Info Matters
61 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Conversations about people, privacy, and access to information. Hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
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No government ID: Navigating homelessness, identity, and privacy
May 08, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBRobert Fabes is a registered psychotherapist. His focus is on meaning-based existential mental health and addictions counselling. In addition to counselling clients in his private practice, he’s an addictions and trauma counsellor at The Ottawa Mission. Misconceptions about homelessness [5:06] Privacy concerns for people experiencing homelessness [6:18] Artificial intelligence tools to predict and prevent homelessness [9:10] Barriers people experiencing homelessness face when trying to ...
No government ID: Navigating homelessness, identity, and privacy | Pas de carte d'identité gouvernementale : Gérer son itinérance, son identité et sa vie privée
May 08, 2024 04:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBRobert Fabes is a registered psychotherapist. His focus is on meaning-based existential mental health and addictions counselling. In addition to counselling clients in his private practice, he’s an addictions and trauma counsellor at The Ottawa Mission. Misconceptions about homelessness [5:06] Privacy concerns for people experiencing homelessness [6:18] Artificial intelligence tools to predict and prevent homelessness [9:10] Barriers people experiencing homelessness face when trying to ...
At face value: Facial recognition technologies and privacy
April 04, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBCynthia Khoo is a technology and human rights lawyer and most recently, a senior associate at the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law, in Washington, D.C. She is a research fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. How facial recognition technology works [4:09] Use of facial recognition technology by government agencies [8:02] Use of facial recognition technologies in the private sector [10:15] Stalkerware and facial recognition technology [15:07] Impact of bi...
At face value: Facial recognition technologies and privacy | La technologie de reconnaissance faciale et la protection de la vie privée
April 04, 2024 04:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBCynthia Khoo is a technology and human rights lawyer and most recently, a senior associate at the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown Law, in Washington, D.C. She is a research fellow at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. How facial recognition technology works [4:09] Use of facial recognition technology by government agencies [8:02] Use of facial recognition technologies in the private sector [10:15] Stalkerware and facial recognition technology [15:07] Impact of bi...
In their own words: Students from Westboro Academy speak out about privacy | Des élèves de l’Académie Westboro parlent de protection de la vie privée
February 22, 2024 05:05 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBCommissioner Kosseim speaks with Elyane Ruel, Head of School, and Grade 7 and 8 students from Westboro Academy in Ottawa, Ontario. Do kids even care about privacy anymore? [2:01] What does privacy mean, how would you define it? [3:43] Sharing information with some, but not with others [5:56] Strategies for protecting yourself online [8:22] Respecting the privacy of others [12:11] Regrets about posting something online that can’t be taken down later [14:01] Concerns young people have ...
Best of season three | Les meilleurs moments de la troisième saison
January 18, 2024 05:05 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBA round up of key moments from season three of the Info Matters podcast, winner of the 2023 Canadian Podcast Award for Outstanding Technology Series. How policing tools and methods have leapt decades in a few short years [1:03] (from S3-Episode 1: Predicting crimes before they occur: not so sci-fi anymore with the IPC’s Dr. Christopher Parsons) Why misinformation isn’t new, the role of government in combatting it [4:28] (from S3-Episode 2: Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinf...
Empowering young women and girls in the digital world | Renforcer l’autonomie des jeunes femmes et des jeunes filles dans le monde numérique
December 14, 2023 05:05 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBProfessors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves co-lead the eQuality Project. Its mission is to help young people create a networked environment where they can participate equally, free from surveillance, and identity-based harassment. What led to research investigating the societal and cultural impacts of the internet on teens and particularly girls [3:06] Goals of the eQuality Project, roots in the eGirls Project [5:36] Impacts of social media on teens [8:32] Defining technology facilitated...
What’s on your mind? Neurotechnology and mental privacy | Qu'est-ce qui vous préoccupe ? Neurotechnologie et protection de la vie privée
December 06, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBJennifer Chandler is a professor at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. You can learn more about her research at jennniferchandler.ca. A career that combines law, brain sciences and neurotechnology [2:54] Neurotechnology explained [4:29] Examples of how neurotechnology is used in health care [7:17] Applications of neurotechnology in the workplace [10:12] Brain technologies as investigative tools in law enforcement [11:53] Brain fingerprinting as eviden...
Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime
October 30, 2023 04:05 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBJason Besner is Director of Partnerships at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre). Jason’s group is responsible for managing strategic engagements, with Canadian and international partners, that have the greatest impact on cyber security for Canadians. Focusing on national level outcomes, Partnerships supports and enables all other mission lines in the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. Mandate of the Cyber Centre [2:56] Why cyber security matters [3:34] How the Cyb...
Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime | Démasquer les menaces numériques : Comment se prémunir contre la cybercriminalité
October 30, 2023 04:05 - 31 minutes - 28.7 MBJason Besner is Director of Partnerships at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre). Jason’s group is responsible for managing strategic engagements, with Canadian and international partners, that have the greatest impact on cyber security for Canadians. Focusing on national level outcomes, Partnerships supports and enables all other mission lines in the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security. Mandate of the Cyber Centre [2:56] Why cyber security matters [3:34] How the Cyb...
A woman’s right to know: Closing the gender gap with access to information // Le droit de savoir d'une femme : Combler le fossé entre les hommes et les femmes grâce à l'accès à l'information
September 25, 2023 04:00 - 37 minutes - 33.9 MBLaura Neuman is a Senior Advisor with the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She leads the implementation of the center’s Inform Women, Transform Lives campaign. Prior to joining the Carter Center in 1999, she was staff attorney at Legal Action of Wisconsin and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School. The journey from a law practice assisting disadvantaged groups to working at the Carter Center [3:05] The mandate of the Carter Center [4:18] The access to information legis...
Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families // Concevoir des systèmes de santé numériques en collaboration avec les patients et les familles
August 31, 2023 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBEngaging with patients, families, and caregivers can help build a better, more inclusive health system. Betty-Lou Kristy, Chair of the Minister’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, speaks about her mission to improve patient care in Ontario by putting patients and families at the center of policy-making. Through their lived experiences in the health system, they work to break down barriers and help build Ontarians’ trust that their data privacy and access rights will be respected. -- S'en...
Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families | Concevoir des systèmes de santé numériques en collaboration avec les patients et les familles
August 31, 2023 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBEngaging with patients, families, and caregivers can help build a better, more inclusive health system. Betty-Lou Kristy, Chair of the Minister’s Patient and Family Advisory Council, speaks about her mission to improve patient care in Ontario by putting patients and families at the center of policy-making. Through their lived experiences in the health system, they work to break down barriers and help build Ontarians’ trust that their data privacy and access rights will be respected. -- S'en...
Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers
July 31, 2023 01:39 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBDr. Bartha Maria Knoppers is a world-renowned expert and pioneer in the field of health law and bioethics, with particular focus on genomics. Her groundbreaking work has fundamentally changed our understanding of the complex intersection between science law, technology and ethics. She currently serves as the Director of the Centre for Genomics and Policy at McGill University, collaborating with international organizations, governments and policymakers to help shape ethical guidelines that sa...
Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers | Les utilisations éthiques des données génétiques : entretien avec Bartha Knoppers, Ph. D.
July 31, 2023 01:39 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBDr. Bartha Maria Knoppers is a world-renowned expert and pioneer in the field of health law and bioethics, with particular focus on genomics. Her groundbreaking work has fundamentally changed our understanding of the complex intersection between science law, technology and ethics. She currently serves as the Director of the Centre for Genomics and Policy at McGill University, collaborating with international organizations, governments and policymakers to help shape ethical guidelines that sa...
A casual conversation between two Canadian privacy commissioners | Une conversation informelle entre deux commissaires canadiens à la protection de la vie privée
July 05, 2023 21:05 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBPhilippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, is a leading legal expert on human rights, administrative, and constitutional law. He previously served as the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel of the House of Commons. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) oversees compliance with the Privacy Act, which covers the personal information-handling practices of federal government departments and agencies, and the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (P...
Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation | Confiance et vérité : S’y retrouver dans l’ère de la mésinformation
May 16, 2023 23:20 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBDr. Alex Himelfarb is the chair of Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation. He chairs the board of the Narwhal and is a member of the boards of Atkinson Foundation, the Public Service Foundation and the Advisory Committee of the Auditor General, and is a fellow of the Broadbent and Parkland Institutes. Choosing to lead the expert panel on science and health misinformation [2:30] Misinformation has become a defining issue...
Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation
May 16, 2023 23:20 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBDr. Alex Himelfarb is the chair of Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation. He chairs the board of the Narwhal and is a member of the boards of Atkinson Foundation, the Public Service Foundation and the Advisory Committee of the Auditor General, and is a fellow of the Broadbent and Parkland Institutes. Choosing to lead the expert panel on science and health misinformation [2:30] Misinformation has become a defining issue...
Predicting crimes before they occur: not so sci-fi anymore | Prédire les crimes avant qu’ils ne soient commis : ce n’est plus de la science-fiction
March 23, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBChristopher Parsons is a Senior Technology and Policy Advisor at the IPC. Prior to joining the IPC in early 2023, he was a Senior Research Associate at the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Choosing to focus on research related to privacy, national security, and public policy [2:38] The modernization of policing through technology [4:57] Defining the term predictive policing [7:19] Bail asses...
Predicting crimes before they occur: not so sci-fi anymore
March 23, 2023 04:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBChristopher Parsons is a Senior Technology and Policy Advisor at the IPC. Prior to joining the IPC in early 2023, he was a Senior Research Associate at the Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy. Choosing to focus on research related to privacy, national security, and public policy [2:38] The modernization of policing through technology [4:57] Defining the term predictive policing [7:19] Bail asses...
Health equity: Using data to make a positive difference for communities
December 20, 2022 20:10 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBDr. Kwame McKenzie is CEO of the Wellesley Institute, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). A professional journey combining psychiatry and leading a policy think tank [2:20] Mental health information, more sensitive that other kinds of personal health information? [5:08] The stigma around mental health issues and how it has evolved [6:53] Confidentiality, trust as key ...
Health equity: Using data to make a positive difference for communities | Équité en matière de santé : Utiliser les données pour faire une différence positive pour les communautés
December 20, 2022 20:10 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBDr. Kwame McKenzie is CEO of the Wellesley Institute, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, and Director of Health Equity at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). A professional journey combining psychiatry and leading a policy think tank [2:20] Mental health information, more sensitive that other kinds of personal health information? [5:08] The stigma around mental health issues and how it has evolved [6:53] Confidentiality, trust as key ...
Back to the Future: Using strategic foresight in the new digital age
December 07, 2022 23:16 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBEric Ward is the Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives and External Relations at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). Prior to joining the IPC, he was the Senior Director at Policy Horizons Canada, the federal government’s centre for strategic foresight. The road to the IPC and strategic foresight work [3:34] Using strategic foresight to build stronger policies and programs [5:28] What strategic foresight is in simple terms [6:35] The import...
Back to the Future: Using strategic foresight in the new digital age | Retour vers le futur : Utiliser la prospective stratégique dans la nouvelle ère numérique
December 07, 2022 23:16 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MBEric Ward is the Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives and External Relations at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). Prior to joining the IPC, he was the Senior Director at Policy Horizons Canada, the federal government’s centre for strategic foresight. The road to the IPC and strategic foresight work [3:34] Using strategic foresight to build stronger policies and programs [5:28] What strategic foresight is in simple terms [6:35] The import...
Seeing privacy through an equity lens in the child welfare sector | Envisager la protection de la vie privée sous l’angle de l’équité dans le secteur du bien-être de l’enfance
October 25, 2022 20:11 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBNicole Bonnie is the CEO of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS). She’s also a member of the IPC’s Strategic Advisory Council. Pursuing a career in the child welfare sector [2:52] Making history as the first Black CEO of the OACAS [4:53] Privacy misunderstandings and hesitancy about sharing information with a children’s aid society about a child who may be at risk [7:35] A shift in the focus of the Dress Purple Day campaign from abuse reporting to supporting famil...
Seeing privacy through an equity lens in the child welfare sector
October 25, 2022 20:11 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBNicole Bonnie is the CEO of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS). She’s also a member of the IPC’s Strategic Advisory Council. Pursuing a career in the child welfare sector [2:52] Making history as the first Black CEO of the OACAS [4:53] Privacy misunderstandings and hesitancy about sharing information with a children’s aid society about a child who may be at risk [7:35] A shift in the focus of the Dress Purple Day campaign from abuse reporting to supporting famil...
From high school to university: a young person’s perspective on digital privacy
September 30, 2022 23:26 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBKeith Baybayon is a first-year student at McGill University and the former president of the Ontario Student Trustees Association, the largest student stakeholder group in Ontario. He’s also a member of the IPC’s Strategic Advisory Council. Becoming a student leader and advocate [3:53] A day in the life of a connected high school student [5:55] Using technology in elementary school [7:17] Privacy and the use of cameras in online learning environments [8:12] The need for greater awarenes...
From high school to university: a young person’s perspective on digital privacy | Du secondaire à l’université : le point de vue d’un jeune sur la vie privée numérique
September 30, 2022 23:26 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBKeith Baybayon is a first-year student at McGill University and the former president of the Ontario Student Trustees Association, the largest student stakeholder group in Ontario. He’s also a member of the IPC’s Strategic Advisory Council. Becoming a student leader and advocate [3:53] A day in the life of a connected high school student [5:55] Using technology in elementary school [7:17] Privacy and the use of cameras in online learning environments [8:12] The need for greater awarenes...
Giving foster kids a fair shot in life
August 02, 2022 19:54 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBJane Kovarikova is a former foster child, current PhD candidate, and advocate for child rights across Canada. She is the founder of the Child Welfare Political Action Committee, a Canadian charity advocating for a progressive child welfare system. From foster kid to advocate for changes in child welfare policy [2:53] Outcomes for youth after they leave care [6:49] Privacy of records, sealing youth records when they age out of the system to help them move on from their past [9:19] Balanci...
Giving foster kids a fair shot in life | Donner aux enfants placés en famille d’accueil une chance équitable dans la vie
August 02, 2022 19:54 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBJane Kovarikova is a former foster child, current PhD candidate, and advocate for child rights across Canada. She is the founder of the Child Welfare Political Action Committee, a Canadian charity advocating for a progressive child welfare system. From foster kid to advocate for changes in child welfare policy [2:53] Outcomes for youth after they leave care [6:49] Privacy of records, sealing youth records when they age out of the system to help them move on from their past [9:19] Balanci...
In conversation with Jim Balsillie: Data, technology, and public policy | Entretien avec Jim Balsillie : données, technologie et politiques publiques
May 31, 2022 19:46 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBJim Balsillie is the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Centre for Digital Rights, and the former co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry). From tech executive to tech critic [4:38] Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project [5:50] Why data governance is the most pressing public policy issue of our time [7:21] The false dichotomy between privacy regulation and innovation [8:45] Elements of a modern, enduring privacy law [11:04] A made in Ontario private sector pr...
In conversation with Jim Balsillie: Data, technology, and public policy
May 31, 2022 19:46 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBJim Balsillie is the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Centre for Digital Rights, and the former co-CEO of Research In Motion (BlackBerry). From tech executive to tech critic [4:38] Toronto’s Sidewalk Labs project [5:50] Why data governance is the most pressing public policy issue of our time [7:21] The false dichotomy between privacy regulation and innovation [8:45] Elements of a modern, enduring privacy law [11:04] A made in Ontario private sector pr...
Focusing in on police use of body-worn cameras
May 03, 2022 21:26 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBDr. Alana Saulnier is an assistant professor at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on relationships between legal authorities and the public with a particular focus on how the use of surveillance technologies (e.g., body-worn cameras, unpiloted aerial vehicles, etc.) augments those relationships. She has held formal research partnerships with more than 20 police services in Ontario. Conducting research on relationships between police and the communities they serve [5:00] The use of ...
Focusing in on police use of body-worn cameras | Regard sur l’utilisation des caméras d’intervention par la police
May 03, 2022 21:26 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBDr. Alana Saulnier is an assistant professor at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on relationships between legal authorities and the public with a particular focus on how the use of surveillance technologies (e.g., body-worn cameras, unpiloted aerial vehicles, etc.) augments those relationships. She has held formal research partnerships with more than 20 police services in Ontario. Conducting research on relationships between police and the communities they serve [5:00] The use of ...
Power to the people! Access, privacy, and civic engagement | Le pouvoir au peuple ! Accès, vie privée et engagement civique
March 22, 2022 15:49 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBDave Meslin is a community organizer, activist, and bestselling author. Topics discussed in this episode: The systemic barriers that keep people on the sidelines of community involvement and political decision making [4:02] Taking cues from private sector customer service [7:53] Tapping into collective wisdom and disrupting the status quo [9:47] The role of government transparency in supporting civic engagement [12:05] Access to information as fuel for community activism and change [12...
Power to the people! Access, privacy, and civic engagement
March 22, 2022 15:49 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBDave Meslin is a community organizer, activist, and bestselling author. Topics discussed in this episode: The systemic barriers that keep people on the sidelines of community involvement and political decision making [4:02] Taking cues from private sector customer service [7:53] Tapping into collective wisdom and disrupting the status quo [9:47] The role of government transparency in supporting civic engagement [12:05] Access to information as fuel for community activism and change [12...
Family ties: Using investigative genetic genealogy to solve crimes
February 24, 2022 20:23 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBDr. Frederick Bieber is a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. DNA profiling and how can it be used to identify bodies, track down blood relatives, and as evidence in court [4:55] The role of professional genealogists in investigations [8:35] How investigative genetic genealogy was used to catch the Golden State Killer [10:12] Overturning a wrongful conviction in the Christine Jessop...
Family ties: Using investigative genetic genealogy to solve crimes | Le recours à la généalogie génétique pour élucider des crimes
February 24, 2022 20:23 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBDr. Frederick Bieber is a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and an associate professor of pathology at Harvard Medical School. DNA profiling and how can it be used to identify bodies, track down blood relatives, and as evidence in court [4:55] The role of professional genealogists in investigations [8:35] How investigative genetic genealogy was used to catch the Golden State Killer [10:12] Overturning a wrongful conviction in the Christine Jessop...
Real or fake? The buzz about synthetic data
January 18, 2022 20:54 - 29 minutes - 27 MBDr. Khaled El Emam is a Canada Research Chair in Medical Artificial Intelligence and a professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. He is a co-founder of Replica Analytics. Developing privacy enhancing technologies to enable access to health data to support research [3:46] What is synthetic data? [5:36] Anonymous versions of real clinical data sets [8:36] Testing synthetic data to determine privacy risks [9:02] Examples of real world use cases in Canada [10:06] Re-ident...
Real or fake? The buzz about synthetic data | Les données synthétiques : vraies ou fausses?
January 18, 2022 20:54 - 29 minutes - 27 MBDr. Khaled El Emam is a Canada Research Chair in Medical Artificial Intelligence and a professor in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. He is a co-founder of Replica Analytics. Developing privacy enhancing technologies to enable access to health data to support research [3:46] What is synthetic data? [5:36] Anonymous versions of real clinical data sets [8:36] Testing synthetic data to determine privacy risks [9:02] Examples of real world use cases in Canada [10:06] Re-ident...
From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in large healthcare institutions
November 26, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBShafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and chief privacy officer. Fostering a privacy and security culture at The Ottawa Hospital [3:31] Ensuring privacy and security are integrated as part of the hospital’s overall enterprise risk management framework [6:58] Moving beyond random audits to detect unauthorized access to patient information [9:24] Maintaining strong linkages between ...
From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in health institutions
November 26, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBShafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and chief privacy officer. Fostering a privacy and security culture at The Ottawa Hospital [3:31] Ensuring privacy and security are integrated as part of the hospital’s overall enterprise risk management framework [6:58] Moving beyond random audits to detect unauthorized access to patient information [9:24] Maintaining strong linkages between ...
From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in health institutions | Du chevet au conseil d’administration – Instaurer une culture de la vie privée et de la sécurité dans les établissements de santé
November 26, 2021 23:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBShafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and chief privacy officer. Fostering a privacy and security culture at The Ottawa Hospital [3:31] Ensuring privacy and security are integrated as part of the hospital’s overall enterprise risk management framework [6:58] Moving beyond random audits to detect unauthorized access to patient information [9:24] Maintaining strong linkages between ...
Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy | Adolescents, technologie et vie privée
October 22, 2021 19:36 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMatthew Johnson is the director of education at MediaSmarts, Canada’s not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy. He is the author of many of MediaSmarts’ lessons, parent materials, and interactive resources and a lead on MediaSmarts’ research projects. Do young people really care about privacy? [6:13] How teens carefully curate their online image and use different platforms to control who sees what [6:46] Awareness by teens of the ways their personal information is valuable to ...
Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy
October 22, 2021 19:36 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMatthew Johnson is the director of education at MediaSmarts, Canada’s not-for-profit centre for digital and media literacy. He is the author of many of MediaSmarts’ lessons, parent materials, and interactive resources and a lead on MediaSmarts’ research projects. Do young people really care about privacy? [6:13] How teens carefully curate their online image and use different platforms to control who sees what [6:46] Awareness by teens of the ways their personal information is valuable to ...
From FOI to front page news!
September 30, 2021 01:17 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBJim Bronskill is an award-winning reporter with the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press news agency, specializing in security and intelligence, policing, and justice-related issues. He also frequently writes about privacy in the digital realm. The path to a career in journalism [2:31] How investigative journalism has changed over the years [4:11] Freedom of information (FOI) requests as an important reporting tool [4:51] The iceberg theory of journalism [5:31] Uncovering the rest of the...
From FOI to front page news! | Accès à l’information à la une!
September 30, 2021 01:17 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBJim Bronskill is an award-winning reporter with the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press news agency, specializing in security and intelligence, policing, and justice-related issues. He also frequently writes about privacy in the digital realm. The path to a career in journalism [2:31] How investigative journalism has changed over the years [4:11] Freedom of information (FOI) requests as an important reporting tool [4:51] The iceberg theory of journalism [5:31] Uncovering the rest of the...
First Nations data sovereignty
August 25, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBDr. Jonathan Dewar is the Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Information Governance Centre. Carmen Jones is Director of Research and Data Management, for the Chiefs of Ontario. The First Nations Information Governance Centre and its work [3:25] OCAP (ownership, control, access, and possession) and what the principles mean for data collection and information governance [5:20] The history of the OCAP principles and how they were developed [8:14] Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...
First Nations data sovereignty | La souveraineté des données des Premières Nations
August 25, 2021 00:00 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBDr. Jonathan Dewar is the Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Information Governance Centre. Carmen Jones is Director of Research and Data Management, for the Chiefs of Ontario. The First Nations Information Governance Centre and its work [3:25] OCAP (ownership, control, access, and possession) and what the principles mean for data collection and information governance [5:20] The history of the OCAP principles and how they were developed [8:14] Truth and Reconciliation Commissio...
Building privacy and transparency into sexual assault investigations
July 20, 2021 20:06 - 40 minutes - 37.2 MBSunny Marriner is project lead of the Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review for the Improving Institutional Accountability Project, an initiative funded by the Government of Canada. Stephen McCammon is a legal counsel at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. He provides legal advice on issues relating to privacy, transparency, and accountability with a special focus on how these issues intersect with law enforcement and fundamental rights. Please be advise...