Last spring, FIPA began more extensive News Monitoring with content through Canadian Press. We’re pleased to announce we are expanding that into a weekly podcast.  Your weekly roundup of the news stories impacting the information management field.  Available through: PodBean, Apple iTunes, YouTube, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM.  FIPA will continue to build and expand the […]

FIPA is working to support the efforts of IndigiNews. This Government’s actions to suppress access to information continue to impact press freedom and the ability of the public to hold elected officials accountable. You can contact IndigiNews for comment or to provide support by contacting them directly via email to: stories @ indiginews.com . FIPA’s Statement on […]

The BC Supreme Court’s recent decision (Liberal Party of Canada v. The Complainants, 2024 BCSC 814) confirming that the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA) applies to federal political parties (FPPs) is a step in protecting British Columbians’ privacy and considering privacy implications nationwide.   In 2019, the BC Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner (“OIPC”) […]

Katie Punia drafted the following as part of her professional experience placement at FIPA from the UBC Master of Library and Information Science program. While here she applied FIPA’s records classification and retention schedule and completed the OCAP® program through the First Nations Information Governance Centre. In combination we had her consider the intersection of […]

The B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association is monitoring the government’s response to the series of “sophisticated cybersecurity incidents” identified over the course of the last week across the Government of British Columbia.  “Questions such as ‘how did this happen?’ and ‘what is being done to improve information security and prevent future incidents?’ must […]

FIPA is grateful and privileged to have post-secondary students drawing and contributing from a variety of experiences. Jerika Caduhada is one of FIPAs University of Victoria Law students who has been working on activities in FIPAs mandate areas. This February, as part of her studies she had the opportunity to participate in The Julius Alexander […]

Despite a legal intervention from FIPA and others, it is a dark day for accountability in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has made its ruling in Attorney General for Ontario v. Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, et al. File No. 40078.   Writing for the majority, Justice Karakatsanis ruled the mandate letters […]

Originally Published 2024.01.22 and Updated 2024.01.25 As part of our “FOI a Day” research, we continue to file and examine how public bodies meet their record keeping and disclosure obligations. We have been filing a number of freedom of information requests about freedom of information that continue to deliver important insights.   A recent group […]

As the Office of the Special Interlocutor called for open submissions FIPAs Gage Smith drew from his research on Leading Language to draft a submission.
From this expanded research, there are simple steps that Provincial Governments can act upon to address issues that have been identified.

FIPA had the opportunity and privilege to attend and present at Government Information Days. The annual event is coordinated by an organizing committee of government info librarians who develop the programs and share hosting.

New for 2023 FIPA sent its first national survey of Commissioners’ approaches to access regime evaluation.

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