On October 29th, 2024, the Independent Special Interlocutor, Kimberly R. Murray, officially presented her Final Report and the Indigenous-led Reparations Framework for Missing and Disappeared Children and Unmarked Burials associated with Indian Residential Schools to Survivors and the federal Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, at the 7th National Gathering on Unmarked Burials. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

FIPA had the opportunity and privilege to attend and present at the CBA Privacy and Access Law Symposium held by the CBA Access to Information and Privacy Law Section.

As part of our regular research, FIPA is excited to see the reintroduction and availability of OCAP® by the First Nations Information Governance Council (FNIGC). Relaunched to mark the 25th anniversary of The First Nations Principles of OCAP®, the course is the result of more than a year of design and teamwork and features important content […]

We’ve built a Privacy Management Program Training Certificate focused on helping the smallest of organizations move towards better privacy practice.   FIPA’s education program has always focused on ensuring people have access to the materials they need to make informed decisions about access and privacy rights.  People working in public bodies and the private sector need to […]

FIPA was pleased to be asked to present and provide our expertise and anecdotes at a recent webinar coordinated by the People’s Law School. It was a wonderful well organized event with hundreds of attendees that we were glad to contribute to. FIPA Executive Director Jason Woywada and President Mike Larsen  joined Lawyers Daniel Reid and Keri Bennett to, […]

Ensuring people are empowered to access information is central to our mandate. That’s why we’re so pleased to continue working with Courthouse Libraries BC to make sure Freedom of Information 101 is available through their Vimeo platform and updated regularly. Check out this latest material here. This is a skills training webinar for newcomers to […]

Questions about your legal rights surrounding health information post-pandemic?  FIPA has a history of considering the privacy and access issues that intersect your rights and personal health information. We originally launched www.healthinfoprivacybc.ca in 2011. Over the course of the pandemic, the site received a lot of attention. A lot has changed in the past decade. To ensure […]