January CIPS Volunteer of the Month:

Debbie Conrad, EMBA, I.S.P., ITCP/IP3P, CIM    

Registrar & Marketing Director, CIPS Ontario

 Membership Director, CIPS Executive Council

What type of Involvement have you had with CIPS?

As a CIPS member since 1984, I have had the honour and the privilege of working with and learning from some of the most brilliant and amazing leaders across Canada.  While inspired very early in my career to get involved with volunteerism, I continue to help support CIPS at all levels.

Since joining CIPS, my roles have included being President of CIPS London ('87-88); Regional Director South Western Ontario ('89-94); as well as serving on various committees locally and nationally.

I currently serve as Provincial Registrar/Secretary and Marketing Director on the CIPS Ontario Board of Directors as well as Director of Membership on the Executive Council.

At a local level, I enjoy helping to plan events and act as a liaison with our partners in the interest of helping to strengthen the value of membership while providing professional opportunities. 

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Feb 4 2013 - Many of us were shocked to hear that Dawson College in Montreal expelled a student because he reported a security vulnerability in the school's computer systems.  As more details have come out the story tells of a conscientious student helping the college ensure security of the student data, but further details exposed a  student far too eager to pursue exposure of the security flaw even after requests to stop.  Unfortunately the student's eagerness ended up creating potential negative consequences for his professional future.  Hopefully the Omnivox Software provider Skytech better understands quality programming can make or break the reputation of a company. Standards and quality control in software development is necessary to ensure protection of the public.  For all IT professionals on either side of purchasing or creating software applications, adhering to a code of conduct and a code of practice  should be accepted and understood.  Whether you belong to an IT professional organization or not every IT practitioner needs to understand that a high level of moral and ethical intelligence is required for a career in the IT industry.  It's all about trust between the employer and the employee or contractor.  Without trust the relationship breaks down and it will come to an end.  Unfortunately we hope the best for the student and hope he is able to learn from the experience as should the college with possible better education and communication to students about an IT code of ethics.  For information on the CIPS code of ethics see link http://www.cips.ca/ethics 

via IT Manager Connection - Stephen.Ibaraki 31 Jan 2013

A few people were invited to contribute articles in honour of Kelly's and Allan's seminal book, Social Issues in Computing. The University of Toronto has a blog in celebration of the 40th anniversary in the publication of the pioneering work. Here are the initial entries:

• Authors (Kelly) Gotlieb and (Allan) Borodin interviewed: http://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2013/01/interview-p1/
• Vint Cerf (Internet inventor) "Social Issues in Computing And The Internet":http://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2013/01/social-issues-and-internet/
• John Leslie King, W.W. Bishop Professor of Information, University of Michigan, "Privacy: It's Harder Than We Thought": http://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2013/01/privacy-harder-than-we-thought/
• William H. Dutton, Professor of Internet Studies, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, "The Enduring Social Issues in Computing": http://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2013/01/enduring-social-issues-in-computing/
• Stephen Ibaraki, Founder and Chair, IFIP IP3 Global Industry Council (part 1 of three articles), "ICT E-Skills and Professionalism in 2013": http://socialissues.cs.toronto.edu/2013/01/ict-professionalism-in-2013-p1/

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Calvin C. (Kelly) Gotlieb Selected Contributions to CIPS:

• founding Member of CIPS in September 1958
• third President of the Canadian Information Processing Society
• Chairman of the National Awards Nominating Sub-Committee, 1988-89
• in 1988 CIPS established the C.C. Gotlieb Award which is presented annually to a Member who is widely recognized for outstanding contribution to CIPS through years of substantial efforts on behalf of the Society

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via Microsoft TechNet

Presented by the Office of the CIO, Government of British Columbia, this two-day conference, is recognized as one of the top tier events in North America, drawing an international audience with an interest in cutting edge policy, programs, law, research and technologies aimed at the protection of privacy and security. Topics for discussion this year include biometrics, mobile payments, health data research, identity management, open government, BYOD, social media, cloud computing, cyber security, lawful access, online privacy for children, and surveillance. 

CIPS members receive 10% off registration when using the code: CIPS10

https://www.rebootcommunications.com/events/privsec2013/

Date:  Mon, 03/05/2012 - Tue, 03/06/2012          Event Location: Toronto 

ICTC Research Project:

ICTC Research Project: Study Sizing up the Cloud Economy - Jobs, Revenue & Growth

Those interested in participating please contact:

Sam Bourgi

Research Associate | Policy Development and Research | Talent Initiatives

Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC)

613.237.8551 x.152 | 613.808.6442 (cell)

s.bourgi@ictc-ctic.ca | www.ictc-ctic.ca

CanCompEd Day will be Friday, February 22, 2013. Surrounding this day, throughout the month of February, will be various events across the nation,  hosted by schools, universities, and industry associations (and possibly other groups). PURPOSE: To engage Canadian youth in computer science, to foster computer science education in schools, and to promote knowledge of computer science - it's educational pathways, careers and its importance to our economy.

WEBSITE: http://www.cancomped.ca/  

WHAT YOU CAN DO:     **WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CREATE EVENTS, REGISTER EVENTS AND PROMOTE TO MEDIA** 

via CANARIE

Network Specialist, Edmonton, Alberta   

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