Guest Blog Post: Disconnection
Until very recently, connection was always framed in terms of individual choice. If people found issue with being connected, perpetually distracted, or dulled to their immediate surroundings by their devices, it was the users themselves, and their lack of self-control that was to blame. Any solution or “escape” was to be found in the individual’s […]
Guest Blog Post: Bridging the Digital Divide along BC’s Connected Coast
As those living in communities along British Columbia’s rugged coastline know quite well, the internet connection isn’t always great. Up and down speeds and long periods of disconnection have for decades been standard to coastal BC. However, there has finally been some good news: on March 13th 2018, it was announced that many of […]
Guest Blog Post: Predictive Policing in the Nation’s Capital
On October 24th 2016, the Ottawa Police Service (OPS) launched the Ottawa Police Strategic Operations Centre (OPSOC), an initiative to “use crime information to improve public and officer safety” [1]. A February 2017 article appearing on Motherboard, a Vice News channel, instead labelled OPSOC as a manifestation of a larger movement in police forces […]
Guest Blog Post: Connection
Connection Written By: Henry St. Clair There are strong parallels between the historic experience of television and the modern digital information environment. People have been staring at advertising saturated screens of one form or another for a rather long time. Yet while the TV of old might have courted a great deal of our […]
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