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CSPS Digital Academy Events/Combating Misinformation and Disinformation with Artificial Intelligence - Speaker Biographies (view source)
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Kevin Chan is the Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director at Meta Platforms, where he is focusing on the future of the internet, including the metaverse, AR/VR/XR, and the creator economy. A former government executive and university administrator with deep experience at the intersection of tech, policy and governance.<br><br>
Kevin Chan is the Global Policy Campaign Strategies Director at Meta Platforms, where he is focusing on the future of the internet, including the metaverse, AR/VR/XR, and the creator economy. A former government executive and university administrator with deep experience at the intersection of tech, policy and governance.<br><br>
Kevin launched Facebook’s Canadian public policy function and spent 7 years as its Head and then Director of Policy. His tenure was the subject of a 5,300-word profile in The Logic and The National Post on “How Kevin Chan shapes the debate in Canada’s corridors of power” noting that, “Chan has led a purge of Canadian conspiracy theorists from Facebook, negotiated deals to fund many of the country’s news media publishers, been nominated to various university public-policy advisory boards, and spearheaded weighty public discussions about misinformation, election integrity and the future of the internet”. He was awarded a 2020-21 Harvard Technology and Democracy Fellowship for his leadership of Facebook’s Canadian Election Integrity Initiative.
Kevin launched Facebook’s Canadian public policy function and spent 7 years as its Head and then Director of Policy. His tenure was the subject of a 5,300-word profile in The Logic and The National Post on “How Kevin Chan shapes the debate in Canada’s corridors of power” noting that, “Chan has led a purge of Canadian conspiracy theorists from Facebook, negotiated deals to fund many of the country’s news media publishers, been nominated to various university public-policy advisory boards, and spearheaded weighty public discussions about misinformation, election integrity and the future of the internet”. He was awarded a 2020-21 Harvard Technology and Democracy Fellowship for his leadership of Facebook’s Canadian Election Integrity Initiative.
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=== Owen Ripley ===
'''Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs, Canadian Heritage'''
Owen Ripley is Associate Assistant Deputy Minister, Cultural Affairs and works closely with the Senior Assistant Deputy Minister to advance the Department’s mandate in the area of arts, culture, information and media.
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Over the last few years, as Director General of the Broadcasting, Copyright and Creative Marketplace Branch, Owen was instrumental in advancing the work on several complex initiatives which are now reaching maturity. These include: modernization of the Broadcasting Act, review of the Copyright Act, adapting the policy framework of the Canada Media Fund, establishment of the Digital Citizen Initiative and the Indigenous Screen Office program, and leading policy development related to online harms and news media remuneration.
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Prior to this, he was Chief of Staff at the Office of the Deputy Minister where he provided daily operational support and strategic advice to the Deputy Ministers on all matters requiring their attention.
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Owen has a Common Law and a Civil Law degree as well as a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from McGill University.
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