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

At face value: Facial recognition technologies and privacy

Apr 4th, 2024 35m 28s

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 f

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

Feb 22nd, 2024 39m 46s

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 inf

Best of season three | Les meilleurs moments de la troisième saison

Jan 18th, 2024 34m 29s

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

Empowering young women and girls in the digital world | Renforcer l’autonomie des jeunes femmes et des jeunes filles dans le monde numérique

Dec 14th, 2023 28m 29s

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 re

What’s on your mind? Neurotechnology and mental privacy | Qu'est-ce qui vous préoccupe ? Neurotechnologie et protection de la vie privée

Dec 6th, 2023 30m 50s

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]Neurotech

Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime

Oct 30th, 2023 31m 19s

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 cy

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

Sep 25th, 2023 37m 4s

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

Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families // Concevoir des systèmes de santé numériques en collaboration avec les patients et les familles

Aug 31st, 2023 27m 45s

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 b

Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers

Jul 31st, 2023 39m 55s

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 betwee

A casual conversation between two Canadian privacy commissioners | Une conversation informelle entre deux commissaires canadiens à la protection de la vie privée

Jul 5th, 2023 40m 44s

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 Pri

Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation

May 16th, 2023 32m 8s

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 Publi

Predicting crimes before they occur: not so sci-fi anymore

Mar 23rd, 2023 31m 22s

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 S

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

Dec 20th, 2022 33m 20s

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

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

Dec 7th, 2022 28m 28s

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,

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

Oct 25th, 2022 36m 58s

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 t

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

Sep 30th, 2022 19m 48s

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. Beco

Giving foster kids a fair shot in life | Donner aux enfants placés en famille d’accueil une chance équitable dans la vie

Aug 2nd, 2022 36m 3s

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 syst

In conversation with Jim Balsillie: Data, technology, and public policy | Entretien avec Jim Balsillie : données, technologie et politiques publiques

May 31st, 2022 29m 32s

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 projec

Focusing in on police use of body-worn cameras | Regard sur l’utilisation des caméras d’intervention par la police

May 3rd, 2022 37m 23s

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, unp

Power to the people! Access, privacy, and civic engagement | Le pouvoir au peuple ! Accès, vie privée et engagement civique

Mar 22nd, 2022 35m 23s

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 privat

Family ties: Using investigative genetic genealogy to solve crimes | Le recours à la généalogie génétique pour élucider des crimes

Feb 24th, 2022 30m 59s

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 re

Real or fake? The buzz about synthetic data | Les données synthétiques : vraies ou fausses?

Jan 18th, 2022 29m 25s

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 acce

From the bedside to the board: Building a culture of privacy and security in health institutions

Nov 26th, 2021 37m 44s

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]E

Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy

Oct 22nd, 2021 30m 43s

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’