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Info Matters
Conversations about people, privacy, and access to information. Hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
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The Best of Season 4 | Moments marquants de notre quatrième saison
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Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commis...

Lessons in Health Privacy: Key Takeaways from 2024 | La protection de la vie privée dans le secteur de la santé : principaux enseignements de 2024
In this episode, Commissioner Patricia Kosseim delves into significant health privacy cases of 2024 with her colleagues from the IPC. The conversation...
Technology in the classroom: Digital education, privacy, and student well-being | La technologie à l’école : éducation numérique, vie privée et bien-être des élèves
Anthony Carabache is a staff officer in the Professional Development Department at Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.
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Indigenous led innovation: Aligning technology with community values | L'innovation dirigée par les Autochtones : harmoniser la technologie avec les valeurs de la communauté
Jeff Ward, is the CEO of Animikii and a member of the Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence working group on responsible AI. His areas of expe...
The beauty and benefits of transparency: Ontario's public institutions rise to the challenge with innovative projects
Guests and Transparency Showcase exhibits
Council of Ontario Universities
Steve Orsini, President and CEO
Josh Lovell, Director, Pol...
Why mediation matters: Improving outcomes in FOI appeals | L'importance de la médiation : Améliorer les résultats des appels en matière d'accès à l'information
Mediation is a powerful and efficient way to resolve freedom of information appeals. This episode explores the value-add of mediation and how building...
Addressing intimate partner violence: Information sharing, trust, and privacy | Lutter contre la violence conjugale : Échange de renseignements, confiance et confidentialité
Timely information sharing is crucial to prevent harm resulting from intimate partner violence (IPV). Sometimes, however, professionals may hesitate t...
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
Dr. Devin Singh is an emergency physician and lead of clinical AI and machine learning in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Child...
No government ID: Navigating homelessness, identity, and privacy | Pas de carte d'identité gouvernementale : Gérer son itinérance, son identité et sa vie privée
Robert Fabes is a registered psychotherapist. His focus is on meaning-based existential mental health and addictions counselling. In addition to couns...
At face value: Facial recognition technologies and privacy | La technologie de reconnaissance faciale et la protection de la vie privée
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 their own words: Students from Westboro Academy speak out about privacy | Des élèves de l’Académie Westboro parlent de protection de la vie privée
Commissioner Kosseim speaks with Elyane Ruel, Head of School, and Grade 7 and 8 students from Westboro Academy in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Best of season three | Les meilleurs moments de la troisième saison
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. ...

Empowering young women and girls in the digital world | Renforcer l’autonomie des jeunes femmes et des jeunes filles dans le monde numérique
Professors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves co-lead the eQuality Project. Its mission is to help young people create a networked environment where they...

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

Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime | Démasquer les menaces numériques : Comment se prémunir contre la cybercriminalité
Jason Besner is Director of Partnerships at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre).
Jason’s group is responsible for managing...

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
Laura Neuman is a Senior Advisor with the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia. She leads the implementation of the center’s Inform Women, Transform Live...

Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families | Concevoir des systèmes de santé numériques en collaboration avec les patients et les familles
Engaging with patients, families, and caregivers can help build a better, more inclusive health system. Betty-Lou Kristy, Chair of the Minister’s Pati...

Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers | Les utilisations éthiques des données génétiques : entretien avec Bartha Knoppers, Ph. D.
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 grou...

A casual conversation between two Canadian privacy commissioners | Une conversation informelle entre deux commissaires canadiens à la protection de la vie privée
Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada, is a leading legal expert on human rights, administrative, and constitutional law. He previously se...

Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation | Confiance et vérité : S’y retrouver dans l’ère de la mésinformation
Dr. Alex Himelfarb is the chair of Council of Canadian Academies’ Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation. He c...

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
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 a...

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
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...

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
Eric Ward is the Assistant Commissioner of Strategic Initiatives and External Relations at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of O...

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
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. ...

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
Keith Baybayon is a first-year student at McGill University and the former president of the Ontario Student Trustees Association, the largest student...

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

In conversation with Jim Balsillie: Data, technology, and public policy | Entretien avec Jim Balsillie : données, technologie et politiques publiques
Jim Balsillie is the founder of the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Centre for Digital Rights, and the former co-CEO of Research I...

Focusing in on police use of body-worn cameras | Regard sur l’utilisation des caméras d’intervention par la police
Dr. Alana Saulnier is an assistant professor at Queen’s University. Her research focuses on relationships between legal authorities and the public wit...

Power to the people! Access, privacy, and civic engagement | Le pouvoir au peuple ! Accès, vie privée et engagement civique
Dave Meslin is a community organizer, activist, and bestselling author.
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Family ties: Using investigative genetic genealogy to solve crimes | Le recours à la généalogie génétique pour élucider des crimes
Dr. Frederick Bieber is a medical geneticist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and an associate professor of pathology at Harva...

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

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 les établissements de santé
Shafique Shamji is The Ottawa Hospital’s executive vice president and chief information officer. Nyranne Martin is the hospital’s general counsel and...

Teenage confidential: Teens, technology, and privacy | Adolescents, technologie et vie privée
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 o...

From FOI to front page news! | Accès à l’information à la une!
Jim Bronskill is an award-winning reporter with the Ottawa bureau of The Canadian Press news agency, specializing in security and intelligence, polici...

First Nations data sovereignty | La souveraineté des données des Premières Nations
Dr. Jonathan Dewar is the Chief Executive Officer of the First Nations Information Governance Centre. Carmen Jones is Director of Research and Data Ma...

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
Sunny Marriner is project lead of the Violence Against Women Advocate Case Review for the Improving Institutional Accountability Project, an initiativ...

Putting patient trust at the centre of virtual health | La confiance des patients au cœur de la santé virtuelle
Dr. Duncan Rozario is chief of surgery at the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital in Oakville, Ontario. He also runs a busy outpatient practice at th...

Teaching kids about privacy | Enseigner aux enfants ce que veut dire la protection de la vie privée
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 expe...

Demystifying the FOI Process | Démystifier le processus d’accès à l’information
Gillian Shaw is the Director of Adjudication at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). She and her team of adjudicat...

À la rencontre des Franco-Ontariens | Reaching out to Franco-Ontarians
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...