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 self censoring themselves on social media [13:29]
• The role of education in helping young women and girls participate equally in the digital world [14:41]
• Recognizing and honouring the rights of young people through deliberative dialogue [18:18]
• How to meaningfully engage young people in discussions about privacy in the digital environment [22:49]
• Value of educators and schools committing to upholding the privacy rights of young people [23:28]

Resources:

• eQuality Project 2021-22 Annual Report
• eGirls, eCitizens (edited by Professors Bailey and Steeves)
• Privacy Pursuit! Lesson Plans (free IPC lesson plans to teach kids about privacy)
• Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools
• Teaching kids about privacy (Info Matters episode with Daniel Solove)
• Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy (Info Matters episode with Matthew Johnson)
• From high school to university: a young person’s perspective on digital privacy (Info Matters episode with Keith Baybayon)
• Ontario joins Canadian privacy regulators in passing resolutions on the privacy of young people and workers (October 2023, IPC news release)
• Resolution on children’s digital rights (Adopted resolution of the Global Privacy Assembly, October 2021 – IPC co-sponsor)
• Personal Data Protection Competency Framework for School Students (includes foundational learning principles – International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners – IPC co-sponsor)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Children and Youth in a Digital World(IPC resources)

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