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Addressing intimate partner violence: Information sharing, trust, and privacy | Lutter contre la violence conjugale : Échange de renseignements, confiance et confidentialité
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Timely information sharing is crucial to prevent harm resulting from intimate partner violence (IPV). Sometimes, however, professionals may hesitate to share information due to misunderstandings about privacy laws. Priya Shastri, Director of Programs at WomanAct, provides insights from the front lines on information sharing, building trusting relat…
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Artificial intelligence in health care: Balancing innovation with privacy | L’intelligence artificielle dans les soins de santé : mettre en balance l’innovation et la protection de la vie privée
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Dr. Devin Singh is an emergency physician and lead of clinical AI and machine learning in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He is also co-founder and CEO of Hero AI. Combining medicine and machine learning [2:21] A patient death as a spark for thinking differently about health care delivery [3:27] Demystify…
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No government ID: Navigating homelessness, identity, and privacy | Pas de carte d'identité gouvernementale : Gérer son itinérance, son identité et sa vie privée
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Robert 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 […
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At face value: Facial recognition technologies and privacy | La technologie de reconnaissance faciale et la protection de la vie privée
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Cynthia 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 [8:0…
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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
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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] Respecti…
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Best of season three | Les meilleurs moments de la troisième saison
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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…
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Empowering young women and girls in the digital world | Renforcer l’autonomie des jeunes femmes et des jeunes filles dans le monde numérique
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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…
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What’s on your mind? Neurotechnology and mental privacy | Qu'est-ce qui vous préoccupe ? Neurotechnologie et protection de la vie privée
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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 n…
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Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime | Démasquer les menaces numériques : Comment se prémunir contre la cybercriminalité
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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 ot…
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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
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Laura 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…
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Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families | Concevoir des systèmes de santé numériques en collaboration avec les patients et les familles
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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 hea…
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Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers | Les utilisations éthiques des données génétiques : entretien avec Bartha Knoppers, Ph. D.
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Dr. 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 …
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A casual conversation between two Canadian privacy commissioners | Une conversation informelle entre deux commissaires canadiens à la protection de la vie privée
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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 info…
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Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation | Confiance et vérité : S’y retrouver dans l’ère de la mésinformation
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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 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 a…
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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
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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 secu…
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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
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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 ki…
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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
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Eric 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 …
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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
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Nicole 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 s…
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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
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Keith 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] Usin…
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Giving foster kids a fair shot in life | Donner aux enfants placés en famille d’accueil une chance équitable dans la vie
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Jane 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 l…
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In conversation with Jim Balsillie: Data, technology, and public policy | Entretien avec Jim Balsillie : données, technologie et politiques publiques
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Jim 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 dichot…
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Focusing in on police use of body-worn cameras | Regard sur l’utilisation des caméras d’intervention par la police
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Dr. 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…
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Power to the people! Access, privacy, and civic engagement | Le pouvoir au peuple ! Accès, vie privée et engagement civique
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Dave 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] Th…
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Family ties: Using investigative genetic genealogy to solve crimes | Le recours à la généalogie génétique pour élucider des crimes
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Dr. 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] H…
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Real or fake? The buzz about synthetic data | Les données synthétiques : vraies ou fausses?
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Dr. 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 cl…
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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 ...
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Shafique 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 …
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Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy | Adolescents, technologie et vie privée
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Matthew 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 onl…
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From FOI to front page news! | Accès à l’information à la une!
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Jim 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] F…
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First Nations data sovereignty | La souveraineté des données des Premières Nations
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Dr. 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 collect…
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Building privacy and transparency into sexual assault investigations | Améliorer la protection de la vie privée et la transparence dans le cadre des enquêtes sur les agressions sexuelles
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Sunny 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, …
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Putting patient trust at the centre of virtual health | La confiance des patients au cœur de la santé virtuelle
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Dr. Duncan Rozario is chief of surgery at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville, Ontario. He also runs a busy outpatient practice at the North Oakville Medical Centre where he uses sophisticated digital tools to provide virtual care to his patients. Topics discussed in this episode: Forging relationships with patients [2:34] The key …
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Teaching kids about privacy | Enseigner aux enfants ce que veut dire la protection de la vie privée
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Daniel Solove is the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School and one of the world’s leading experts on privacy law. He is also the president and CEO of TeachPrivacy, a company that provides computer-based privacy and security training to schools, companies, hospitals, and other organizations aro…
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Demystifying the FOI Process | Démystifier le processus d’accès à l’information
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Gillian Shaw is the Director of Adjudication at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). She and her team of adjudicators hear and decide access to information appeals under Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and its municipal counterpart, the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protectio…
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À la rencontre des Franco-Ontariens | Reaching out to Franco-Ontarians
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Kelly Burke est Ombudsman adjointe et commissaire aux services en français de l’Ontario. Au Bureau de l’Ombudsman, elle dirige l’Unité des services en français, qui fait enquête sur les plaintes et formule des recommandations visant à améliorer la prestation des services en français à l’échelle du gouvernement. Sujets abordés dans cet épisode : L’h…
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Don’t get caught! Protect yourself against phishing | Ne vous faites pas prendre! Protégez-vous contre l’hameçonnage
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Info Matters Episode 1 Show Notes: Don’t get caught! Protect yourself against phishing Fred Carter is a senior policy and technology advisor with the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). He has more than 20 years experience in the public and private sector, providing analysis and recommendations about privacy and sec…
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Conversations about people, privacy, and access to information. Hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. The information, opinions, and recommendations presented in this podcast are for general information only. It should not be relied upon as a substitute for legal advice. Unless specifically stated otherwise, t…
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