Digital Identity in Canada
Here are 23 Canadian Digital Identity people and organisations you definitely should follow
Canada is one of the countries on the forefront of Digital Identity initiatives. Whether through governmental or private endeavours there are exciting developments happening in this space as we speak.
To make life easier for you, we compiled a list of Canadian people and organisations you definitely should follow if you’re interested in Digital Identity, Self-Sovereign Identity and Blockchain.
Joni Brennan
President of the Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada (DIACC)
Tim Bouma
Senior Policy Analyst for Identity Management at Treasury Board Secretariat of the Government of Canada
Pam Dingle
Director of Identity Standards at Microsoft
John Jordan
Executive Director, Emerging Digital Initiatives, Province of British Columbia
Kaliya Young
Author of ``The Domains of Identity`` and Co-Founder of the Internet Identity Workshop
Darrell O'Donnell
CTO at CULedger
Teresa D'Andrea
Director GC Digital Exchange at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Mike Brown
Director of Product Innovation at ATB Financial
Melissa Teasdale
Executive Director, Digital Service Directorate
Imraan Bashir
Executive Director, Cyber Security & Digital Identity at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Stephen Curran
Technical Architect and DevOps Specialist on the BC Government's Open Source Verifiable Organizations Network
Ken McMillan
Acting Director, Digital Identity at Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, and co-chair of DIACC’s Trust Framework Expert Committee (TFEC)
Marc Brouillard
Chief Technology Officer for the Government of Canada
Stevan Lewis
Senior Vice-President of Digital Transformation at Sun Life Financial
Chris Raczkowski
CEO & Director of Lynx Ltd
Charles Eckert
National Lead, IAM and Digital Identity at PwC Canada
Andre Boysen
Chief Identity Officer at SecureKey
Allan Foster
DIACC Director and VP of Global Partner Success at ForgeRock
Kim Cameron
Advisor on Digital Identity and former Identity Architect at Microsoft
Patrick Cormier
Vice-President of Digital Transformation at Notarius, and Chair of DIACC’s Innovation Expert Committee (IEC)Canadian Organisations involved in Digital Identity
Alberta Credentials Ecosystem
The Verifiable Organizations Network
Digital ID & Authentication Council of Canada
Identity North
SecureKey
2Keys
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