Info Matters

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 [3:34] Using strategic foresight to build str...

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 society about a child who may be at risk [7:35]...

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] Using technology in elementary school [7:17] Privac...

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 leave care [6:49] Privacy of records, sealing you...

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 dichotomy between privacy regulation and innovation...

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 more than 20 police services in Ontario.  Conduct...

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] The role of government transparency in supporting ci...

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] How investigative genetic genealogy was used to cat...

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 clinical data sets [8:36] Testing synthetic data t...

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 framework [6:58] Moving beyond random audits to...

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 online image and use different platforms to control...

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] Freedom of information (FOI) requests as an importa...

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 collection and information governance [5:20] The histor...

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, transparency, and accountability with a special fo...

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 role of communication in health care [3:55] Combi...

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 around the world. He is the author of The Eyemonger...

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 Protection of Privacy Act .  Topics discussed in this episo...

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’histoire de la Journée internationale de la Fran...

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 security issues across the spectrum of privacy, techn...

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, the IPC does not endorse, approve, recommend, or c...