Jesse Hirsh

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Jesse Hirsh is a broadcaster, researcher, public speaker and Internet evangelist in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] He has appeared on CBC Radio, and has a weekly spot on CBC Newsworld where he explains and analyses trends and developments in technology. He co-hosts an interfaith show on Omni Television called 3D: Dialogue . [3]

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Personal life

Hirsh was educated at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology at the University of Toronto, where he also studied with sociologist Barry Wellman.[ citation needed ]

In 1995, while studying at UofT, Hirsh was arrested for "unauthorized" use of a computer. [4]

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References

  1. Antonia Zerbisias. " Academy of the Impossible an experiment in education", Toronto Star , February 10, 2013
  2. "This Magazine Interview: Jesse Hirsh on the Prorogue, Facebook, comedy, and small-group activism", This Magazine , January 8, 2010
  3. "3D Dialogue". Archived from the original on 2006-10-19. Retrieved 2007-09-29.
  4. Terminal anarchist subjected to strip-search, THE, November 3, 1995, retrieved December 19, 2015