Peter Baril

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About me

Gender Male
Industry Technology
Occupation CIO (retired)
Location Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
Introduction 1966 - 1967: Press Aide Time Magazine and Expo '67 Corporation; 1968 - 1975: Radio producer, CBC Network Radio Features; 1975 - 1980: Manager, CFFB, Frobisher Bay, NWT; 1980 - 1984: Op Ed opinion columnist, various publications: - Globe and Mail, News North, Nunatsiaq News; 1984-1999: Owner and CEO, Datarctic Information Systems; 1999 - 2002: Director Informatics Operations, Government of Nunavut; 2002 - 2011: Corporate Chief Information Officer, Government of Nunavut;
Interests The Architecture of Consent, Usury, Open Data, Identity and Authentication, Foundational Anonymity, Compound Interest, Leverage, Fractional Reserve Banking, bias in the democratic commons.
Favorite Movies Le Trou, La Bataille d'Algers / The Battle of Algiers, Beyond Bangkok, Red Violin, Das Boot
Favorite Music Bach, Bluegrass and Flamenco
Favorite Books Dark Night of the Soul, Cloud of Unknowing, Le Phénomène Humain, Les Misérables, East of Eden, Glassperlenspiel, The Killing of Nelson John, House for Mr. Biswas, L'Abyssin de Jean-Christophe Rufin, Smelling Land, Eau Canada, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

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