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You are invited to a panel discussion with Privacy Commissioners across Canada

Data Privacy Week is January 27 to 31 2025 and Saskatchewan is hosting an online panel on January 31, 2025, from 12-1:30 EST. We have asked Commissioners from across Canada to talk about what is top of mind when it comes to data privacy. Put another way, what keeps them awake at night when it comes to data privacy. Details on how you can register for this free webinar are below. Read below for more details on our panelists.

Michael Harvey – Commissioner – Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC

Diane McLeod – Commissioner – Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta

Patricia Kosseim – About the Commissioner and the leadership team | Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

Philippe Dufresne – The Privacy Commissioner of Canada – Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

The date again is January 31 noon EST, French and English translation provided. Register here: Register | S’inscrire

Data Privacy Day is internationally recognized as a day to bring awareness about the importance of protecting personal information. Our office has put together a brief presentation which highlights the importance of data privacy, risks involved and what you can do to keep your information safe.

Data Privacy Slides

Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. The intent of this presentation is to provide general feedback for individuals users on how they can keep their systems safe.

by Tristan Hungle, Director of Corporate Services and Sherri Fowler, Analyst

by Alyx Larocque, Analyst and Danielle Malach, Analyst

The webinar discusses updates to tests for Third Party exemptions – section 19 of FOIP/section 18 of LA FOIP, further clarification of the definitions of Personal Information – section 24 of FOIP/section 23 of LA FOIP and updated tests for Possession and Control, Frivolous and Vexatious, Right of Correction and Fee Estimates.

This webinar provides a crash course for The Health Information Protection Act (HIPA). While the title is HIPA 101: Ambulance services, most of the information is general and applicable to all trustees subject to HIPA.

by Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance and Sherri Fowler, Analyst

An overview of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP), access requests, privacy breaches, the Information and Privacy Commissioner, and Balancing the Public and the Private.

by Melanie Coyle, Analyst, Kayla Oishi, Analyst, and Steven Dribnenki, Policy and Legal Advisor for SUMA

Slides for Presentation

An overview of the January 2018 amendments to The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and how they impact Saskatchewan Boards of Education.

by Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance, Maureen Jickling and Geraldine Knudsen, Solicitors for the SSBA

An overview of The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and how it applies to professionals employed by Saskatchewan School Divisions.

by Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance, Maureen Jickling and Geraldine Knudsen, Solicitors for the SSBA

The following four webinars were hosted by the IPC from February 1 to 4, 2021 to assist participants in applying LA FOIP to real life situations.

Webinar 1 – LA FOIP 101: Clarifying the Act for Beginners

This session provides a quick overview of LA FOIP. It is targeted to those who are new to the freedom if information world but it is also a good refresher for those who have been working in the access and privacy area for a while.

Slides from this presentation can be found here: LA FOIP 101: Clarifying the Act for Beginners

Presented by:
Diane Aldridge, Executive Director of Compliance, IPC
Deepa Pawar, Analyst, IPC

Webinar 2 – Municipal Sector: Practical Tips and Tricks

This session is designed for municipalities, cities, towns, villages and rural and northern municipalities. It includes a discussion on access and privacy issues affecting municipalities and provides tips and tricks to help you navigate the access and privacy world.

Presented by:
Michael Morris, Q.C., Director, Legal Services, SARM
Bukola Afolabi, Legal Services Advisor, Municipalities of Saskatchewan
Colleen Christopherson, Manager, Advisory Services, Ministry of Government Relations
Aaron Orban, Executive Director, Access and Privacy Branch, Integrated Justice Services

Webinar 3 – Education Sector: Practical Tips and Tricks

This session is designed for employees of school divisions. You will learn about access and privacy problems that school divisions are wrestling with and ideas on how to solve those problems.

Presented by:
Rob Currie, Former Deputy Minister of Education
Geraldine Knudsen, Solicitor, Saskatchewan School Boards Association
Clint Reddekopp, Learning Superintendent, Prairie Spirit School Division

Webinar 4 – Police Services: Practical Tips and Tricks

This session is targeted to employees of police services. It includes a discussion of relevant and timely access and privacy issues and provides suggestions on how to deal with those issues.

Presented by:
Rick McKenna, Superintendent, Moose Jaw Police Service
Ashley Smith, Director of Legal Services, Saskatoon Police Service

Municipal Sector: Your Questions Answered

This webinar is designed for municipalities, cities, towns, villages and rural and northern municipalities. It is a supplementary session to the Municipal Sector: Practical Tips and Tricks webinar that was held on February 2, 2021. That session generated many questions from attendees that we were unable to answer due to time constraints. In this webinar, we attempt to answer those questions.

Slides from this presentation can be found here: Municipal Sector: Your Questions Answered

Presented by:
Michael Morris, Q.C., Director, Legal Services, SARM
Bukola Afolabi, Legal Services Advisor, Municipalities of Saskatchewan
Colleen Christopherson, Manager, Advisory Services, Ministry of Government Relations

This webinar serves as a guide to redacting and paginating records electronically, when preparing them in response to access to information requests under FOIP, LA FOIP, or HIPA.

by Sherri Fowler, Analyst and Deepa Pawar, Early Resolution Officer

An overview of the amendments to HIPA that the Commissioner proposed in his 2016 Annual Report.

by Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner and Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance

Proposals for Amendments to HIPA PDF

This webinar serves as an overview of the roles of Intake Officers and Analysts at the Office of the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner when reviewing access to information decisions or investigating privacy breach concerns.

by Adzo Baku, Analyst and Andrew Livingstone, Intake Officer

The Roles of Intake Officers and Analysts at the IPC Slides

Amendments to The Local Authority Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (LA FOIP) came into effect last year. In this webinar, Ronald Kruzeniski, QC, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance (Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner), and Steven Dribnenki, Legal Services (SUMA), talked about best practices for responding to access requests and duties in protecting personal information.

by Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner, Diane Aldridge, Director of Compliance, Steven Legal Advisor, SUMA

On April 29 2019, Diane Aldridge and I had the opportunity to take part in a Webinar with Steven Dribnenki, Legal Counsel for SUMA. Over 200 had expressed an interest in attending or getting access later. The title was “LAFOIP 101”.   My office is interested in other joint ventures like this. Earlier we did one with the school boards association. So if you think your organization might benefit from a joint webinar, please contact us.

After completing this webinar, I concluded it was a very good introduction to the world of access and privacy. It would be a good starting point for a new  employee or contractor of a local authority.

In this webinar, the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner presented to the Meadow Lake Tribal Council and discussed Access and Privacy Best Practices in Health Care.

We recognize that indigenous organizations will choose to interact with the provincial health care system in different way and as they do, they will need to consider access and privacy issues. In helping them chart the course forward, in the session we emphasized the importance of protecting personal health information in an organization’s custody or control regardless if a trustee as defined by The Health Information Protection Act and the need to have a privacy breach response plan in place.

by Ron Kruzeniski, Information and Privacy Commissioner and Diane Aldridge, Deputy Commissioner