BALANCE BETWEEN PROGRESS AND SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY: DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY RESPONSIBLY
The social acceptability of technological projects largely depends on how they are taken up and reappropriated by users. At Thales Canada, which leverages digital capabilities to support the Canadian economy, this issue actively mobilizes teams. Amid conflicts of use, environmental concerns, and economic impacts, social acceptability has become both a strategic focus and a driver of action.
In the episode titled “Balance between Progress and Social Acceptability: Developing Technology Responsibly”, Catherine Roy shares her career path, which led her to take an interest in social acceptability at Thales. She explains how her perspective has sharpened over time in order to integrate strategic management of this dimension into technological projects. Catherine also takes on the challenge of clearly explaining the NeSiva project, a collaborative research and development initiative supported by CRIAQ, which aims to develop an intelligent receiver that leverages Signals of Opportunity (SoOP) as a passive and resilient alternative to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). A project that seeks to reinvent navigation standards and position Québec as a global leader in this emerging technological field.
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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank our guest, Catherine Roy, Design Centers Network Leader at Thales Canada, for her valuable contribution.
Production
This project was led by Lise Neyssa Sylvain, a communications student at the Université de Montréal, under the supervision of Stéphanie Dion (CRIAQ).
