Seeing privacy through an equity lens in the child welfare sector | Envisager la protection de la vie privée sous l’angle de l’équité dans le secteur du bien-être de l’enfance

Nicole Bonnie is the CEO of the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies (OACAS). She’s also a member of the IPC’s Strategic Advisory Council.

• Pursuing a career in the child welfare sector [2:52]
• Making history as the first Black CEO of the OACAS [4:53]
• Privacy misunderstandings and hesitancy about sharing information with a children’s aid society about a child who may be at risk [7:35]
• A shift in the focus of the Dress Purple Day campaign from abuse reporting to supporting families [10:40]
• Findings of the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect [11:00]
• One Vision One Voice report [15:40]
• Collecting data under Ontario’s Anti-Racism Act [18:32]
• Potential harms of data collection to groups and to broader communities [24:50]
• Helping people exercise their privacy and access rights under Part X of the Child, Youth and Family Services Act [28:15]
• Getting young people involved in digital literacy and digital rights issues fairly and equitably [33:10]

Resources:

• Yes, You Can. Dispelling the Myths About Sharing Information with Children’s Aid Societies (IPC brochure)
• Dress Purple Day (OACAS campaign)
• Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect - 2018
  (Dr. Barbara Fallon, University of Toronto)
• New report reveals the reality of anti-Black racism in Ontario child welfare service delivery (One Vision One Voice report)
• Annual progress report 2022: Ontario’s Anti-Racism Strategic Plan
• IPC Strategic Priorities 2021-2025
• It’s About You: Your file and Your Rights Under Ontario’s Child and Family Services Law (IPC brochure)
• Access, Privacy and the Child, Youth and Family Services Act (IPC webinar)

Info Matters is a podcast about people, privacy, and access to information hosted by Patricia Kosseim, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. We dive into conversations with people from all walks of life and hear stories about the access and privacy issues that matter most to them.

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