Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big A.I., Big Brother
Join Massey College at Hot Docs on June 6 as Principal James Orbinski introduces this important new documentary from former filmmaker-in-residence Peter Raymont. The Q&A will include the film’s director/producer Fred Peabody along with WGBH investigative journalist Phillip Martin and philosopher/author John Ralston Saul; it will be moderated by CBC journalist/foreign correspondent, Susan Ormiston.
White Pines Pictures’ Digital Tsunami: Big Tech, Big AI, Big Brother is a gripping and timely exploration of the darker side of our digital lives—from social media addiction and surveillance capitalism to the unchecked rise of artificial intelligence.
Interweaving powerful commentary from leading thinkers such as Ron Deibert (Citizen Lab, University of Toronto), Sherry Turkle (MIT), Zephyr Teachout (Fordham University), Daron Acemoglu (MIT and 2024 Nobel Laureate in Economics), Douglas Rushkoff (CUNY/Queens College), Margrethe Vestager (European Commission) and Paolo Granata (University of Toronto), the film delivers a wake-up call about the urgent need for regulation and reform.
Enriched by pop culture references and anchored in the media ecology theories of Marshall McLuhan, Digital Tsunami challenges viewers to confront how the digital revolution is reshaping society—and what we must do to reclaim our future.
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Location
- 506 Bloor St W, Toronto, ON M5S 1Y3
Speaker
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James OrbinskiPrincipal, Massey CollegeDr. James Orbinski is Principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto. To this role, Dr. Orbinski brings a lifelong commitment to learning, leadership, and civility for the public good. As a medical doctor, humanitarian practitioner and advocate, author, and global health scholar, James Orbinski believes in actively engaging and shaping our world so that it is more just, fair, and humane.
Providing medical humanitarian relief worldwide in situations of war, famine, epidemic disease and genocide with Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Dr. Orbinski also served as MSF’s International Council president and accepted the 1999 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Médecins Sans Frontières. He is the founding director of York University’s Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research, co-founder of Dignitas International, and co-chair of the founding and startup of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi).
Renowned for his ground-breaking research on medical humanitarianism, infectious diseases, global health governance, and the health impacts of climate change, Dr. Orbinski’s work is documented in his bestselling book, An Imperfect Offering: Humanitarianism in the 21st Century, as well as the award-winning documentary film Triage: the Humanitarian Dilemma of Dr. James Orbinski.
James Orbinski holds an MD degree from McMaster University, and an MA in International Relations from the University of Toronto. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada, awarded for a lifetime of leadership in global health and humanitarianism, and received Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross for his leadership in providing direct medical relief in Kigali during the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
James and his wife Rolie lived at Massey College when James held the inaugural Saul Rose Fellowship at Massey College. In the twenty years since, James has served the Massey community as a Senior Fellow and on the Board of Governors. As well as serving as Principal of Massey College, Dr. Orbinski is a full Professor at the University of Toronto’s Termerty Faculty of Medicine and the Munk School for Public Policy.
