CSPS Digital Academy Events/Recognizing Data Bias - Speaker Biographies

Date and time: March 30, 2022 | 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm (ET)

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Speaker Biographies

	Ima Okonny Chief Data Officer, Employment and Social Development Canada Ima, the Chief Data Officer at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), has over 21 years of experience in the field of data. She has extensive experience with building the evidence base through the development of analytical databases and tools, implementing departmental data reporting and release strategies, data management, data privacy protocols and with forward-looking policy development and research. Ima has an educational background in Mathematics, Computer Programming and Public Management and during her time with the Government of Canada, she has received several nominations and awards for her leadership and results. She is passionate about helping organizations develop the capabilities required to ethically and intentionally unleash concrete business value from data.
	John Cheney-Lippold Associate Professor, Associate Chair, Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program, University of Michigan John Cheney-Lippold is a writer and associate professor of American Culture and Digital Studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of We Are Data: Algorithms and the Making of our Digital Selves (NYU Press, 2017).
	Rachel Zellars (Dr) Assistant Professor, Department of Social Justice and Community Studies, St. Mary’s University