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Remember when the only thing a doorbell did was ring? Now a doorbell is a Ring, owned by Amazon – and it’s your very own security network. If everyone has one, that’s a good thing…or is it? Today in The Conversation Canada, Bonnie Stewart of the University of Windsor takes a deep look at how communities are now tapping into the Amazon Ring network and thereby helping establish a “makeshift corporate surveillance infrastructure.” As she notes: “Ring represents an emerging governance system that, once established, we can neither vote
for nor pull the curtains against.”
We also have two stories on the ongoing dispute between the Ontario government and its teachers, including our latest “Curious Kids” feature, which poses a timely question: “Do teachers get paid when they go on strike?”
Also today:
Regards,
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Amazon says it has considered adding facial recognition technology to its Ring doorbell cameras. Some politicians are concerned Ring’s video-sharing partnerships with police departments encroach on people’s privacy and civil liberties.
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Bonnie Stewart, University of Windsor
Amazon says it's the "new neighbourhood watch" but Ring may just be another technology that gives police too much data and lets neighbourhoods double down on their biases.
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Susan Hoenhous and other teachers of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario participate in a full withdrawal of services strike in Toronto on Jan. 20, 2020.
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Stephanie Chitpin, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
For some teachers, this week's rotating strikes in Ontario are a chilling reminder of the school fallout of 1995-2002, when Mike Harris was premier.
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Teachers walk the picket line outside Northern Secondary School in Toronto, on Dec. 4, 2019.
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Charles Ungerleider, University of British Columbia
Short answer: they don't. But striking teachers often receive a bit of financial help during a strike from money they themselves have already paid to their unions.
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As data breaches occur more frequently, could blockchain provide greater protection for our health data?
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Victoria Lemieux, University of British Columbia
Data breaches are on the rise, but blockchain can provide a secure way for consumers to manage their data and their privacy.
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Historiquement, le corps et le mouvement ont été largement négligés dans la psychothérapie. Mais les temps changent, car un mouvement croissant de thérapies somatiques et de danse gagne en crédibilité scientifique.
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Adrianna Mendrek, Bishop's University
La thérapie par la danse est efficace pour traiter la dépression, améliorer la mémoire chez les personnes âgées et la fonction exécutive chez les personnes atteintes de la maladie de Parkinson.
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Business + Economy
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Jolanda Jetten, The University of Queensland
Research suggests Harry and Meghan would be well and truly in their right minds to be sick of royal fame and fortune.
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Environment + Energy
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Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières
Deciphering the political and historical basis of climate denial in America, of which Trump is the worthy heir.
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Health + Medicine
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Maarten Wensink, University of Southern Denmark
And why the gap may soon be closing in some countries.
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