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Mark Surman
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<h2 id="education-and-early-employment">Education and early employment</h2> <p>Surman received his <a href="/facts/Bachelor%27s_degree/s739u69z">bachelor's degree</a> in the history of community media from the <a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto/FpGjQNm9">University of Toronto</a> in 1996. His undergraduate thesis was entitled <i>Wired Words: Utopia, Revolution, and the History of Electronic Highways</i>. The paper was presented at the <a href="/facts/Internet_Society/scIaot5x">Internet Society</a>'s INET'96 conference.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> </p><p>In 1998, Surman co-founded and became president of the Commons Group, providing advice on networks, technology, and social change.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> During this time, Mark also led the development of the APC Action Apps, an open source project aimed at providing content publishing and sharing for activist organizations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> </p><p>From 2005 to 2008, Surman was the managing director of telecentre.org.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a> Created by Canada's <a href="/facts/International_Development_Research_Centre/4epk5SSb">International Development Research Centre</a>, <a href="/facts/Swiss_Agency_for_Development_and_Cooperation/9Hpc8PrY">Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation</a>, and <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>, telecentre.org worked to network the global <a href="/facts/Telecentre/weSBTVDw">telecentre</a> community and improve their sustainability.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a> Mark co-edited the book <i>From the Ground Up: the Evolution of the Telecentre Movement</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a> </p><p>Surman was awarded one of the inaugural <a href="/facts/Shuttleworth_Foundation/pJuF2vB4">Shuttleworth Foundation</a> fellowships in 2007. Shuttleworth Foundation provides funding for people using open source methods to create social change.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a> There he helped advance thinking about how to apply open source approaches to philanthropy<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a> and contributed to the development of the <a href="/facts/Cape_Town_Open_Education_Declaration/wJkvW5XE">Cape Town Declaration for Open Education</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="mozilla-foundation">Mozilla Foundation</h2> <p>In August 2008, Surman became the executive director of the Mozilla Foundation,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> the <a href="/facts/Non-profit_organization/AmXu2c85">non-profit organization</a> that supports the <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open source</a> <a href="/facts/Mozilla/FevL9Itn">Mozilla</a> project. The Foundation also runs advocacy programs<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a> and offers fellowships<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a> to protect the open internet. It is the sole owner of the <a href="/facts/Mozilla_Corporation/AGF9famv">Mozilla Corporation</a>, which makes the <a href="/facts/Firefox/xez2zv8H">Firefox</a> web browser. </p><p>During his early years at the Foundation, Surman oversaw the development of the Mozilla Festival (2010), an annual gathering of people working on open internet and open source projects.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a> He also led the development of the initial Mozilla Fellowship program with the <a href="/facts/John_S._and_James_L._Knight_Foundation/MFwTXwUk">Knight Foundation</a> (2011), with a focus on putting open source developers in newsrooms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a> These efforts expanded Mozilla’s work beyond its traditional focus on browser and email software. </p><p>Starting in 2012, Surman helped develop a collection of efforts focused on promoting digital literacy,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a> including Mozilla's <a href="/facts/Maker_culture/7mDNYpU3">Maker</a> Party<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a> event series and the Webmaker software project.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a> These efforts also included a number of joint initiatives with <a href="/facts/MacArthur_Foundation/jx3tnW9u">MacArthur Foundation</a> that focused on digital learning, including <a href="/facts/Mozilla_Open_Badges/PtxzPyoJ">Open Badges</a> and Hive.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a> Mozilla’s work on digital literacy was wound down in late 2017.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a> </p><p>In 2016, Surman and others shifted the Foundation’s focus toward supporting the growth of what they have called ‘the internet health movement’.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:35" href="#fn:35"><sup>35</sup></a> Work in this area has included the launch of the yearly Mozilla Internet Health Report,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:36" href="#fn:36"><sup>36</sup></a> the Privacy Not Included guide,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:37" href="#fn:37"><sup>37</sup></a> and campaigns advocating that companies like <a href="/facts/Amazon_(company)/YzUTUVE8">Amazon</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:38" href="#fn:38"><sup>38</sup></a> <a href="/facts/Facebook/0IhXFR6u">Facebook</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:39" href="#fn:39"><sup>39</sup></a> and <a href="/facts/YouTube/db276jst">YouTube</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:40" href="#fn:40"><sup>40</sup></a> improve their products in the public interest. Programs such as MozFest and the Mozilla Fellowships have continued as a part of the Foundation’s movement building activities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:41" href="#fn:41"><sup>41</sup></a> </p><p>In 2018, the Foundation further focused its movement building efforts around the theme of promoting responsible data and <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">AI</a> practices.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:42" href="#fn:42"><sup>42</sup></a> The rationale for this focus was detailed in a paper entitled Creating Trustworthy AI, jointly written by Surman and Rebecca Ricks.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:43" href="#fn:43"><sup>43</sup></a> </p><p>In 2022, Surman took on the additional role of Mozilla Foundation president, working with <a href="/facts/Mitchell_Baker/cHXG1tHu">Mitchell Baker</a> on Mozilla-wide strategy and expansion efforts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:44" href="#fn:44"><sup>44</sup></a> This included the launch of Mozilla Ventures,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:45" href="#fn:45"><sup>45</sup></a> a fund to invest in responsible tech startups and Mozilla.ai,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:46" href="#fn:46"><sup>46</sup></a> an R+D arm focused on translating computer science research into open source trustworthy AI products. </p> <h2 id="personal-life">Personal life</h2> <p>Surman was born and resides in Toronto, Ontario. He has two sons, Ethan and Tristan Surman. Both are members of the band The Neighbourhood Watch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:47" href="#fn:47"><sup>47</sup></a> He was married to long time collaborator and <a href="/facts/Centre_for_Social_Innovation/WgrQ2e4m">Centre for Social Innovation</a> founder <a href="/facts/Tonya_Surman/25K57UI1">Tonya Surman</a>. </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mark Surman. <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Mozilla Leadership Page". Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved August 21, 2015. <a href="https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership/#mark-surman" target="_blank">https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/leadership/#mark-surman</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Surman, Mark. "Mozilla's Vision for Trustworthy AI". blog.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2021-04-22. <a href="https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/12/15/mozillas-vision-for-trustworthy-ai/" target="_blank">https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2020/12/15/mozillas-vision-for-trustworthy-ai/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Surman, Mark; Bednar, Vass (January 12, 2021). "Digital privacy law is being updated for the first time in decades, and it's imperative we get it right". CBC. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-digital-privacy-bill-c11-1.5863117" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-digital-privacy-bill-c11-1.5863117</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"CBC Spark: Internet health as a social issue". CBC Radio. 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CNN. Retrieved April 28, 2016. <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/opinions/apple-encryption-backdoor-fbi-surman/" target="_blank">http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/opinions/apple-encryption-backdoor-fbi-surman/</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Surman, Mark (December 18, 2013). "What did you learn out of school today?". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 14, 2015. <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/what-did-you-learn-out-of-school-today/article16005825/" target="_blank">https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/education/what-did-you-learn-out-of-school-today/article16005825/</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Ibargüen, Alberto; Surman, Mark & Walker, Darren (February 11, 2015). "Philanthropy Must Jump-Start a Digital Revolution for the Common Good". Chronicle of Philanthropy. Retrieved August 31, 2015. <a href="https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Philanthropy-Must/228039" target="_blank">https://philanthropy.com/article/Opinion-Philanthropy-Must/228039</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Surman, Mark; Gardner, Corina & Ascher, David (December 31, 2014). "Local Content, Smartphones, and Digital Inclusion". Innovations. 9 (3–4): 63–74. doi:10.1162/inov_a_00217. S2CID 57566389. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1162%2Finov_a_00217" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1162%2Finov_a_00217</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Davidson, Cathy & Surman, Mark (August 8, 2012). "Why Web Literacy Should Be Part of Every Education". Fast Company. 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