Thursday, March 28: Toolkit launch – Ethical data governance for agriculture
How do we benefit from the power of big data in agriculture while protecting data ownership and farmer privacy?
Hosted by BC ACARN, UBC and OpenTeam – Since their workshop series last spring that brought together experts from around the world to discuss the current state of data governance regulation and best practices, including farmer and Indigenous-led data governance initiatives, they have been working on a multilingual toolkit to make ethical data governance easier to implement.
The Toolkit for Ethical Data Governance in Agriculture presents free, open-access, resources in multiple languages.
The toolkit includes:
- A Discussion Guide to facilitate conversations on data governance that centre user rights and think through how, where, and by whom data will be used and shared
- A Glossary of Terms that demystifies the jargon commonly used in data governance or data sharing agreements
- An Infographic showing the challenges and potential of big data in agriculture as well as the importance of good governance
- A short video to walk through the Infographic and provide examples
- Three data governance templates
- A Summary Report for our workshop series with recordings and resources
The public webinar takes place on March 28 at 9:00am:
Project website: https://www.bcacarn.ca/projects-2/ethical-data-governance/
The toolkit launch will introduce you to the resources and offer a chance to ask questions about the toolkit or data governance in agriculture with our project partners, including Shauna MacKinnon from BC ACARN, Dr. Sarah-Louise Ruder and Dr. Hannah Wittman from UBC, and Anna Lynton from OpenTeam.
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Karen Lee (She, Her, Hers)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5297 | Cell 604 312 6343
karen.lee98@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
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