Thursday May 1st, 2014 – 12pm
Posted May 1, 2014 02:36:03 PM.
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12:00- Does this change your feelings about the internet? Do you feel safe?
Carmi Levy, Independent Tech Analyst
Canada’s privacy commissioner says telecom companies are refusing to tell her office how many times they have handed over personal customer information to the federal government without a warrant. Chantal Bernier, the interim privacy commissioner, said her office has repeatedly asked telecom companies to disclose statistics and the scope of warrantless disclosure of data, to no avail. Bernier said she would like to see stats published so Canadians know how many times their personal information are given to the government without a warrant.
12:30- Has dieting worked for you? Who’s to blame, advertisers or society when it comes to body image?
Silken Laumann, Bronze Medal Winning Olympian, Author
Laumann is best known for her amazing comeback from a serious leg injury to win bronze for Canada at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in single sculls rowing. 2014 memoir Unsinkable, reveals her battles with restrictive eating and an eating disorder throughout her years as an Olympian. It was only after becoming a mother that Silken realized the importance of being a strong role model for her daughter. She will never let dieting into her life again, and has partnered with Multi-Grain Cheerios to ask other women to join her in the “World Without Dieting” movement to help the next generation.
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