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EPISODE · Jun 7, 2026 · 29 MIN

FreshEd #425 – Hacking Canvas; or Reimagining Technology in Education (Claire Bond Potter)

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Today we unpack the massive global hack of the Canvas Learning Management System in May 2026 that impacted some 9000 education institutions and stole an estimated 275 million users’ data. To discuss this event and its implications with me is Claire Bond Potter. Claire Bond Potter is Professor of History emeritus at The New School for Social Research, author of the Political Junkie Substack, and creator of Why Now?, a political-history podcast . Her latest article in Chronicle of Higher Education is entitled Kill Canvas. Now. freshedpodcast.com/potter -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: [email protected]

Today we unpack the massive global hack of the Canvas Learning Management System in May 2026 that impacted some 9000 education institutions and stole an estimated 275 million users’ data. To discuss this event and its implications with me is Claire Bond Potter. Claire Bond Potter is Professor of History emeritus at The New School for Social Research, author of the Political Junkie Substack, and creator of Why Now?, a political-history podcast . Her latest article in Chronicle of Higher Education is entitled Kill Canvas. Now. freshedpodcast.com/potter -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: [email protected]

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