News tagged: Access to information
Exploration of the Impact of Canada’s Information Management Regime on First Nations Data Sovereignty
The discussion paper from the First Nations Information Governance Centre explores the conflicts between the current Canadian information management regime and First Nations data sovereignty and offers suggestions for further exploration that may offer short‑term and long‑term improvements of the system.
News August 30, 2022
CFLA Releases Federal Election 2021 Information Package
The Canadian Federation of Library Associations (CFLA), in partnership with their government relations firm (Impact Public Affairs), has released several elections-related documents, including overviews of the major party platforms, summaries of the English and French language debates, and a one-pager of key library issues.
News September 16, 2021
Joint Statement on COVID-19 and the Duty to Document
“We, the signatories of this statement, call on governments, businesses, and research institutions around the world to document their decisions and transactions now and for the future.”
News May 4, 2020
Save the Date – ACA@UBC 10th Annual Symposium
Theme: Unresolved: Balancing Access and Privacy in the Digital Age
News October 11, 2017
Right to Know Week Events
Right to Know Week will be celebrated across Canada the week of September 25 to October 1.
News September 17, 2017
Call for Nominations: Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award
Nominations will be accepted until September 5, 2017.
News July 20, 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.
News March 8, 2017
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.
News February 17, 2017
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.
News June 13, 2016
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.
News May 10, 2016