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by Elizabeth DuBois (Editor), Florian Martin-Bariteau (Editor), Kent Aitken (Contribution by)
What does it mean to be a citizen in Canada in a digital context? What are the implications of this digital setting for citizens and policy making? Scholars, activists, and policy makers examine, in Citizenship in a Connected Canada: A Research and Policy Agenda, what a connected society means for Canada.
This interdisciplinary edited collection brings together scholars, activists, and policy makers to build consensus around what a connected society means for Canada. The collection offers insight on the state of citizenship in a digital context in Canada and proposes a research and policy agenda for the way forward. Part I examines the current landscape of digital civic participation and highlights some of the missing voices required to ensure an inclusive digital society. Part II explores the relationship between citizens and their political and democratic institutions, from government service delivery to academic and citizen engagement in policy making. Part III addresses key legal frameworks that need to be discussed and redesigned to allow for the building and strengthening of an inclusive society and democratic institutions. This is a foundational resource for policy makers, students, and researchers interested in understanding citizenship in a digital context in Canada.Author Biography
Jane Bailey (Contributor)
Jane Bailey is a Full Professor in the Common Law Section (English), who teaches cyberfeminism, technoprudence, contracts and civil procedure. Her research focuses on the impact of evolving technology on equality, privacy, freedom of expression and multiculturalism, as well as the societal and cultural impact of the Internet and emerging forms of private technological control, particularly in relation to members of socially disadvantaged communities. She has spoken, written and published on a variety of topics, including:
cyberbullying and cyberviolence
sexting
internet hate propaganda
copyright and freedom of expression
online child pornography
women's e-quality
privacy
webcamming
Professor Jacquelyn Burkell is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario, and Associate Member of the University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society, at the University of Ottawa. One of her main teaching areas is research methods, both at the graduate (MLIS) and undergraduate (MIT) levels. Her approach in these courses is to teach students to give them the skills to be active consumers as well as producers of empirical research. She also teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in human-computer interface design, along with undergraduate courses examining the social aspects of computing and the impact of information presentation on interpretation and use. Teresa Scassa (Contributor)
Teresa Scassa is the Canada Research Chair in Information Law and Policy at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. She is the author or co-author of several books, including Digital Commerce in Canada (LexisNexis, 2020), Canadian Trademark Law (2nd edition, LexisNexis, 2015), and Law Beyond Borders (Irwin Law, 2014). She is co-editor of Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (LexisNexis, 2021) and Law and the Sharing Economy (University of Ottawa Press, 2018). She is a member of the Canadian Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence and of the Geothink research partnership. She has written widely in the areas of intellectual property law, law and technology, and privacy. Elizabeth Dubois (Editor)
Elizabeth Dubois is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and a faculty member of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa. Florian Martin-Bariteau (Editor)
Florian Martin-Bariteau is Associate Professor, the University Research Chair in Technology and Society, and the Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa.
