Commissioner 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 about being online [14:44] Teaching kids about privacy at school [21:16] Technology use in the classroom ..read more

A 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 misinformation with Dr. Alex Himelfarb of the Council of Canadian Academies)    W ..read more

Professors 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 violence [9:57] Impacts of technology facilitated violence on young women and girls [12:01] Young people s ..read more

Jennifer 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 evidence [14:16] Legal, ethical, and privacy concerns related to neurotechnology [16:40] Questions about identity, p ..read more

Jason 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 Cyber Centre helps organizations who may have been targeted by a cyber attack [4:57] How the cyber t ..read more

Engaging 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'engager avec les patients, les familles et les soignants peut aider à construire un système de santé meille ..read more

Philippe 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 (PIPEDA), Canada’s federal private-sector privacy law. One-year anniversary, stepping into ..read more

Dr. Alex Himelfarb is the chair of Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation. He chairs the Steering Committee of the Council of Canadian Academies, 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 of our time, why? [3:56] Social media ..read more

Christopher 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 assessments as an example of predictive policing [8:33] Potentially problematic aspects of predictive techn ..read more

Dr. 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 elements to achieving better health outcomes [8:33] Broader benefits to the health system through the ..read more