Jesse Hirsh
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Jesse Hirsh is a broadcaster, researcher, and Internet evangelist in Toronto
, Canada
. He frequently appears on CBC radio
and has a weekly spot on CBC Newsworld
, where he explains and analyzes the latest trends and developments in technology using accessible language.
He also co-hosts an interfaith
show on Omni Television
called 3D: Dialogue
. The show explores the world's religions and spiritual paths through interviews with practitioners, gurus, holy people, and cynics regarding their rituals, scriptures, and beliefs (or lack thereof).
He owns and operates the consulting firm Openflows Networks Ltd., which specializes in using free software for open source intelligence. Primarily, this involves researching and deploying advanced Internet-based platforms for companies and organizations, both large and small.
Hirsh was educated at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
at the University of Toronto
, where he also studied with sociologist Barry Wellman
. Hirsh has been lecturing audiences internationally since the early 1990s. He is married to writer Emily Pohl-Weary
.
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He frequently appears on CBC radio
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
and has a weekly spot on CBC Newsworld
CBC Newsworld
CBC News Network is a Canadian English language Category C specialty news channel owned and operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . It broadcasts into over 10 million homes in Canada. It is the world's third-oldest television service of this nature, after CNN in the United States and...
, where he explains and analyzes the latest trends and developments in technology using accessible language.
He also co-hosts an interfaith
Interfaith
The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels...
show on Omni Television
OMNI Television
Omni Television, corporately styled as OMNI Television, is a Canadian television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications. It consists of the company's conventional television stations in Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta which are licensed as multicultural stations...
called 3D: Dialogue
3D: Dialogue
3D: Dialogue is a Canadian interfaith dialogue television show produced by the RCTV unit of CHNU-TV and airing three times a week. Hosting duties are shared intermittently by T. Sher Singh and Jesse Hirsh....
. The show explores the world's religions and spiritual paths through interviews with practitioners, gurus, holy people, and cynics regarding their rituals, scriptures, and beliefs (or lack thereof).
He owns and operates the consulting firm Openflows Networks Ltd., which specializes in using free software for open source intelligence. Primarily, this involves researching and deploying advanced Internet-based platforms for companies and organizations, both large and small.
Hirsh was educated at the McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology
The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology started in 1963 as the Centre for Culture and Technology.In 1994, the McLuhan Program became a part of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information Studies....
at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
, where he also studied with sociologist Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman
Barry Wellman, FRSC directs NetLab as the S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His areas of research are community sociology, the Internet, human-computer interaction and social structure, as manifested in social networks in communities and organizations...
. Hirsh has been lecturing audiences internationally since the early 1990s. He is married to writer Emily Pohl-Weary
Emily Pohl-Weary
- Biography :She is the granddaughter of science fiction writers Judith Merril and Frederik Pohl. Her 2002 biography Better to Have Loved: The Life of Judith Merril won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2003 and was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award...
.