{"id":12615,"date":"2019-07-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/24\/en-canada-igf-2019-overview\/"},"modified":"2019-07-24T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-07-23T16:00:00","slug":"en-canada-igf-2019-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nkzw.jp\/igf\/2019\/07\/24\/en-canada-igf-2019-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Internet Governance Forum 2019 \u2014 In-Depth Report: Minutes Digest & 3-Line Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The 3-Line Summary<\/h2>\n

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  1. The inaugural Canadian Internet Governance Forum (CIGF) met at Hart House, University of Toronto, on 27 February 2019, with more than 25 speakers convened by CIRA, ISED, the Internet Society and partners to debate the access, safety, privacy and security of Canada's internet.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Six sessions covered misinformation and bots, IoT security labels, privacy and surveillance, and cybersecurity for small business. The forum adopted a four-point Statement of Priorities \u2014 multistakeholderism, transparency, evidence-based policy and user education \u2014 delivered to IGF 2019 in Berlin.<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. It marked the rebirth of Canada's national IGF after a two-year gap following the end of the Canadian Internet Forum (2011\u201316) \u2014 a case study in restarting a lapsed national forum.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Welcome \u2014 this is the Japan IGF Support Organization. This in-depth report on Canadian Internet Governance Forum 2019<\/strong> draws on official outputs, session records and on-site reporting. In a hurry? The three lines above and the diagrams carry the gist.<\/p>\n

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    📍 The venue was Hart House at the University of Toronto (7 Hart House Cir.), per CIRA's media advisory of 26 February 2019 and dig.watch; the 'Ottawa, Canada' in the official site footer is the secretariat's address, not the event location<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Conference at a Glance (from official records)<\/h2>\n

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    Item<\/th>\nDetail<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    Official name<\/td>\nCanadian Internet Governance Forum 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Dates<\/td>\n27 February 2019 (one-day event, 9 a.m.\u20134:30 p.m.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Venue<\/td>\nHart House, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Theme<\/td>\nRegional governance themes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Host<\/td>\nMultistakeholder steering committee chaired by Nancy Carter (CANARIE); a collaboration of CIRA, ISED, CANARIE, the Internet Society, Youth IGF Canada and CIPPIC, with secretariat support from CIRA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Outcome<\/td>\nA four-point Statement of Priorities, fed into NRI agenda-setting at IGF 2019 in Berlin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    (See the source list at the end of this article.)<\/p>\n

    Discussion Digest \u2014 from the Session Records<\/h2>\n

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    Key exchanges extracted from session records and transcripts.<\/p>\n

    1. An Inaugural Forum \u2014 Canada's National IGF Reborn After a Two-Year Gap<\/h3>\n

    Sessions<\/strong>: Welcoming address by Byron Holland, President & CEO of CIRA<\/p>\n