Advance your career in tech policy. Build your knowledge of the complex digital landscape in Canada and globally. Acquire the skills and practical tools for responsible tech governance you can apply in your work, while growing valuable professional networks.
Registration Closes: Friday, February 28, 2025
In the Secure and Responsible Tech Policy Foundations course, you’ll build your knowledge of the fast-moving digital technology governance landscape in Canada and globally, focusing in four domains:
As part of a small, dynamic cohort of professional learners, you’ll be introduced to a secure and responsible tech lens for critically assessing current issues. You’ll also develop the skill sets for using practical tools including the Secure and Responsible Tech Framework, tech policy landscape mapping, and organizational cyber response planning.
Dais Learning:
Course I : Secure and Responsible Tech Policy Foundations
No prerequisites required
Offered by
Developed in Partnership with
Ecosystem Partners
Imagine Canada | Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience, Code for Canada, Think Digital, Tech Stewardship Practice (Mars)
Deepen your understanding of the rapidly evolving Canadian and global digital policy landscape.
Develop skills for critically analyzing digital policy issues using the Secure and Responsible Tech Framework.
Grow valuable networks across tech and cyber policy communities, and engage with leading speakers in the field.
WEEK 1 | Course kickoff
WEEK 2 | Introduction to secure and responsible tech policy
WEEK 3 | Digital infrastructure and a connected society
WEEK 4 | AI and disruptive technologies
WEEK 5 | The digital economy
WEEK 6 | Cyber security
WEEK 7 | Global tech governance and Canada
WEEK 8 | Group presentations
Executive Director, Center for Humane Technology
Director of Product, Responsible AI and Technology, Salesforce
Senior Advisor, Cyber Security Training and Education
More to come…
Professor and Responsible AI Program Director, Toronto Metropolitan University
Executive Director, Master of Public Policy in Digital Society Program, McMaster University
President, Council of Canadian Innovators
Senate of Canada
Member of Parliament for Calgary Nose Hill and former Cabinet Minister
Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
CEO, Canvass AI
Partner at Digital Public & co-founder of Tech Reset Canada
CA $1,250 + HST
Early Bird Rate: $750 + HST
CA $750 + HST
Early Bird Rate: $500 + HST
*Available to learners with incorporated non-profit and charitable organizations
For applicants subject to the Regular Rate, a limited number of needs-based bursaries are available for individuals who require financial assistance and cannot access professional development funds from their employer. Email us to learn more.
Early- and mid-career professionals from governments and regulators, large companies, tech scaleups and startups, nonprofit and academic organizations. Learner profiles include:
The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University
The Dais at Toronto Metropolitan University