Hi folks, this Wednesday and Thursday TV Ontario will air two shows of interest to Internet researchers. Wednesday 8pm (EST) there will be a discussion about Facebook, Thursday same time there will be an interview with the neo-elitist Brit (hey, allow me some editorializing please) Andrew Keen... get ready to hear about how the internet has killed the civil world. Those outside of Ontario can see it online: http://www.tvo.org/cfmx/tvoorg/theagenda/index.cfm?page_id=41 -Greg Greg Elmer, PhD Bell Globemedia Research Chair, Ryerson University Director, Infoscape Research Lab, www.infoscapelab.ca Columnist, The Hill Times, www.hilltimes.com Address: Room 309, Rogers Communications Centre Ryerson University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2K3 416-979-5282 _______________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tamara A. Small" <tsmall@mta.ca> Date: Tuesday, November 6, 2007 7:37 am Subject: [Air-L] Conference: Parliament, ICTs and Citizen Engagement (Ottawa, ON) To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
*Canadian Study of Parliament Group 2007 Conference: Parliament, ICTs and Citizen Engagement
Friday, December 7, 2007 Ottawa, ON (Parliament Hill - Room 200, West Block)*
The Canadian Study of Parliament Group annual conference will examine
the impact of information and communications technologies (ICTs) on parliaments and their relationship to citizens. This conference will look at how legislators and their constituents use ICTs to communicate
with each other, through e-mail, websites, blogs and other methods. It will also look more broadly at how legislatures are using technology in new and innovative ways for committee consultations, enhanced website
features, and other attempts to utilize technology to connect and engage citizens in new ways.
Sessions will include: . Current Uses of ICTs by Legislators . Innovations and Challenges of ICTs in Legislative Politics . Democratic Engagement
Panelists include Members of Parliament, federal and provincial public
servants and academics from across Canada. Darin Barney, Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship, McGill University, will give the
keynote address.
For more information, contact the Canadian Study of Parliament Group
(Tel: 613.995.2937 or e-mail: info@studyparliament.ca)
-- Tamara A. Small, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Political Science Mount Allison University 144 Main Street, Sackville, NB E4L 1A7 Telephone: 506-364-2165 Fax: 506-364-2635 tsmall@mta.ca www.mta.ca/faculty/socsci/polisci/index.html
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