NEW Online FOIP Training for Elected Officials 2021

Asking tough questions of the government is easy for some curious citizens, but answers can be hard to come by. Just ask Don Rennick, a citizen of North Bay City, ONT. He recently received an email from his city’s CAO, telling him to FOIP himself and that generally speaking, city staff would no longer be…

This survey is intended to identify the attitudes and knowledge different generations have regarding privacy matters. Please complete this 5 minute survey to help us better understand privacy related matters between different generational gaps. Thank you for your time. Please answer truthfully as personal results are anonymous. Click HERE to take the survey Thank you…

The ‘Spirit of the Act’ can be found in the interpretation and decision making process as well as the Purpose of the Access to Information Act (ATIA), which is “to extend the law of Canada to provide a right of access according to the principles that government information should be available to the public and…

The Alberta Budget is a hot topic, no matter the angle you personally take. School Boards are concerned that tax-payer dollars are not being spent properly. So concerned that just this week, I received an email from Chair of the School’s Parent Council which read, “we have been advised that the government is not listening…

Each waking moment of each day, most of us leave a trail of data behind, like breadcrumbs but not for cute fairytale purposes, rather the opposite, for others to collect, combine with other data, analyse, alter and even sell- all without your consent and often without your knowledge. In January 2020, the Office of the…

Most people were not working from home prior to the pandemic, however a shift has occurred and more people are working from home most of the time or occasionally depending on their situational circumstances. If you have fully transitioned to a home office or if you on occasion find yourself at your home office, there…