On Thursday, in response to new fact-checking initiatives launched to increase transparency on social media, President Trump signed an executive order seeking to curtail protections that have been in place for years, shielding social media platforms from being liable for…
Read MoreAs the digital advertising marketplace grows in complexity every day, staying on top of evolving best practices, technologies and new opportunities has never been more challenging. While IAB Canada offers a wide range of courses to the industry, we have…
Read MoreAs the World Health Organization declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 a pandemic, Health Canada took urgent measures to protect consumers from illegal, false or misleading advertising of products claiming to mitigate, prevent, treat, diagnose, or cure COVID-19. As a…
Read MoreAs we prepare for our June 17th State of the Nation discussion, we are delving deeply into the topic of privacy. In recent weeks, media headlines have been drawing attention to proposed models of contact tracing and other surveillance-type frameworks…
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IAB Canada Publisher Community Rallies Together to Support Canadian Charitable Efforts IAB Canada is excited to share a new community initiative designed to help brands support critical NGO efforts in a time of crisis by donating their unused digital ad…
Read MoreLocal Media Initiative As announced in April, IAB Canada is in the process of developing a new local media database to serve as a whitelist that will provide local content with a fighting chance to compete within the programmatic marketplace.…
Read MoreThis week’s Community Uninterrupted discussion put the spotlight on Gen Z and their changing attitudes towards brands during the Covid-19 crisis. Chris Stefanyk, Head of Brand Partnerships at Wattpad, a Canadian creative studio platform that discovers untapped, unsigned and talented…
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Dear IAB Canada Community, Over the past few months, I find myself inspired by our Community Uninterrupted content as it continues to provide awesome insights to our members and industry as a whole. We’ve heard from consultancies, publishers, research organizations…
Read MoreOver the past months, IAB Canada has reported on a major industry dilemma regarding the dangers of ad blocking and its impact on the access to reliable journalism. Millions of Canadians continue to rely on accurate, timely and continuous reporting…
Read MoreThanks to the increasingly connected lives of consumers, audio has officially reached critical mass and a broader pattern of smartphone use combined with a more connected mobile lifestyle, has positioned audio to play a more central role in consumers’ lives.…
Read MoreOver the past 7 weeks we have seen our industry forge together to support one another through sharing of insights and knowledge via IAB Canada’s Community Uninterrupted series of webinars. As we all work to get back onto steady ground…
Read MoreIAB Canada presented its third wave of reporting on the impact of Covid-19 to digital advertising budgets in Canada this week during a Community Uninterrupted session. The report was launched at the onset of Covid-19 to capture quick snapshots around…
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