Join us for our next #DigitalPolicyRounds event

Join us for our next #DigitalPolicyRounds event

Join us for our next#DigitalPolicyRounds event

As part of its newly re-introduced overhaul of privacy legislation, the federal government has included a completely novel regime to regulate AI through the Artificial Intelligence and Data Act (AIDA). An incredible virtual panel of experts sifted through the Act and provided their initial analysis and reactions.

Centering on the voices of women leading the charge to ensure our civil rights are protected, Coded Bias asks two key questions: what is the impact of Artificial Intelligence’s increasing role in governing our liberties? And what are the consequences for people stuck in the crosshairs due to their race, color, and gender? This was a Q&A with the filmmaker.

Part II of the 2020 Beaverbrook Public Lecture featured acclaimed novelist, activist, and journalist Cory Doctorow. His lecture, “How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism,” expanded on his recently published book of the same name, and responded to the current state of surveillance capitalism through a critical analysis of technological and economic monopolies.

Part I of the 2020 Beaverbrook Public Lecture featured acclaimed author and professor Shoshana Zuboff. Dr. Zuboff’s lecture, “The Future of Surveillance Capitalism,” built from her critically acclaimed book, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power and shined a critical light on the realities of the western world’s contemporary digital landscape.

This panel highlighted the effects of increased surveillance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hosted by the Canadian International Council (CIC Montreal), the MIGS Centre at Concordia University, and College Royal Militaire de Saint-Jean, it gave a global overview of these measures, looked at how citizens have responded to the potential risks and benefits of tracing apps, and explored privacy implications and changes to democratic values.