Completed Access to Information Requests

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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA).

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Req # 3025-009-A2023-004

Copies of agreements with the Matthiesen Gallery for artworks purchased from the said gallery: Matthiesen Gallery, 7/8 Mason's York, Duke Street, St. Jame's London, UK, SW1Y 6BU

Organization: National Gallery of Canada

6 page(s)
March 2024

Req # 3025-009-A2022-010

•Provide drafts of the 2021-26 strategic plan, progress reports from the consultant on the strategic plan development and the National Gallery of Canada feedback to the consultants on strategic plan expectations and consultant work. •Include the 2021-22 and 2022-23 follow up assessments and challenges to implementing the 2021-26 strategic plan (including goals met, not met to date) and how this plan has affected and will affect staffing and led to dismissals and could lead to further dismissals. •Provide any records from 2021 and 2022 from Angela Cassie, first as VP Strategic Transformation and now as Interim Director and CEO; Tania Lafreniere, the Vice President of People, Culture and Belonging; and Steven Loft, Vice President of Indigenous Ways and Decolonization in making staff changes and dismissals, and in answering internal and external criticism (including drafts in responding to union, art donors, art galleries and others). Exclude communications with Legal Counsel. •Provide minutes for Board of Trustees meetings since 2019, and staff reports for those meetings concerning the strategic plan, its implementation and staff dismissals. •Exclude records processed under NGC file #A2022-014.

Organization: National Gallery of Canada

1996 page(s)
December 2023

Req # A-2023-01

Documentation or records related to the planning and development of the film and online exhibition Greece: Secrets of the Past, including meeting minutes, emails, internal memos, and any other relevant materials. Any guidelines, instructions, or directives provided to the exhibition team regarding the content and scope of the film/exhibit, including those linked to the accompanying IMAX film. Information on the individuals involved in the film / exhibition development process, including curators, researchers, content writers, and advisors. Details of any external consultants, experts, or community members who were consulted or engaged during the development of the exhibit or film. Policies, procedures, or guidelines employed by the Canadian Museum of History to ensure accurate and inclusive representation of exhibitions.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

996 page(s)
November 2023

Req # 3025-009-A2022-014

This request is for information related to the organization, structure, planning and staffing of the department currently referred to as the Department of Indigenous Ways and Decolonization or IW&D. Records would include emails, correspondence, meeting notes, memos, notes, media releases from January 2020 to February 3, 2023.

Organization: National Gallery of Canada

1044 page(s)
October 2023

Req # 3025-009-A2022-016

1. Management and curatorial preparation files (including emails) regarding the rationale, subject matter and themes of the Jean-Paul Riopelle exhibition scheduled for 2023. 2. All documents (including e-mails) concerning discussions and exchanges on the advisability of withdrawing the Riopelle exhibition from the program. 3. Management documents concerning the choice and direction of this exhibition, including e-mails exchanged between museum management, museum staff and the curatorial team responsible for the exhibition. 4. Letters, e-mails, text messages and other correspondence or documents between the Gallery management and collectors lending works for the Riopelle exhibition. 5. The list of Jean-Paul Riopelle's works in your collection. 6. Your Acquisitions Committee's Riopelle files for the last 5 years. 7. Contracts or other documents (including e-mails) for donations or pledges signed within the last five years. 8. Donation or pledge agreements for the past 5 years concerning the conservation, exhibition or disposal of Riopelle's works. 9. The guidelines for donations to the NGC, if available. 10. Ethical rules governing or prohibiting gifts from persons in its employ, and persons close to or connected now or formerly with its board of directors.

Organization: National Gallery of Canada

2058 page(s)
October 2023

Req # A-2023-03

Every final Harassment and Violence investigation report completed during the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2023.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

162 page(s)
September 2023

Req # A-2018-06

With respect to the Canadian History Hall, I request access to: The names of the members of the General Committee; the Women's Committee; and the period committee for 1945 to the present day, and the time frame in which such members served; Any and all reports from the Women's committee, and from the period committee for 1945 to the present day, to "the museum team" and/or to the General Committee, particularly but not limited to any reports from 2013-2016 responding to "preliminary research" or to "draft exhibition text"; and, The documentation that constitutes the final proposal from the curatorial team for Story 4 (Diversity and Human Rights: 1914 to the Present Day) of Gallery 3 (Modern Canada: 1914 to the Present Day) which sets out what is to be included in that Story, how is it to be exhibited and the exhibition text, and on which the official approval or sign-off to proceed with creating of Story 4 of Gallery 3.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

3647 page(s)
June 2023

Req # A-2021-05

We are requesting all records related to the John Stacey collection held by the Canadian Museum of History. The John Stacey collection refers to 57 items from Kwakwaka'wakw dancers from British Columbia that were acquired by the National Museum of Australia in 1911. Our request includes any records that address how the Canadian Museum of History obtained objects from this collection, any objects that remain with the Australian Museum, any objects that remain at the Canadian Museum of history, and objects that were repatriated.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

1951 page(s)
May 2023

Req # A-2022-06

I request all records relating to the history of REAL Women of Canada, including all discussions, meeting notes, correspondence and emails relating to this subject, as well as discussions a propos, between the years January 01, 2009 and December 31, 2022.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

89 page(s)
May 2023

Req # A-2022-03

Any information (including minutes/meeting notes, emails) from relating to the Museum of History's response to the children in unmarked/undocumented graves/burials near residential schools including but not limited to TK'emlups the Secwepemc (Kamloops and or Kamloops Indian Residential School) dated, or likely to be dated, between June 1, 2021 to July 15, 2021.

Organization: Canadian Museum of History

1603 page(s)
March 2023
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