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Reporter at Canada's Globe and Mail, Robyn Doolittle, joins the panel this week to discuss what went wrong in Canada. Speaking to a series of infectious-disease experts, health officials and politicians, Robyn and her team pieced together an image of the 'lost months' - a period between January and March when more should have been done to prevent the pandemic. Also on the podcast: Kate Andrews gives an update on the latest in Leicester; Jennifer Creery reports on Hong Kong's latest worry - an influx of migrant workers; and Fredrik Erixon reflects back on Sweden's laissez-faire approach. Read the articles discussed here: Hong Kong: https://asiatimes.com/2020/06/hold-quarantine-centre-plea-as-domestic-workers-return/ Sweden: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sweden-self-isolation-in-the-country-that-didnt-do-lockdown-jdjdsc8mm Canada: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/investigations/article-canadas-lost-months-when-covid-19s-first-wave-hit-governments-and/ UK: https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/hundreds-more-people-diagnosed-covid-4272970 The Spectator is looking for the UK's brightest entrepreneurs for our Economic Innovator of the Year Awards, sponsored by private bank Julius Baer. If you run a business that brings radical positive change and is capable of achieving national or international impact, we want to hear from you. Apply by 1 July at http://www.spectator.co.uk/innovator.

Laura Noren is a data science ethicist and researcher currently working in cybersecurity at Obsidian Security in Newport Beach. She holds undergraduate degrees from MIT, a PhD from NYU where she recently completed a postdoc in the Center for Data Science. Her work has been covered in The New York Times, Canada's Globe and Mail, American Public Media's Marketplace program, in numerous academic journals and international conferences. Dr. Norén is a champion of open source software and those who write it.   Enjoy the show!   Show Notes:   [3:55] Laura explains how she produces the Data Science Community Newsletter, covering things like how the department of defense just got billions in funding to do AI research. How do you incorporate humor into such rigorous coverage? [10:22] How can you distinguish signal from noise in choosing a news source? [12:13] When and how to control your biases in your work when in the heat of the moment. [14:05] Laura’s interests in data science began as an undergraduate at MIT, surrounded by people who build. [16:10] Sociology in the context of people who build, since people are the *actual* most complicated systems. [18:00] What important things defines a profession? [19:30] What’s the difference between ethics and morals? [22:04] How ethics affects the field of data science, specifically. [25:35] The data science ethicist as person who is a creator, and not just there to put up stop signs. [31:40] How can companies strike a balance between hard stops in a product and more negotiated unique messaging for customers to address ethical employees? [38:53] How can smaller companies who can’t afford a Chief Ethics Officer monitor and address ethical issues? [48:30] Techniques that can be used by individuals and organizations to identify and address ethical issues in a company. [50:00] How data scientists can navigate non-black and white ethical issues in their own work. [55:15] Laura’s recommendations for ethics 101: Data and Society, AI Now Institute, and Open AI. [1:00:00] Laura ends off with a call-to-action to start conversations on ethics with your colleagues.   If you enjoyed this episode of Data Journeys, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes and sharing on your social medias using the hashtag #datajourneys.   Laura’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/digitalflaneuse?lang=en

This is an essay for my upcoming book entitled Today Was the Day from Hell. On January 12th 2012 a newspaper article in Canada's Globe and Mail Newspaper indicating that same-sex marriages in Canada, like Rodolfo's and mine where the couple lived in a country or state that wouldn't perform or recognized same-sex marriages would be invalidated in Canada and treated as if the never occurred. I was in a state of panic all day until I received a joint press release from several LGBT and mainstream organizations including Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and Freedom to Marry assuring same-sex couples married in Canada that our marriages were not in jeopardy and not likely to be. I decided to send an email to family, friends, activists, executive directors of LGBT organizations, elected officials and media friends (over 250 people). and I posted it on my Facebook page for more than 2,000 friends to read The purpose of the letter was to share my feelings of frustration and panic. As many of the people receiving the email were straight I wanted them to understand the challenges that gay people face over issues that straight people take for granted. I decided to turn the email into an essay for my upcoming book.

"After Deadly Raid, Israel Stands Alone", was the front page headline in Canada's Globe and Mail newspaper this week. This is David Billington with you for Bible in the News. The raid was was a botched effort to stop a flotilla of ships attempting to break the sea blockade on Hamas run Gaza. Israel does not allow it's territorial waters be used for ships destined for Gaza, in order to stop arms smuggling from countries like Iran. Two large boats loaded with arms have been intercepted over the last few years. If the Hamas run terror organization were to get their hands on the type of arms intercepted, it would be a disaster for Israel, as it's cities would be bombarded with more advanced and deadly rockets than the ones currently used, which are manufactured in the Gaza machine shops. Due to these risks Israel requires all aid to go through via land so that it can be properly checked.