Helen Hayes – författare

Regulating Digital is the first in-depth examination of how Canada governs digital technologies and data across its most consequential policy areas.Edited by Nicole Goodman and Helen Alexandra Hayes, the volume brings together scholars from political science, public policy, law, communication studies, Indigenous studies, and computer science.  Contributors investigate the promises and perils of rapid technological development and adoption across sectors, the difficulties in governing digital technologies, and the implications that follow from the regulatory choices Canada makes on its digital policy file now and into the future. Organized into three thematic sections – elections and democracy, government, and the digital and data economy – the book explores topics ranging from election technology and political parties' use of voter data, to AI, digital surveillance, Indigenous data sovereignty, the internet of things, intellectual property, platform competition, and online hate. Each chapter defines an emerging problem in its Canadian context, evaluates the current regulatory landscape, and considers possible solutions and their democratic implications.Drawing on a broad conception of regulation – one that spans laws, standards, guidelines, and co- and self-regulatory models – the contributors propose more holistic, systems-oriented, and inclusive governance frameworks for Canadian digital policy. Together, the chapters demonstrate that digital policy is a distinct yet cross-cutting domain that demands strategic recalibration if Canada is to become a regulatory leader in the digital age.

In addressing her grandchildren in the foreword to this autobiography, Helen Hayes writes: 'It is no longer fashionable to have faith; but your grandmother has never been famous for her chic.' It is, in fact, because of her tenacious faith in the world that Helen Hayes decided to write this book as a legacy for her grandchildren; to be read one day when they are grown.In setting down all the family stories, the backstage anecdotes and her recollections of spiritual struggle, she has produced a legacy for all of us. After years of unwillingness to discuss her private world—which even her bestselling book A Gift of Joy did not do—she has looked beyond her legend and directly at life’s lessons as she was forced to learn them. Deeply moving and affectionately witty, her autobiography is an affirmation of the faith that first gave it impetus.All the Helens are here: the ‘unrehearsed’ child and her shy but ambitious mother; the young actress who so appealed to such luminaries as John Drew and William Gillette; the young woman who forged a marriage with a brilliant renegade named Charles MacArthur; the mother of Mary and Jim; the keeper of an endless procession of hilariously tyrannical poodles; the friend of Fitzgerald, Harpo Marx and Dietrich; the lady who became out ‘First Lady of the Theater’; the mature woman, looking forward; and still, and always, the actress.On Reflection is in every sense, an unforgettable book.