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Mar 13, 2025 Speech to the Victoria International Privacy and Security Summit Commissioner Michael Harvey
Feb 7, 2025 Speech to the Canadian Health Information Management Association Michael Harvey
Jan 22, 2025 Speech to Thompson Rivers University's Privacy and Access Conference on the Dark Web Michael Harvey
Nov 5, 2024 Speech to the Focused Education Resources IT4K12 Conference 2024 Commissioner Michael Harvey
Sep 24, 2024 Speech to the Standing Committee on Resource Stewardship, Legislative Assembly of Alberta Commissioner Michael Harvey
Sep 12, 2024 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commissioner Harvey
Apr 29, 2024 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commissioner McEvoy
Apr 26, 2024 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commissioner McEvoy
Oct 27, 2023 Speech to Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commisioner McEvoy
Apr 28, 2023 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Michael McEvoy
Feb 27, 2023 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commissioner Michael McEvoy
Oct 19, 2022 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Commissioner Michael McEvoy
Apr 27, 2022 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance & Government Services Michael McEvoy
Apr 7, 2022 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Commissioner Michael McEvoy
Mar 11, 2022 Speech to the Vancouver International Privacy and Security Conference Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
Feb 3, 2022 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Michael McEvoy
Nov 18, 2021 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Commissioner Michael McEvoy
Oct 13, 2021 Speech to the 2021 BC Transparency and Privacy Conference Michael McEvoy
Jun 21, 2021 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia
May 5, 2021 Michael McEvoy: Data Governance in the Age of AI & Machine Learning - Speech to the Public Sector Network Conference Michael McEvoy
Feb 23, 2021 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act Michael McEvoy
Feb 5, 2021 Michael McEvoy: Privacy, profit and the pandemic; where we go from here Michael McEvoy
Sep 30, 2020 Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy's Speech to the BC FIPA InfoSummit Michael McEvoy
Sep 16, 2020 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act Michael McEvoy
Jun 2, 2020 Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael McEvoy's Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC
Apr 28, 2020 Speech to the Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services Commissioner Michael McEvoy
Mar 29, 2018 Presentation to Social Media Camp: Why Privacy is Good Business Michael McEvoy, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 16, 2018 Information Management, Technology and the Future of Democratic Accountability Jay Fedorak
Jan 31, 2018 Through the looking glass: Views from the OIPC Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner Drew McArthur
Nov 29, 2017 Speech to the IoT/Big Data Healthcare Summit, Western Canada Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 21, 2017 Keynote address to Freedom of Information and Privacy Association 2017 Info Summit Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 9, 2017 From Regulated to Regulator: Two Perspectives on Privacy Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 9, 2017 Privacy and Security in Health Care Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jan 25, 2017 Presentation to Destination BC Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Nov 17, 2016 Keynote address to Selkirk College Drew McArthur, Acting Information & Privacy Commissioner
Oct 22, 2016 Address to Private Investigators' Association of BC Drew McArthur, Acting Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 22, 2016 Keynote address to Freedom of Information and Privacy Association 2016 Info Summit Drew McArthur, Acting Information & Privacy Commissioner
Jun 2, 2016 Speech at the Freedom of Information & Privacy Law Professional Development Conference Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
May 12, 2016 Speech to the International Association of Privacy Professionals Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
May 12, 2016 Speech to the Big Data Surveillance Plenary Research Workshop Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Apr 25, 2016 Accountability: building trust & credibility for businesses, citizens and regulators Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Mar 16, 2016 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 5, 2016 Weathering the Perfect Storm in the Digital Age Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Nov 18, 2015 Speech to the Special Committee to Review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 24, 2015 Commissioner's Address to L'Assemblee Nationale du Quebec (French Version) Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 24, 2015 Commissioner's Address to L'Assemblee Nationale du Quebec (English Version) Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jul 21, 2015 Commissioner's address to the Special Committee to review the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 2, 2015 House of Cards: Privacy, Security and Information Governance in a Digital Society Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
May 13, 2015 News and Views from B.C.'s Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
May 4, 2015 City of Courtenay
Feb 13, 2015 Curating the Future, Preserving the Past: Graduate education in the information age Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 4, 2015 Privacy Law in the Digital Age Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 4, 2015 Letter to Minister Virk regarding Bill 5 - Government Information Act Elizabeth Denham
Nov 26, 2014 Commissioner's Address to the Special Committee to Review the Personal Information Protection Act Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 19, 2014 Commissioner's Address to the BC Information Summit Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 30, 2014 Converting Accountability into Credible Building Blocks for Consumers and Regulators Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 10, 2014 News and Views from BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 4, 2014 Privacy Management: In Enterprise We Trust Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 28, 2014 Leveraging the Transparency Effect in Police Governance Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 7, 2014 The Transparency Effect Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Nov 22, 2013 The Employment Relationship as the Privacy Laboratory Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Nov 8, 2013 Media Democracy Days Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner for BC
Oct 26, 2013 Privacy: What You Need to Know Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 28, 2013 News and Views of BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Feb 8, 2013 Protecting Privacy in a Connected World Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jan 28, 2013 Understanding PIPA: Best Practices for Security Professionals Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 20, 2012 Privacy Matters: Tips and Best Practices for IT Professionals Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Sep 19, 2012 Freedom of Information and Privacy Association 2012 Info Summit Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 12, 2012 Privacy, Security, Accountability: Best Practices for CISOs Elizabeth Denham, Information and Privacy Commissioner
Jun 4, 2012 The Intersection and Synergies of RIM, Privacy and Information Access Elizabeth Denham
May 30, 2012 Technology, Enforcement & Legislative Change: News and Views from the Commissioner Elizabeth Denham
Mar 21, 2012 Assemblies in the Digital Age: New Information Opportunities Elizabeth Denham
Feb 17, 2012 Privacy, Accountability and the Digital Revolution Elizabeth Denham
Jan 17, 2012 Technology and Privacy: The Road Ahead Elizabeth Denham
Jun 16, 2011 The information revolution: open government and open data Elizabeth Denham
Jun 15, 2011 Data sharing in a gov 2.0 world Elizabeth Denham
Apr 4, 2011 Finding Our Way Through The Clouds Elizabeth Denham
Feb 17, 2011 The value of privacy Elizabeth Denham
Jan 18, 2011 Social networking in the workplace Elizabeth Denham
Sep 29, 2010 Commissioner’s address to the BC Information Summit Elizabeth Denham
Feb 4, 2009 “Where Angels Fear to Tread”—Privacy in the Brave New World of Data Sharing David Loukidelis
Nov 22, 2008 Privacy and Openness in Tribunal Decisions David Loukidelis