Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, McMaster University
Sara Bannerman is a Canada Research Chair in Communication Policy and Governance, and Associate Professor of Communication Studies at McMaster University, Canada. She is the author of The Struggle for Canadian Copyright: From Imperialism to Internationalism 1842-1971 (UBC Press, 2013) and International Copyright and Access to Knowledge (Cambridge, 2016).
10 privacy violations in the federal government’s proposed changes to the Canada Elections Act
Nov 12, 2024 05:53 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Bill C-65, currently before Parliament, would make changes to the Canada Elections Act. According to the Liberal government, it aims to engage more people and increase the confidence of Canadians in elections. But by...
How political party data collection may turn off voters
Jan 24, 2020 05:41 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
The data collection practices used by political parties could pose a threat to voters engagement in the democratic process and could have negative implications for Canadian democracy. British Columbias Privacy...
Canadians are rightly worried about invasion of privacy in smart cities
Feb 07, 2019 14:44 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology Law
In January 2019, Liberal MP Adam Vaughan argued that privacy concerns about the smart city proposed for Torontos waterfront should not be allowed to reverse 25 years of good, solid work and 40 years of dreaming on the...
Why is Melanie Joly ignoring the crisis in Canadian journalism?
Oct 08, 2017 03:17 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Although we now live in a vast internet landscape with immense amounts of content, the diversity and quality of the news media we consume continues to be a concern.. Large sites like Facebook, Twitter, and Google should...
Why universities can't be expected to police copyright infringement
Aug 22, 2017 15:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Law
As the new school year approaches, Canadian universities are grappling with the Federal Court of Canadas recent copyright decision against York University. The court ruled that York could not rely on its fair dealing...