooms.
THE EDITORIAL VOICE
A Canadian question.
A Québec perspective.
AI reaches into how we teach, what we build, and the languages in which we think. Agora connects those questions through essays, analysis and practical guides.
Edited in Montréal by Elias Tanbe, founder of Inquisitive Flow Learning. Agora is IFL’s editorial publication: a place to examine the ideas surrounding the tools we build.
Elias TanbeEDITOR & FOUNDER / MONTRÉAL
03 / AFTER THE READING
A reading desk for your own notes.
A reading note can be a sentence, a disagreement, or a question you want to take back to the classroom.
Includes your reading list, this question and your note.
A FEW GOOD QUESTIONS
Questions readers ask
Where can I read about AI in education in Quebec?
Agora is a bilingual publication from Inquisitive Flow Learning, edited in Montréal, on AI, education, policy and innovation in Canada and Quebec. Its introduction page at inquisitiveflow.ca/agora presents 9 selected articles (February to August 2026), 5 topics (All ideas, Education, Policy & sovereignty, Research, Code & making) and 3 reading paths (Keep the thinking yours, Follow the Canadian question, Learn by making); the full publication and its newsletter live at agora.inquisitiveflow.ca. Subjects include AI literacy, studying with an AI tutor, adult education, where Canada's AI runs, and Quebec's language laws.
What is Agora, Inquisitive Flow Learning's publication?
Agora is the bilingual (English and French) publication of Inquisitive Flow Learning on AI, education, policy and innovation in Canada and Quebec, edited in Montréal by founder Elias Tanbe. It publishes essays, analysis and practical guides in the four areas its introduction page lists: education, policy and sovereignty, research, code and making. The full publication is at agora.inquisitiveflow.ca; the page at inquisitiveflow.ca/agora introduces it with 9 selected articles, topic filters, reading paths and an in-tab reading desk. It is the company's editorial publication and reflects that perspective.
What are Agora's reading paths and topics?
Agora's introduction page offers 3 reading paths and 5 topics. The paths are Keep the thinking yours (AI literacy, then learning with an AI tutor), Follow the Canadian question (language, research and AI infrastructure in Canada and Quebec) and Learn by making (coding as a way to think); each can add its three articles to your list with one click. The topics filter the 9 selected articles: All ideas, Education, Policy & sovereignty, Research, and Code & making. You can also search a word, sort by date or title, and build a list to download.
How does the Agora reading desk work, and are my notes saved?
The reading desk on Agora's introduction page keeps your reading list, filters and notes in this browser tab's memory only: nothing is sent to a server, there is no account, and Reset desk clears everything. Add any of the 9 selected articles to your list, write a reading note and download the list and note as a file before reloading or leaving the page. Article links open the full text on agora.inquisitiveflow.ca in a new tab. Agora is edited in Montréal, Quebec, by Elias Tanbe, founder of Inquisitive Flow Learning.
Is Agora available in French, and how do I subscribe to the newsletter?
Yes. Agora publishes in English and French, and the introduction page on inquisitiveflow.ca exists in both languages, each linking to the matching edition of the 9 selected articles on agora.inquisitiveflow.ca; your temporary reading list and notes do not carry over when you switch, so download them first. Newsletter signup lives on the publication itself at agora.inquisitiveflow.ca, not on the introduction page, which has no subscription form and collects no email address. Agora reflects the perspective of Inquisitive Flow Learning, in Montréal, on AI and education in Canada and Quebec.
Who writes Agora, and is it free?
Agora is written and edited in Montréal by the founder of Inquisitive Flow Learning, a Quebec teacher, and published alongside the company’s tools for Quebec education: Mnemosyne (an AI tutor for the Quebec curriculum), Aethon (the same tutor for schools), Ariadne (a map of the curriculum), Anaximander, Aspasia and Daedalus. Reading is free, in French or English, with no account; the newsletter is optional.
THE CONVERSATION CONTINUES
Free. Bilingual.
Written by a teacher in Montréal.
The newsletter signup lives on the publication.