COVID Conversations Series - PART 3

Join us for our next COVID Conversations Series – Privacy, Privatization, Surveillance: Health Care Data, Ethics and Equity in an AI World

This series focuses on the relationship between health care data, Big Tech, and privatization, and explores the implications for patient privacy, safety, and equity in Ontario and Canada, with a focus on Black communities. Speakers include Cathy O'Neil, Jack Poulson, Nishan Zegwe-Abubaker, Ciann Wilson, and LLana James.

Over 3 days, starting Wednesday July 22nd - Friday July 24th, we bridge disciplines and conversations, bringing together academics and community scholars.

For the full program: click here. To register: click here. The following sessions are now open for registration on our Eventbrite page: https://bit.ly/2WgdU57

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PART 3: Public Health, Ethics and COVID-19: How the Next Generation of Scholars and Organizers See the Current Moment

Nishan Zewge-Abubaker, Ciann Wilson, and LLana James will explore the intersection of public health, race-based data, privacy, and Big Tech within local and national contexts. They will reflect on the ethical questions Cathy O’Neil and Jack Poulson brought into view, with a focus on data sharing during and post COVID-19. Recent changes to Ontario’s Reg. 569 and Bill 188 Schedule 6 the Personal Health Information Act, will be explored as a case study. This dynamic and interactive conversation from the next generation of scholars and organizers will examine how data—and who controls it—affects people, neighbourhoods and health