This week on Open Sources Guelph, we’re going to have our dessert first. Predictably, we have some thoughts about the Premier of Ontario going plane shopping, but more seriously then that there are some serious issues in the province’s jails that we need to talk about. Speaking of talks, there’s one being hosted at the Kitchener Public Library on kids and tech, and we will have two of the panelists for a little pre-show chat.
This Thursday, April 23, at 5 pm, Scotty Hertz and Adam A. Donaldson will discuss:
Takes on a Plane. Utterly unproductive to Ontario’s litany of problems, but still the topic of the week, was the news that the Ontario government bought a private plane for the premier’s use. The so-called “gravy plane” was the story of the week, and the reaction was so overwhelmingly negative that it secured a rare Doug Ford reversal. Mischief managed, right? Not so fast because pundits and politicians are now wondering if Ford’s plane dreams have cut a fatal wound.
Rock House Jail. In more serious news, comes word that over 100 people in Ontario jails may have been “improperly” released in a serious of administrative snafus over a five year period. We’ve talked before about the dangerous overcrowding in Ontario’s jails, and how most of the people there are just awaiting trial, but have the issues with the province’s prisons now extend to mismanagement in the Solicitor General’s office?
Little Minds and Big Tech. What is the effect of our digital culture on young people? How should we teach kids to manage life with artificial intelligence? What can parents do to help kids make good tech decisions? These are big questions with no easy answer, but the Early Language Learning & Literacy Alliance of Waterloo Region (ELLA) will be hosting an event on Monday that will try to answer them. Before that, we will be joined by two of the participants – Media Stamped host Nicole Stamp and executive director of Project READ Literacy Network Waterloo-Wellington Robin Crank – to start thinking about the future.
Open Sources is live on CFRU 93.3 fm and cfru.ca at 5 pm on Thursday.
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