Articles

“Don’t Buy It” with Anat Shenker-Osorio

Ottawa recently hosted a three-day consultation related to immigration that resulted in a Canada-wide gathering of more than different 400 organizations that work with and serve refugees and migrants. In addition to offering up various themed workshop sessions, one of the perks for attending the conference was a keynote presentation on the power of communication… Read more »

Roses in the Rain

It was funny how the roses never seemed to mind the rain. Instead, they seemed to embrace the water that fell on them, cushioning the drops with soft fuzz that wrapped around them comfortingly. Jenny could find no comfort from the roses now. Not when they had supposed to have been comfort for someone else…. Read more »

The Brooklyn Dumpling Shop Experience

Recently, I had the unique culinary experience of ordering my meals through a digital menu and picking them up in a locker! Brooklyn Dumpling Shop is a chain of diners that feature delicious dumplings (a traditional classic) but with a modern flare. From its sleek, tech-driven ordering system to its menu packed with creative flavors,… Read more »

The Foreign Interference Commission – Stage 2

The Foreign Interference Commission concluded its public hearings phase over the Fall, with Stage 2 and then a subsequent Policy Consultation Hearings phase. Stage 2 of the Foreign Interference Commission lasted around 4.5 weeks and featured around 70 witnesses, including current and former Directors, Commissioners, and other leadership officials across different agencies and departments as… Read more »

Want to Make AI Virtual Reality Music Concerts?

I’ve become proficient at making AI-generated music videos. We all can develop AI video skills. Now, it’s time for the next step. I want to make an AI metaverse music concert like Justin Bieber did. So, I’d like to study how to make virtual reality concerts for AI music bands. I know concerts appear on… Read more »

Editorial—It’s Been a Bit!

It’s been a heck of a start to the year so far.  Fun with computers, having to replace a new one almost immediately, and then finding out I couldn’t just move the Voice hard-drive over directly between Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems have been keeping be up at nights.  Fortunately, I’ve got multiple redundancies,… Read more »

Policy Consultation Hearings—The Foreign Interference Commission

The Policy Consultation Hearings portion of the Foreign Interference Commission examined the issue of foreign interference (FI), from an academic and industry practitioner lens. The Hearings were made up of 7 roundtable discussions that included over 40 academics and industry practitioners. The purpose of the roundtable discussions was to offer up a high-level nonpartisan discussion… Read more »

Keeping up with the Dronses

When I was a little kid, I was a TV watcher. Not a lot of television—my parents wisely wouldn’t let me—but enough to remember things like shoveling snow off the satellite dish to get a better reception. I remember throwing out VHS tapes because they had, as we said, “gone blippy”, and always making sure… Read more »