by Caroline Isautier | Feb 20, 2023 | Sustainability, Tech for Good
Digital technology is often presented as an ally in the war against climate change, by allowing us to meet remotely via video or by avoiding printing paper documents. But is it really so virtuous? The emissions of gases that warm the atmosphere (Green House Gases CO2...
by Caroline Isautier | Dec 13, 2022 | Featured, Tech for Good
I have been a fan of Apple products since the beginning and am angry at their strategy of iPhone planned obsolescence. Not only that, but its signature approach of privacy-by-design is not a reality anymore. I had some of the wonderful first MacIntosh computers, the...
by Caroline Isautier | Oct 22, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
Who are some of Canada’s youth activists that are using TikTok to further their cause ? This is part of the We Stop Scrolling research project Tech for Good Canada embarked on in September 2021 with Ontario Tech University’s innovative Steam-3D Maker Lab....
by Caroline Isautier | Jul 7, 2021 | Tech for Good
Reprinted from The Globe and Mail July 7, 2021, by Sean Silcoff – Sorry, its behind a paywall but I love this effort to educate on Canada’s modest Tech approach. Its such a departure from the US Tech culture. Shopify Inc. became Canada’s most valuable...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 26, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
On January 20, 2021, Tech for Good Canada convened a discussion, moderated by our director Caroline Isautier, designed to be an introduction for business leaders, investors and citizens on the why and how of implementing data privacy by design and security as a...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 25, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
Its now becoming common knowledge our every moves online are surveilled by default, without our explicit consent, when we use the Google browser and search engine, then Google Docs, then surf over to YouTube or Google Maps. Or when we’re on Facebook, or its...
