Did you know that cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small and medium-sized businesses? Nonprofits are especially vulnerable due to weaker security measures and a lack of digital skills within the sector.
With the demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise on the rise, nonprofits must bolster their security protocols. That's why we're hosting an exclusive panel to share practical tools your organization can use to enhance its cybersecurity.
Join us to learn how to:
- Strengthen your digital security
- Equip your team with essential skills
- Protect your valuable data from cyber threats
- Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to safeguard your nonprofit!
Event Details:
Title: Mastering Nonprofit Cybersecurity
Date: October 31, 2024
Time: 1 - 2 pm EST
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As a Member of Imagine Canada, you and all of your colleagues (board members included) have access to this event for free. To reserve your spot, enter the promo code Member2024, and feel free to share it with your team!
Panelists:
Omar Yaqub: IslamicFamily (Islamic Family & Social Services Association)
Omar Yaqub DSL ICD.D MBA BSc (@somaryaqub X, LinkedIn), serves the team at IslamicFamily, a social change organization that is disrupting systemic inequity through service, research & beauty. He is a former Historian Co-Laureate for the City of Edmonton & past instructor in the MBA program at the University of Alberta. He has two decades of experience in the for-benefit sector. During his time with IslamicFamily the organization has become a multi-award winning Imagine Canada & Great Places to Work accredited charity. Omar has been awarded a Doctor of Sacred Letters from St Stephen’s College, EMCN’s RISE award for Community Leadership, and the University of Alberta’s Co-op Mentorship Award. He is a settler on Treaty 6.
Vivian Lee: Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network
Vivian Lee is an education management and technology specialist, with 10+ years of experience in organization leadership, edtech curriculum design, and course architecture in the private, public, and non-profit sectors. By day, Vivian is the Director of Education & Strategy at the Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN), supporting the organization in the development and delivery of online resources for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Her favourite topics in education are digital citizenship, artificial intelligence systems, and next generation cybersecurity strategies.
By night, she is an academic researcher working through her doctorate in curriculum policy for provincial and governmental institutions. Her thesis work and publications center EdTech futures, STEM for multilingual learners, digital citizenship curriculum policy, digital access issues, and intersectional education frameworks.
Fenwick Mckelvey: Concordia University
Fenwick McKelvey is an Associate Professor in Information and Communication Technology Policy in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University. He is co-director of the Applied AI Institute and leads Machine Agencies at the Milieux Institute. He studies digital politics and policy. He is the author of Internet Daemons: Digital Communications Possessed (University of Minnesota Press, 2018) winner of the 2019 Gertrude J. Robinson Book Award. He is co-author of The Permanent Campaign: New Media, New Politics (Peter Lang, 2012) with Greg Elmer and Ganaele Langlois.
Moderator: Jodene Baker: Imagine Canada