Vass Bednar

Vass Bednar is the Executive Director of McMaster University's MPP in Digital Society program. Her work focuses on the intersection(s) between public policy and technology. She contributes to policy discussions in Canada through her affiliations as a Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), a Fellow at the Public Policy Forum (PPF), opinion editorials in the Globe and Mail and the Financial Post, and her popular newsletter "regs to riches." Vass was recently recognized as a Globe and Mail Report on Business “Changemaker” for her work describing Cineplex’s unique monopolization and calling out shady apps on Shopify.

Sessions:

• Workshop F: Social Media Regulation (Saturday, April 13 - 12:20 p.m.)

• Panel A: Intergenerational Inequality and Trust (Saturday, April 13 - 2:30 p.m.)