Show Notes for Saturday October 5th. Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Full Show Notes: 23 bilingual municipalities ask judge to suspend portions of Quebec language law  https://fipa.bc.ca/23-bilingual-municipalities-ask-judge-to-suspend-portions-of-quebec-language-law/   Ontario teacher shortage to worsen in 2027, ministry document […]

Show Notes for Saturday September 28th. Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Full Show Notes: Federal bridge contingency plan includes outdated information  https://fipa.bc.ca/federal-bridge-contingency-plan-includes-outdated-information/  The Eastern Graphic https://www.peicanada.com/eastern_graphic/federal-bridge-contingency-plan-includes-outdated-information/article_54018d70-7a78-11ef-8fb3-871d11692d0c.html  Bonnerworth Park plan will result in more ‘passive use’ green space: […]

Election season in British Columbia means access to information and privacy are on the ballot. The BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) commissioned IPSOS, a leading independent market research company, to poll public opinion on information management in public bodies. The results show there is strong agreement around what is expected of public […]

Access to information can only work if information is managed. In FIPA’s view we all lose when public bodies can’t manage their information to make data-driven decisions and provide access to information.   FIPA’s Access Assessment is going through a top to bottom rewrite and restructure in preparation for the upcoming release of a full report […]

Show Notes for Saturday September 21st. Also available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder Send comments to: FIPAOnline @ fipa.bc.ca You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: ‘Surprise inspection finds drug storage issues at Simcoe long-term care home  https://fipa.bc.ca/surprise-inspection-finds-drug-storage-issues-at-simcoe-long-term-care-home/  The Hamilton Spectator https://www.thespec.com/   Halton Police alert public to rising bank […]

New for 2023 FIPA has expanded the research from its interprovincial legislative comparisons across Canada.

New for 2024 FIPA has expanded the research from its interprovincial legislative comparisons across Canada. Given broad direction to explore and create this expanded analysis Cole Munro Theobald and Ryan Rutley developed this work.

Show Notes for Saturday September 14th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: ‘Google’s AI model faces European Union scrutiny from privacy watchdog  https://fipa.bc.ca/googles-ai-model-faces-european-union-scrutiny-from-privacy-watchdog/   Apple embraces the AI craze with its newly unleashed iPhone 16 lineup  https://fipa.bc.ca/apple-embraces-the-ai-craze-with-its-newly-unleashed-iphone-16-lineup/   ‘The iPhone 16, new AirPods and other highlights from Apple’s product […]

Show Notes for Saturday September 7th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Clearview AI fined $33.7 million by Dutch data protection watchdog over ‘illegal database’ of faces  https://fipa.bc.ca/clearview-ai-fined-33-7-million-by-dutch-data-protection-watchdog-over-illegal-database-of-faces/   A great teaching opportunity’: How one school board plans to use AI in the classroom  https://fipa.bc.ca/a-great-teaching-opportunity-how-one-school-board-plans-to-use-ai-in-the-classroom/   Black students are […]

With elections coming up from coast-to-coast, the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA) is pleased to release a new section of its online help topics, Your Political Privacy. This resource provides a guide for individuals and groups to better understand and exercise control over their personal information during an election.  The right to […]

Show Notes for Saturday August 31st. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: What is Telegram and Why Was its CEO Arrested in Paris  https://fipa.bc.ca/what-is-telegram-and-why-was-its-ceo-arrested-in-paris/    Frances Macron Says Arrest of the Head of the Telegram Messaging App Wasn’t Political  https://fipa.bc.ca/frances-macron-says-arrest-of-the-head-of-the-telegram-messaging-app-wasnt-political/  French Judge Extends Police Custody for Telegram […]

Show Notes for Saturday August 24th. Writing: Shaun Fisk  | Production: Patrick Farnsworth  | Music: Breakmaster Cylinder You can support these efforts by subscribing or donating.   Show Notes: Voters in Arizona and Montana can decide on constitutional right to abortion  https://fipa.bc.ca/voters-in-arizona-and-montana-can-decide-on-constitutional-right-to-abortion/   Montana becomes eighth state with ballot measure seeking to protect abortion rights  https://fipa.bc.ca/montana-becomes-eighth-state-with-ballot-measure-seeking-to-protect-abortion-rights/   Wrongful death suit against Disney serves as a warning […]