Anthony Carabache is a staff officer in the Professional Development Department at Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association.

• Journey from educational assistant to becoming a resource teacher focused on integrating technology in the classroom. [2:22]
• Examples of artificial intelligence being used by teachers and students [6:05]
• Privatization in public education through third-party tools and applications [9:06] 
• Deceptive design and privacy concerns related to software used by students [12:00]
• Procurement guidelines to protect privacy when dealing with third party vendors [14:22]
• Teaching students to understand the value of their privacy [10:49]
• Ongoing impact of the pandemic on students' social literacy [19:06]
• The IPC’s Digital Charter for Ontario Schools and lesson plans [24:59] 

Resources:

• Canadian privacy regulators pass resolution to address privacy-related harms resulting from deceptive design patterns (November 2024, IPC news release)
• Privacy and Access in Public Sector Contracting with Third Party Service Providers
• Ontario curriculum expectations for digital citizenship
• Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools
• Privacy Pursuit! Lesson Plans (free IPC lesson plans to teach kids about privacy)
• 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)
• Resources for children and youth (IPC resources)
• IPC Youth Advisory Council
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Post @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 
 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

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 expertise encompass the development of technology solutions tailored for Indigenous communities and organizations and the integration of traditional Indigenous values and culture into modern business practices. 

• The “move slow and empower people” philosophy [2:00]
• Animikii’s day to day work and the development of the Niiwin platform that can be used to support Indigenous data sovereignty [5:07]
• Incorporating Indigenous values and traditions into business practices — the seven sacred teachings [6:09] 
• Indigenous people have always been data experts [9:08]
• #Data Back, shares Animikii’s perspectives on Indigenous data sovereignty and principles like OCAP and FAIR [10:32]
• Frameworks for Indigenous data governance [10:49]
• Working with the Survivors’ Secretariat, focusing on data related to the Mohawk Institute Residential School [13:09]
• The extractive nature of artificial intelligence and its environmental impact [16:26]
• The Global Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) working group [20:00]
• How the principles of Indigenous data sovereignty can inform conversations about data ethics and governance in a digital world [23:14] 

Resources:

• Truth and Reconciliation Commission reports and calls to action
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• Niiwin data platform (Animikii)
• National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls calls for justice
• #DataBack e-book (Animikii)
• The First Nations Principles of OCAP (First Nations Information Governance Centre)
• The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship (Scientific Data, 2016)
• CARE Principles for Indigenous Data Governance (Global Indigenous Data Alliance)
• The Survivors’ Secretariat
• Federal, provincial, territorial information and privacy commissioners and ombuds wrap up successful annual meeting (IPC news release)
• Jeff Ward (Linkedin)
• First Nations data sovereignty (Info Matters season one episode)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review.

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Post @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

Guests and Transparency Showcase exhibits

Council of Ontario Universities
Steve Orsini, President and CEO
Josh Lovell, Director, Policy and Planning 

Town of Innisfil
Mike Melinyshyn, Chief Financial Officer, Director of Corporate Services and Innovation
Damien Mainprize, Business Performance Specialist

Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks
Andrea Roberts, Director, Information Management Strategy Branch

Council of Ontario Universities

• What motivated the Council of Ontario Universities to create an open data platform? [2:43]
• Data that is publicly available on the platform and how it can benefit students, policymakers and educators [4:48]
• What goes into keeping the data up to date [7:01]
• How sharing data has led to new partnerships and real-world impacts [9:05]
• How the open data platform could evolve in the future [11:12]

Town of Innisfil

• About the Helpful Places initiative [13:53]
• Participating in the first cohort of the project with other cities from around the world [15:18]
• Using sensors to improve waste management efficiency in real time [16:03]
• Using QR codes and DTPR signage to let residents know about what data was being collected and why [18:56]
• The impact of transparency on public engagement and trust within the community [23:24]

Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks

• The story behind high volumes of freedom of information requests [26:43]
• A two-stage approach to providing environmental property information records faster, using a new digital tool [28:32]
• Feeback from users of the system [30:55]
• Lessons learned from leveraging the FOI system in a new, innovative way [33:40]

Resources:

• IPC Transparency Showcase
• IPC Transparency Challenge
• Ontario Universities Open Data Platform
• Helpful Places
• Digital Trust for Places and Routines (DTPR)
• IPC Annual Reports and Statistics
• Environmental Property Information Program
• Environmental Property Information (EPI) search tool

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Post to @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

Dr. Devin Singh is an emergency physician and lead of clinical AI and machine learning in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). He is also co-founder and CEO of Hero AI.

• Combining medicine and machine learning [2:21]
• A patient death as a spark for thinking differently about health care delivery [3:27] 
• Demystifying the integration of AI into pediatric emergency medicine [5:03]
• Real world applications of AI at SickKids [7:31]
• Privacy and ethical considerations when implementing AI [9:04] 
• Mitigating bias in data, ensuring representative data models [11:26]
• Transparency and obtaining informed consent from patients [14:05]
• Human oversight of AI systems and predictions [16:05]
• Respecting patient autonomy and decision making [20:10]
• Guarding against cybersecurity risks [23:02]
• How doctors use AI scribe technology [25:34]
• Predictions about the future of AI in health care [29:16]

Resources:

• AI scribe (OntarioMD pilot project)
• Privacy and humanity on the brink (blog by Commissioner Kosseim)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Trust in Digital Health(IPC resources)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Send us a tweet @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

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 Mission.

• Misconceptions about homelessness [5:06]
• Privacy concerns for people experiencing homelessness [6:18]
• Artificial intelligence tools to predict and prevent homelessness [9:10] 
• Barriers people experiencing homelessness face when trying to obtain or replace government-issued ID [13:20] 
• ID tied to access to services, self worth, and dignity [15:33]
• The ID Project at The Ottawa Mission [17:25]
• Social stigma about homelessness and privacy [21:41]
• Consulting with, and advocating for, the privacy rights of marginalized
  groups [23:18]
• Moving toward digital ID systems, ensuring no one is left behind [26:25]

Resources:

• ‘Explainable AI’ predicts homelessness in Ontario city (Cities Today)
• IPC Response to the Ontario government’s public consultation on a “Policy framework for Ontario’s digital identity program”
• Digital ID in Ontario (Government of Ontario)
• Nothing About Us Without Us: Seven Principles for Leadership & Inclusion of People with Lived Experience of Homelessness (Lived Experience Advisory Council)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Privacy and Transparency in a Modern Government(IPC resources)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Send us a tweet @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected].

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

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 facial recognition technology works [4:09]
• Use of facial recognition technology by government agencies [8:02]
• Use of facial recognition technologies in the private sector [10:15] 
• Stalkerware and facial recognition technology [15:07] 
• Impact of biased algorithms on historically marginalized groups [17:40]
• Public anonymity as an essential privacy right [22:00]
• Facial recognition and mugshot databases, guidance for police in Ontario [25:22]
• The option to roll back facial recognition systems [29:30]
• Guardrails and protections in contracts with third party vendors [32:12]

Resources:

• Your Face Belongs to Us, Kashmir Hill
• Gender Shades, Joy Buolamwini
• Wrongfully Accused by an Algorithm (Kashmir Hill, The New York Times, August 3, 2020)
• Another Arrest, and Jail Time, Due to a Bad Facial Recognition Match (Kashmir Hill, The New York Times, January 6, 2021)
• Facial Recognition and Mugshot Databases: Guidance for Police in Ontario (IPC guidance)
• R. v. Bykovets (Supreme Court of Canada decision)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Next-Generation Law Enforcement(IPC resources)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Send us a tweet @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

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 information with some, but not with others [5:56]
• Strategies for protecting yourself online [8:22]
• Respecting the privacy of others [12:11]
• Regrets about posting something online that can’t be taken down later [14:01]
• Concerns young people have about being online [14:44]
• Teaching kids about privacy at school [21:16]
• Technology use in the classroom, protecting student privacy [26:59]
• Strategies for teaching students about digital citizenship [29:08]
• Using the IPC’s Privacy Pursuit! lesson plans in the classroom [31:10]
• How the lesson plans can be a springboard for other classroom activities [32:30]
• The IPC’s draft Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools [33:10]
• Developing kid-friendly resources to teach kids about privacy [34:39]
• It’s about more than technology — the importance of social and emotional learning to help kids develop their independence in the digital world [36:54]

Resources:

• 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)
• The IPC’s Youth Advisory Council
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Children and Youth in a Digital World(IPC resources)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Send us a tweet @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected]. 

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.

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 1: Predicting crimes before they occur: not so sci-fi anymore with the IPC’s Dr. Christopher Parsons) 
   
• Why misinformation isn’t new, the role of government in combatting it [4:28] 
  (from S3-Episode 2: Trust and truth: Navigating the age of misinformation with Dr. Alex Himelfarb of the Council of Canadian Academies) 
   
• What technological advancements keep the Privacy Commissioner of Canada up at night? [9:06] 
  (from S3-Episode 3: A casual conversation between two Canadian privacy commissioners with Philippe Dufresne, Privacy Commissioner of Canada) 
   
• Why it’s a problem when people don’t want to have samples or other personal data included in biobanks [11:21]
  (from S3-Episode 4: Ethical Uses of Genetic Data: A Conversation with Dr. Bartha Knoppers)
   
• How to strengthen Ontarians’ trust in digital health [14:51]
  (from S3-Episode 5: Co-designing digital health systems with patients and families with Betty-Lou Kristy, Chair of the Minister’s Patient and Family Advisory Council) 
   
• Real world obstacles that prevent women from accessing government information [17:40]
  (from S3-Episode 6: A woman’s right to know: Closing the gender gap with access to information with Laura Neuman of the Carter Center)
   
• Why cybersecurity matters and how individuals and organizations can protect themselves from digital threats [21:54]
  (from S3-Episode 7: Unmasking digital threats: How to guard against cyber crime with Jason Besner, Director of Partnerships at the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security)
   
• International efforts to recognize and protect the right to mental privacy [26:35]
  (from S3-Episode 8: What’s on your mind? Neurotechnology and mental privacy with Jennifer Chandler, a professor at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy, and Ethics)
   
• Potential benefits for schools and school boards who sign on to the IPC’s Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools [29:38]
  (from S3-Episode 9: Empowering young women and girls in the digital world with University of Ottawa professors Jane Bailey and Valerie Steeves)

Resources:

• Law Enforcement and Surveillance Technologies (IPC Privacy Day webcast)
• Fault Lines (Report of the Expert Panel on the Socioeconomic Impacts of Science and Health Misinformation, Council of Canadian Academies, January 26, 2023)
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• Digital Privacy Charter for Ontario Schools (IPC campaign)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them. 

If you enjoyed the podcast, leave us a rating or a review. 

Have an access to information or privacy topic you want to learn more about? Interested in being a guest on the show? Submit a comment to @IPCinfoprivacy or email us at [email protected].

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 certify any information, product, process, service, or organization presented or mentioned in this podcast, and information from this podcast should not be used or reproduced in any way to imply such approval or endorsement. None of the information, opinions and recommendations presented in this podcast bind the IPC’s Tribunal that may be called upon to independently investigate and decide upon an individual complaint or appeal based on the specific facts and unique circumstances of a given case.