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Biography
Dr. Kara Brisson-Boivin is the Director of Research at MediaSmarts, Canada’s Centre for Digital and Media Literacy. Brisson-Boivin oversees all of the planning, methodology, implementation, and dissemination of key findings from original MediaSmarts’ research studies. She researches the various impacts of digital technology and digital culture on Canadians broadly and youth in particular. Brisson-Boivin's current research projects examine digital citizenship and the intersections of digital publics and democracy, digital well-being among families, and what life online looks like for young Canadians. Brisson-Boivin also holds an appointment as an Adjunct Research Professor in the Sociology Department at Carleton University.