FEWO Committee Meeting
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Minutes of Proceedings
On motion of Rachael Harder, it was agreed, — That, pursuant to the motion passed by the Status of Women Committee on November 14, 2016, related to the one (1) meeting designated on November 30, 2016, in order to examine the effects of automated algorithm based content curation as part of the study of violence against young girls and women in Canada, the Committee invite the following witnesses to present evidence:
• Diana Inkpen of the University of Ottawa;
• Colin McKay, Head of Public Policy and Government Relations of Google Inc. (Canada);
• Thierry Plante, Media Education Specialist at MediaSmarts, Canada`s Centre for Digital Media Literacy;
• Sandra Robinson of Carleton University;
• Kelly Acton, Director General of Communications and Marketing Branch of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada; and
• Corinne Charette, Senior Assistant to the Deputy Minister at Spectrum, Information Technologies and Telecommunications.
Patricia Cartes made a statement and answered questions.
At 4:25 p.m., the sitting was suspended.
At 4:29 p.m., the sitting resumed.
Loly Rico, by videoconference from Toronto, Ontario, Francyne Joe and Awar Obob made statements and, with Lynne Groulx and Marilee Nowgesic, answered questions.
At 5:29 p.m., the Committee adjourned to the call of the Chair.