With support from the Department of Heritage’s Digital Citizens Contribution Program, the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) is delighted to launch the Canadian Women Leaders' Digital Defence Initiative.
The Initiative will study the impact of disinformation and online harms targeting Canadian women leaders in two parts. First, in partnership with Nexalogy, an AI analytics company, a crowdsourcing study will provide qualitative and quantitative evidence regarding the patterns of harassment and disinformation experienced by female politicians and journalists. Second, a series of virtual roundtable discussions will be convened to better understand how digital disinformation and online harms targeting Canadian women are impacting Canadian democracy and social cohesion.
In total, in collaboration with the National Council of Women of Canada and other partners, three virtual events will take place in the coming weeks highlighting the experience of invited politicians and journalists, followed by a broader roundtable conversation among attendees. Recordings will be available on YouTube.
Roundtable 3. The third roundtable, focused on the experience of journalists and politicians based in Western Canada, will be held from 1:00pm to 2:30pm on Thursday, March 25th, 2021.
Speakers (TBC)
- Lana Cuthbertson, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Areto Lab
- Kasey Machin, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Areto Lab
A white paper summarizing project findings as well as policy recommendations will be published on MIGS’s website in April 2021.
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