Everything tagged: Access to information

Call for Nominations: Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award

Nominations will be accepted until September 5, 2017.

Government of British Columbia Legislates “Duty to Document”

British Columbia will become the first Canadian province to legislate a duty to document, Finance Minister Michael de Jong announced today.

Transparency for the 21st Century Conference (March 21-23, 2017)

From March 21-23, 2017, over 200 Canadian and international experts and advocates in the fields of access to information, open government, and government transparency, will gather in Ottawa.

Right to Know Week 2016

Saskatchewan Introduces Improvements to Access and Privacy Legislation

The Government of Saskatchewan is taking steps to improve access to information and protection of privacy in the province.

BC Government to Proactively Release Travel Expenses, Status of FOI Requests

The Government of British Columbia announced yesterday that it would start proactively releasing several categories of records regularly requested through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

Jayme Poisson Receives CJF Greg Clark Award; Focus of Research on ATI

The Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) has named Jayme Poisson of the Toronto Star as the recipient of the Greg Clark Award. She will use the stipend to better understand the access to information process.

Access and privacy regulators call on governments to respect rights in information sharing initiatives

Canada’s Information and Privacy Commissioners and Ombudspersons have called on all levels of government to protect and promote privacy and access to information rights when embarking on information sharing initiatives aimed at improving government services.

Information Commissioners call on governments to create a duty to document

Canada’s Information Commissioners have called on their respective governments to create a legislated duty requiring public entities to document matters related to their deliberations, actions and decisions.

Ken Rubin, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Receive 2015 Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award

The Information Commissioner today announced the winners of the 2015 Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award. This year’s recipients are Ken Rubin, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).