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Req # A-2023-00055
OIC - Para 11(2) Discretion - Provide all records concerning the OIC’s decision to systematically waive the application fee for access requests. Only provide information of business value.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2024
Req # A-2023-00059
The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) issued a Privacy Implementation Notice requiring institutions to establish procedures to validate the identity of requesters. This Notice states that institutions responding to requests for personal information should be reasonably assured of the identity of the person requesting, so that personal information is only disclosed to that individual. There a section of the notice that states “If the request is coming from an individual other than the individual to whom the information pertains, the institution must verify both the identity of the requester and the individual, as well as the validity of the authorization of the individual to have that third party make the request on their behalf.”. It is up to each institution to assess and mitigate the risks of privacy breaches. With regards to the above Privacy Implementation Notice, please provide copies of correspondence between OIC and CBSA ATIP with regards to CBSA ATIP's strategy to handle non compliance by requesters.Organization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2024
Req # A-2023-00007
Nomination and evaluation materials for Mary-Ellen Kelm's Canada Research Chair in History of Indigenous Peoples in North America, 2005-2006.Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
January 2024
Req # A-2023-00009
Records concerning Insight Grant "Contesting Energy Discourses through Action Research" (CEDAR)" by Susan O'DonnellOrganization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
January 2024
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Farm Products Council of Canada
Req # A-2022-00044
Please provide the following: a) the level of each within the Public service Executive or Assistant Deputy Head hierarchy; b) the job description (this is a generic term) detailing the role and responsibilities for each of the following Deputy Information Commissioners; and c) the salary range for the current incumbent for each of the following three positions. a. Deputy Commissioner, Legal Services and Public Affairs; b. Deputy Commissioner, Corporate Services, Strategic Planning and Transformation Services; and, c. Deputy Commissioner, Investigations and Governance. Please provide records providing the rationale as to why the Information Commissioner (past or present) elected to appoint Deputies under the current (or predecessor) TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification and in so doing a) purposely bypassed a statutory authority provided by subsection 56(2) of the Act; b) and, in so doing, elevated the rank and status of such "Assistant Information Commissioners" to that of "Deputy Information Commissioners.' For each of the three positions of Deputy Information commissioners, please provide copy of records which were approved by the Information Commissioner (past or prevent) for the creation and classification of each of the above listed positions classified in accordance with the TBS Policy on the Management of Executives as well as the Directive on Executive (EX) Group Organization and Classification. Please also include a copy of the Job Evaluation Rationale as well as the Classification decision for each of these three Deputy Information Commissioners. Please provide records indicating for each employee at the OIC currently serving at the EX level as defined by the Federal Public Service. For each such officer provide a) his/her name; b) title; c) EX levelOrganization: Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
January 2023
Req # A-2022-00047
The application and any correspondence and documentation (emails, reports, briefing notes, grant agreement, presentations), related to the review, approval, and granting of the 3B Partnership Engage Grant 2018 for the project, “Mapping the Canadian Islamophobia Industry,” submitted by Jasmine Zine (Wilfred Laurier University) and the National Council of Canadian Muslims for December 31, 2017, and from December 10, 2019 to December 31, 2019.Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
January 2023
Nothing to report this month
Organization: Farm Products Council of Canada
Req # A-2021-00015
SSHRC funding, including topic and dollar value, provided to Darryl Leroux and all successful proposals to which Dr. Leroux has been associated. (January 1, 2020 to December 3, 2021)Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
January 2022
Req # A-2021-00019
Documented process for filing a complaint against a SSHRC-funded researcher for violating the Tri-Agency Framework on the Responsible Conduct of Research, including timelines and process for reporting back to the complainant.Organization: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
January 2022