Panelists: Brenda McPhail, Tamir Israel, Jacob Schroeder
Moderator: Bernie Lucht
Related Readings & Resources
Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Facial Recognition URL
INCLO Report, In Focus: Facial Recognition Tech Stories and Rights Harms from Around the World. January 2021. URL
Tamir Israel, Facial Recognition at a Crossroads: Transformation at our Borders and Beyond. Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), December 15, 2020. URL
Tamir Israel, “Facial Recognition if Transforming Our Borders and We Are Not Prepared”, Policy Options Politiques, November 9, 2020. URL
Joint investigation of Clearview AI, Inc. by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Commission d’accès à l’information du Québec, the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia, and the Information Privacy Commissioner of Alberta. February 3, 2021. URL
Kate Robertson, Cynthia Khoo, and Yolanda Song, “To Surveil and Predict A Human Rights Analysis of Algorithmic Policing in Canada”, The Citizen Lab, September 1, 2020. URL
Event Details
CFE Virtual Forum Series:
Millions use facial recognition technology daily to unlock smartphones and tag friends in photos. But the same technology is viewed by many as a threat to human rights and civil liberties. IBM has gotten out of the facial recognition business altogether, and Amazon and Microsoft have refused to make their facial recognition technology available to the police. Can it be regulated and safely used or should it be fully or partially banned? Join a panel of experts in conversation about this technology and what should be done.
Zoom link to event ryerson.zoom.us/j/91941276567
Panelists:
Brenda McPhail, Director, Privacy, Technology & Surveillance Project, Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Tamir Israel, Staff Lawyer, Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic
Jacob Schroeder, Legal Counsel, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Moderator:
Bernie Lucht, Executive Producer of CBC Radio's Ideas from 1984-2012. Senior Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto
Co-sponsors: Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Edmonton Public Library, Toronto Public Library, Vancouver Public Library
This is a free event and no registration is required.
Please contact cfe@ryerson.ca if you require accommodation to ensure inclusion in this event.