Keynote

We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Rethink the relationship between individuals, data, and power, and consider what it would mean to reclaim our humanity in the digital age.

DATE

Apr 18, 2026

START TIME

12:00 p.m.

END TIME

12:20 p.m.

LOCATION

OCAD U Main Campus

Wendy H. Wong

Professor and Principal’s Research Chair, University of British Columbia (Okanagan); Co-lead, Digital Transparency Excellence Cluster

Drawing on her book We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age, Wendy H. Wong explores how data about us is collected, used, and commodified, and what this means for human rights and democratic accountability. This keynote will challenge audiences to rethink the relationship between individuals, data, and power, and to consider what it would mean to reclaim our humanity in the digital age.