The possibility of having some form of biometric ID document in Canada has been in the news again recently. What is being considered? What are the implications of different options? The Canadian government has said little about what it is planning. Join us in person or online to hear the experts, to ask questions, and to make your views heard.
This forum includes a live, interactive webcast. See our website biometricIDforum.ca for more details about the forum and the issues.
Moderated by:
Bob Carty
CBC radio producer and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE)
Presentations by:
Alice Sturgeon
Senior Director, Accessibility, Identity Management and Security, Treasury Board Secretariat
Gus Hosein
Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics & Senior Fellow, Privacy International
Stephanie Perrin
Director, Policy & Research, Office of the Privacy Commission of Canada
TBA
affiliated with ACT Canada (Advanced Card Technology Association of Canada)
Location:
Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto 140 St. George St. (Bissell Building) Main Lecture Theatre, 205
Program:
6:45 - Introduction and Presentations
8:00 - Break (drinks and snacks)
8:30 - Q&A, and discussion
This event is sponsored by at the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto through the the Stepping UP Academic Initiatives Fund and by the SSHRC-funded Information Policy Research Program's Digital Identity Construction project.
The Surveillance Studies Centre
c/o David Murakami Wood
Department of Criminology
University of Ottawa
Canada