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By Cathy Wilson, on April 30th, 2013 by Merlyn Horton
Executive Director
Life online in the late-nineteen-nineties was fluid. I could be anyone, i could talk to anyone, argue any point of view. They called it the “information superhighway” then and I was working with ‘street kids’. My frustration as a youth worker then was that the only people youth seemed to [...]
By Cathy Wilson, on April 30th, 2013 by Merlyn Horton
Executive Director
I spent fifteen years as a youth worker and when I wrote my first article about children, youth and the internet, the prevailing concerns were about online sexual exploitation and the vulnerabilities inherent in letting children loose in the un-restricted wild west show that was the internet. Then, [...]
By Cathy Wilson, on April 11th, 2013 It is always nice to get feedback and reinforcement that our programs are succeeding. Thank you to Lord Tennyson School for having Buffy Cornell at your PAC meeting and we look forward to more presentations in the future!
http://www.lordtennyson.ca/2/post/2013/04/fantastic-speaker-presents-on-online-safety-at-pac-meeting.html#comments
By Merlyn Horton, on March 5th, 2013 WebweWant was/is published in part, with participation from the European SchoolNet and InSafe, both of which have excellent reputations and track records in this field. [...]
By Merlyn Horton, on February 27th, 2013 Amongst the sincere sentiments today will be some girls and boys who know that they have sent hurtful or untrue text or humiliated someone online or forwarded a personal message to the whole school or re-shared nude pictures of one of the girls in their school. They too will wear their pink shirts. [...]
By Merlyn Horton, on January 3rd, 2013 Peter Nowak has a great review of the big tech stories in Canada in 2012, including UBB, throttling, the CRTC, lawful access, and copyright reform. [...]
By Merlyn Horton, on January 3rd, 2013 From the remarkable battle over the Stop Online Piracy Act to the massive public backlash against Internet surveillance in Canada, law and technology issues garnered headlines all year long. A look back at 2012 from A to Z: [...]
By David Antrobus, on December 10th, 2012 Savvy web users have known the addictive popularity of reaction videos for quite some time, not always in the name of constructive causes, but in the wake of the Amanda Todd tragedy, the Fine Brothers decided to put this knowledge to good use by filming a reaction video of their own. [...]
By David Antrobus, on November 22nd, 2012 And right on cue after that last post, here’s another reason to be concerned about this recent trend of outing bad behaviour online, this time right here in Canada. Turns out some teens are mad at their teachers. Um, this is news? Apparently, yes. [...]
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