BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220429T1834Z-1651257245.0775-EO-41878-5@10.19.146.15 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260615T022814Z CREATED:20220428T224845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220527T230822Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220516T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220516T143000 SUMMARY: The Relevancy of Public Policy in a Digital Age DESCRIPTION: Join Prof. Natasha Thambirajah\, current SPPGA Practitioner Fe llow in a conversation moderated by Chris Tenove with SPPGA’s Policy Practi tioner alumni\, Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks and Prof. Andrea Reimer as each e xplores the relevancy of public policy in a digital age. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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The Relevancy of Publ ic Policy in a Digital Age

While digital government has been a well embedded feature of many mature public service models around the wo rld\, Canadian uptake of it was relatively limited until the COVID-19 pande mic struck. The need to physically distance from each other and for many\, work remotely\, necessitated the rapid automation and digitization of servi ce delivery models and administration.

Even prior to the pandemic and the digital renaissance that ensued\, public policy typically trailed behi nd digital innovation that has long in existence. The rise of social media platforms\, for example\, has had profound impacts on not only how individu als engage with each other\, but also has become the means to disrupt democ ratic elections and organize violent protests ostensibly to harm or kill el ected leaders. Technological innovation is hailed as one of humanity’s brig htest lights in linear progression but it holds profound contradictions – a nd often widens existing rifts of inequity.

In a time of increasing s ocio-political polarization\, a clear mandate for Indigenous reconciliation in British Columbia\, and rising economic pressures on communities and hou seholds\, what is the role of policy in the oversight and regulation of tec hnology? Is the status quo sufficient to ensure key values such as vertical equity\, cultural safety\, and parity in access to the modern economy are upheld?

Join Adjunct Professor Natasha Thambirajah\, current SPPGA Pr actitioner Fellow in a conversation moderated by Chris Tenove with SPPGA’s Practitioner alumni\, Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks and Professor Andr ea Reimer as each explores the relevancy of public policy in a digital age.

Jessica Wood Si Sityaawks is the Associate Deputy Minister\ , Declaration Act Secretariat\, Province of BC. Professor Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Globa l Affairs.

Student Host: Mackenzie Edwards\, Student\, Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, School of Public Policy and Global Affai rs\, UBC

Moderator: Chris Tenove\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Scho ol of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, UBC

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Natasha ThambirajahNatasha Thambirajah is Adjunct Professor and SPPGA Pr actitioner Fellow\, as part of the 2022 SPPGA Practitioner Fellowship at UB C's School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Natasha is a third-generati on public servant and has worked for the Province of BC since 2006. Over th e past 15 years\, she has led nationally recognized examples of transformat ive\, citizen-centred public policy\, including the prize-winning BC Servic es Card and the modernization of gender identity expression on government i ssued identification.

Jessica WoodKnown as Si Sityaawks – (Woman who creates change) Jessica Wood is from the Gitxsan and Tsimshian Firs t Nations with extended roots among the Tahltan and Nisga’a Nations. She is currently serving as Associate Deputy Minister\, Declaration Act Secretari at\, with the Province of B.C. She previously served as Assistant Deputy Mi nister for the Reconciliation Transformation and Strategies Division with t he Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. Jessica is a former Policy Practitioner Fellow with UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global A ffairs.

Andrea Reimer is an Adjunct Professor of Practice at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. She was the school’s first Policy Practitioner Fellow. Andrea has been a strong public voice in Vancouver and the metro region fo r almost two decades\, with a focus on working with residents to build gree n\, reconciled\, engaged communities and making government easy for the pub lic to access.

Chris Tenove Chris Tenove is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs\, and previously at the University of Toro nto’s Centre for Ethics and the Munk School of Global Affairs. He is the instructor for PPGA 509 (002): Communicating Policy. Dr. Ten ove conducts research in the fields of political theory\, political communi cation\, and international relations.

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