[acc-cca-l] Media Literacy Week Event: Understanding Machine Listening and Voice Data Privacy

[Stephen Neville]

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Dear Colleagues,

I am circulating an invitation to an event co-hosted by the Infoscape Research Lab (Toronto Metropolitan University), the Institute for Research on Digital Literacies (York University), and MediaSmarts as part of Media Literacy Week.

We’ll share a new digital literacy resource, followed by an interactive session exploring “machine listening” and why it matters for your privacy.  This event is part of ongoing knowledge mobilization supported by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, under its 2025 research initiative on personal information collected by smart devices.
Details below:
Event: Understanding Machine Listening and Voice Data Privacy
 When: Wednesday, October 29, 12-1pm EDT
 Where: On Zoom. Register here: https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/hUMkMl2uTQ2EtGrPkKSPhw
About Media Literacy Week (MLW): Hosted by MediaSmarts, MLW is a national event to promote digital media literacy, with activities and events taking place in classrooms, libraries, museums and community groups across Canada. This year marks its 20th anniversary, taking place from October 27 to 31. Click through for a full list of MLW events<https://mediasmarts.ca/mlw-events?mc_cid=623c53e76c&mc_eid=bd21f1fc84>.
This event has been funded by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University; the views expressed at this event are those of the participants and do not necessarily reflect those of the OPC.  Learn more about other OPC funded research projects<https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-news/news-and-announcements/2025/nr-c_250828_cp/>.

I hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Stephen J. Neville



Stephen J. Neville (he/him)

PhD Candidate, Joint Program in Communication & Culture York University | Toronto Metropolitan University

Research Associate, Infoscape Research Lab

Member, Institute for Research on Digital Literacies

2024 Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Data Fluencies Dissertation Research Grant<https://www.ssrc.org/data-fluencies/2024/05/07/announcing-the-2024-data-fluencies-dissertation-research-grantees/> recipient



Select and Recent Publications:



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New book<https://www.routledge.com/The-Politics-of-Media-Scarcity/Elmer-Neville/p/book/9781032504681> out now: The Politics of Media Scarcity (2024).

Neville, S.J. 2025. "When Help Isn’t Fully Human: The Problem of Generative AI in Crisis Support". Just Tech. Social Science Research Council. https://doi.org/10.35650/JT.3086.d.2025.

Neville, S. J. & A. Borkowski. 2023. “Broken Domestication: The Resonant Politics of Voice in Gendered Technology.” In The Handbook of Domestication. Hartmann, Maren (ed.). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003265931-42/broken-domestication-stephen-neville-alex-borkowski

Neville, S. J. & N. Coulter. 2022. “Hey Siri: Virtual assistants are listening to children and then using the data.” The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/hey-siri-virtual-assistants-are-listening-to-children-and-then-using-the-data-186874


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