Come and join law expert and business executive Paul Petrelli, and explore answers to questions like:
- What are privacy rules in Canada?
- How personal information is used on online?
- Are you worried about how AI will affect your privacy?
And more! Register the seminar here.
In this interactive seminar, we will discuss what privacy means to us and how our privacy is protected (or not) in Canada. We will also explore whether Canadians have a “right” to privacy, and how our personal information is used and abused in the online attention/surveillance economy. Last but not least, we will consider the implications of new technologies, such as AI, and a changing geopolitical environment for Canadian’s privacy.
Time: Saturday October 17, 2026 at 7:30-9 P.M. (Eastern Time)
In-person Venue: 1585 Yonge Street, Yorkminster Park Baptist Church
Free parking; door opens at 7 P.M.
(Use the Toronto School for Strings and Piano entrance), close to St. Clair Subway Station We would appreciate it if you could send an email to info@eawlc.org to let us know that you are coming.
Free admission. English hybrid event.
For online participation, please register for Zoom meeting here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tVUxIyH4Rl6psgB-7BV0BA
Guest Speaker Profile
Paolo (Paul) Petrelli is the Principal of Opalo Advisory Services (www.opalo.ca), which provides pro bono educational mentoring and management advice to selected non-profit organizations and international consumer protection agencies. He is a retired business executive with over 30 years of experience in the financial services sector.
Paolo Petrelli | LinkedIn
Most recently, Paul was the CEO of Assuris, the not-for-profit Canadian life and health insurance policyholder compensation corporation established in 1990 and the expert authority responsible for resolving a failed Canadian life and health insurer. He has also held a wide variety of senior leadership roles at a global Canadian-based life insurer, including responsibility for global Compliance, Corporate Development, Corporate Governance, and Canadian Finance. Paul obtained his B.A. (Honours) from the University of Toronto in 1991, his LL.B. from the University of Windsor School of Law and was admitted to Law Society of Upper Canada as a member in 1997. He also obtained a Master of Law degree from the University of Toronto School of Law in 2019, specializing in Innovation, Technology and Law.
Everyone is welcome! For inquiries, please contact info@eawlc.org. Thanks!
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