The Prentice Institute

Watch "The Age of Internetization"  Prentice Institute Seminar recorded March 19, 2021

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta45yEehKIA

Synopsis: Internetization is a new word and concept that I have coined to describe our individual and collective empowerment through digital infrastructure and electronic connectivity in the 21st century. COVID-19 has forced us to acknowledge that we live in the Age of Internetization. The global pandemic has confirmed our digital existence. In consequence, the Internet became our default medium for work, schooling, social interaction, economic transactions, and many other forms of social and economic interchange. COVID-19 has also revealed a growing economic disparity between developed and developing countries due to the digital divide.

Speaker Bio:  Dr. Constantine Passaris is a Professor of Economics at the University of New Brunswick (Canada), a Dobbin Scholar (Ireland), an Onassis Foundation Fellow (Greece) and a member of the Academic Scientific Board of the International Institute of Advanced Economic and Social Studies (Italy). He has served as a member of the Economic Council of Canada, Chairman of the New Brunswick Human Rights Commission, Founding President of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council, and Chair of the New Brunswick Advisory Board on Population Growth. Professor Passaris is the recipient of the 125th Canada Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.