Data for Impact Series/Promoting Data Ethics and Trust

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June 13, 2023 | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)

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• From Jessica Pykett (University of Birmingham):
• Ethics Frameworks and Toolkits slide: English | French
• Behavioural Insights Ethical Dilemmas card deck: English | French
• Silver bullets need a careful aim: Dilemmas in applying behavioural insights: English
• Research Briefing: Ethical Challenges and Frameworks for Behavioural Public Policies: English
• From Martin Beaulieu (Statistics Canada):
• Foundations of Ethical Considerations: Six Guiding Principles: English | French
• Statistics Canada's Trust Centre: English | French
• Leading with integrity: English | French
• Data ethics video: An introduction: English | French
• Data ethics video part 2: Ethical reviews: English | French
• From Open Data Institute:
  • Data Ethics Canvas (a framework to develop ethical guidance): English | French
  • Data Ethics Canvas PPT: English | French

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Speakers

Martin Beaulieu

Chief, Quality and Data Ethics Secretariat, Modern Statistical Methods and Data Science Branch, Statistics Canada

Martin Beaulieu joined Statistics Canada in 2001, after graduating in statistics from Université Laval. After working as a methodologist mostly on economic statistics programs, including processing of tax data for economic surveys and the Consumer Price Index, Martin became Chief of the Quality Secretariat in 2019, which became the Quality and Data Ethics Secretariat in 2020. The mandate of this group two-fold: The Quality Secretariat ensures the production of relevant, high quality and ethically sourced data by supporting the development and implementation of policies and procedures that promote sound quality-management practices. The Data Ethics Secretariat conducts ethical reviews on new projects and new data acquisitions in accordance with the Necessity and Proportionality Framework. This framework has been developed to optimize privacy protection and the production of information when designing a data-gathering approach.

Josh D'Addario

Principal Consultant, Open Data Institute

Josh is the Principal Consultant at the ODI, responsible for leading consulting and advisory delivery at the ODI and building and growing strategic partnerships with commercial partners, government agencies and the third sector, through designing and delivering impactful, mission-aligned projects.

Previous to this role, he had been in data and technology consulting, both within the ODI and at leading research and consulting firm Gartner before that. Throughout his career he has had a specific focus on increasing access to data held in the private sector, including finance and energy, and improving city data ecosystems, to help improve public services and tackle societal problems like the climate crisis.

Jessica Pykett

Professor of Social and Political Geography, University of Birmingham

Jessica Pykett is a social and political geographer with research interests in governance, knowledge practices, policy innovation and political subjectivities. Her research has focused on affective and emotional techniques of governance, and the influence of neuroscience and behavioural science on public policy and economic theory. Current work is on the intersections of neuroscience and geography, concepts of urban stress and urban wellbeing, and political technologies of emotional regulation. She has organised and chaired several international seminars on the these themes, on vitalist methodologies and embodied technologies. Her research traces the sociodigital futures imagined and deployed in research, applications and governance within these fields.

Moderator

Emilie Eve Gravel

Senior Advisor, Ph.D., GC Data Community, Canada School of Public Service

Emilie Eve Gravel lives on the Traditional Unceded Territory of the Anishinaabeg peoples and serves as a Senior Advisor with the Data Community at the Canada School of Public Service. She is the founder and chair of the GC Research and Data Ethics Working Group, a community dedicated to help public servants gain the knowledge, skills, and mindsets they need to implement research and data ethics in their work. She has also taught research methods and ethics for the federal public service and at the undergraduate level at University of Ottawa. Her work with the Data Community involves fostering a thriving data culture by integrating human-centered approaches to data literacy and data talent. They previously worked as a behavioural scientist with Employment and Social Development Canada, where they conducted research on program and service modernization. They hold a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Ottawa with a focus on motivation, well-being, and culture.

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