Do youth care about privacy? We will explore this question on September 8, 2011, when our Office holds its next Insights on Privacy armchair discussion. We have invited two experts on young people’s use of social media, Kate Raynes-Goldie (@oceanpark) and Matthew Johnson (@MFJ72) to talk about what privacy means to youth and how we can help youth preserve their privacy by promoting digital literacy skills.
Kate Raynes-Goldie is completing her PhD in the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University of Technology. Her current research explores Facebook privacy issues by combining a study of the ideologies that drive the site's privacy architecture with a nuanced look at user understandings and practices. Kate is also a Research Associate at Ryerson University's EDGE Lab, where she is researching privacy, autonomy and social media for children. She is the founder of PrivacyCampTO, Canada's first privacy unconference.
As Director of Education with Media Awareness Network, Matthew Johnson creates resources for educators, parents and community groups. He is the designer of MNet’s comprehensive digital literacy tutorials Passport to the Internet (Grades 4-8) and MyWorld (Grades 9-12). Matthew also writes the Talk Media blog, one of the most popular sections of the MNet Web site. He has given presentations and interviews to parents, school, community and industry groups on topics such as the effect of media violence on children, video game addiction, alcohol advertising, children’s use of new media and the moral dimensions of computer games.
This event is the fifth in a series hosted by the OPC to shed light on experts doing new and thought-provoking work in the field of privacy.
To participate:
We are inviting full participation in this discussion. For those of you who attend the session in person, we will be asking for questions from the audience as well as inviting you to tweet the content using the #privtalks hashtag.
If you are unable to attend the session in person, and would like the speakers to address a particular aspect of this topic, please send your question to knowledge.savoir@priv.gc.ca by September 2nd and we will try to incorporate it in the issues we cover.
The video of this event will be made available after the presentation, as we’ve done for previous Speakers Series events.
Space is limited and is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Please RSVP before September 6th, 2011. Simultaneous interpretation for both official languages will be available.
When: 2:00-4:00 p.m. Thursday, September 8, 2011
Where: Minto Suites Hotel, 185 Lyon Street North, 2nd Floor, Salon Vanier/Stanley
RSVP: knowledge.savoir@priv.gc.ca