Right To Know Week - September 28 - October 2, 2009

[Ted Hildebrandt]

Right To Know Week - September 28 to October 2, 2009

http://www.righttoknow.ca/

 

Welcome to the Right to Know website! The purpose of Right to Know Week is to raise citizen awareness about their right to access information under the control of government institutions. In 2009 Canadian Right to Know Week will take place from September 28th to October 2nd.

 

This year marks the fourth year that Canadians have celebrated Right to Know Week, and there are a great number of events planned all across Canada. Internationally, Right to Know Day began in Sofia, Bulgaria at an international meeting of access to information advocates who proposed that a day be dedicated to the promotion of freedom of information worldwide. Right Know Day is now celebrated annually by over 60 different countries on September 28th.

 

This website is a portal to all jurisdictions across the country mandated to address complaints about access to information.

 

Also, from David Akin's blog http://davidakin.blogware.com

 

http://davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/9/15/4322628.html

 

"I was pleased to be invited to be a panelist for one of the sessions that will be part of the "Right To Know" conference, to be held Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and organized by the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada.

It's all part of Right To Know Week across the country.

There's lots of great sessions for those interested in this important issue.

My session will be on Monday, Sept. 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The conference will be held at the Canadian War Museum here in the nation's capital.

Suzanne Legault, the interim information commissioner, will make some opening remarks before my panel discussion which is centred on "Citizens' Engagement and State Accountability." My good friends David McKie of CBC Radio and Jeff Sallot, now of Carleton University and formerly of The Globe and Mail, will also be on the panel. We'll be joined by Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a lawyer and VP of VisibleGovernment.ca, Ben Leapman, one of the journalists who contributed to the (UK) Daily Telegraph's terrific work on unearthing the outrageous expenses of British parliamentarians, Kerry Pither, a human rights and civil liberties advocate. Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, host of CBC News at Six in Ottawa, will be moderating the panel.

The conference is free! So please tell one and all about it."

 

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Ted Hildebrandt
Director of Social Planning
Community Development Halton
860 Harrington Court
Burlington, Ontario  L7N 3N4 Canada
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [hidden email]
Web: www.cdhalton.ca 
        www.volunteerhalton.ca

Building Community Together

 

[Tracey P. Lauriault]

Anyone going to this?

I will try to go to the Panel on the 30th.  It would be great to get some notes for the one on the 28 and the 29th.

Cheers
t

On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Ted Hildebrandt <[hidden email]> wrote:

Right To Know Week - September 28 to October 2, 2009

http://www.righttoknow.ca/

 

Welcome to the Right to Know website! The purpose of Right to Know Week is to raise citizen awareness about their right to access information under the control of government institutions. In 2009 Canadian Right to Know Week will take place from September 28th to October 2nd.

 

This year marks the fourth year that Canadians have celebrated Right to Know Week, and there are a great number of events planned all across Canada. Internationally, Right to Know Day began in Sofia, Bulgaria at an international meeting of access to information advocates who proposed that a day be dedicated to the promotion of freedom of information worldwide. Right Know Day is now celebrated annually by over 60 different countries on September 28th.

 

This website is a portal to all jurisdictions across the country mandated to address complaints about access to information.

 

Also, from David Akin's blog http://davidakin.blogware.com

 

http://davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/9/15/4322628.html

 

"I was pleased to be invited to be a panelist for one of the sessions that will be part of the "Right To Know" conference, to be held Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and organized by the Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada.

It's all part of Right To Know Week across the country.

There's lots of great sessions for those interested in this important issue.

My session will be on Monday, Sept. 28 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. The conference will be held at the Canadian War Museum here in the nation's capital.

Suzanne Legault, the interim information commissioner, will make some opening remarks before my panel discussion which is centred on "Citizens' Engagement and State Accountability." My good friends David McKie of CBC Radio and Jeff Sallot, now of Carleton University and formerly of The Globe and Mail, will also be on the panel. We'll be joined by Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a lawyer and VP of VisibleGovernment.ca, Ben Leapman, one of the journalists who contributed to the (UK) Daily Telegraph's terrific work on unearthing the outrageous expenses of British parliamentarians, Kerry Pither, a human rights and civil liberties advocate. Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, host of CBC News at Six in Ottawa, will be moderating the panel.

The conference is free! So please tell one and all about it."

 

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Ted Hildebrandt
Director of Social Planning
Community Development Halton
860 Harrington Court
Burlington, Ontario  L7N 3N4 Canada
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [hidden email]
Web: www.cdhalton.ca 
        www.volunteerhalton.ca

Building Community Together

 

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[Jennifer Bell]

I'll be on the panel at the town hall on 'Citizens' Engagement and State Accountability' on Monday.

It's not on the site right now as I replaced one of VisibleGovernment.ca's board members, and they're updating their material.

Hope to see some of you there!

Jennifer

--- On Wed, 9/23/09, Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]> wrote:

> From: Tracey P. Lauriault <[hidden email]>
> Subject: Re: [CivicAccess-discuss] Right To Know Week - September 28 - October 2, 2009
> To: "civicaccess discuss" <[hidden email]>
> Received: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 12:17 PM
> Anyone going to this?
>
> I will try to go to the Panel on the 30th.  It would be
> great to get some notes for the one on the 28 and the 29th.
>
> Cheers
> t
>
> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 11:40 AM,
> Ted Hildebrandt <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Right To Know Week - September 28 to
> October 2,
> 2009
> http://www.righttoknow.ca/
>
>  
> Welcome to
> the Right to Know website! The purpose of Right to Know
> Week is to raise
> citizen awareness about their right to access information
> under the control of
> government institutions. In 2009 Canadian Right to Know
> Week will take place
> from September 28th to October 2nd.
>  
> This year marks
> the fourth year that Canadians have celebrated Right to
> Know Week, and
> there are a great number of events planned all across
> Canada. Internationally,
> Right to Know Day began in Sofia, Bulgaria at an
> international meeting of access
> to information advocates who proposed that a day be
> dedicated to the promotion
> of freedom of information worldwide. Right Know Day is now
> celebrated annually
> by over 60 different countries on September
> 28th.
>  
> This website is a
> portal to all jurisdictions across the country mandated to
> address complaints
> about access to information.
>  
> Also, from David Akin's blog http://davidakin.blogware.com
>
>  
> http://davidakin.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2009/9/15/4322628.html
>
>  
> "I was pleased to be invited
> to be a panelist for one of
> the sessions that will be part of the "Right To
> Know" conference, to be held
> Sept. 28-Oct. 1 and organized by the Office of the
> Information Commissioner of
> Canada.
>
> It's all part of
> Right To Know
> Week across
> the country.
>
> There's lots of
> great sessions for those
> interested in this important issue.
> My session will be on
> Monday, Sept. 28 from 7
> p.m. to 9 p.m. The conference will be held at the Canadian
> War Museum here in
> the nation's capital.
> Suzanne Legault, the
> interim information
> commissioner, will make some opening remarks before my
> panel discussion which is
> centred on "Citizens' Engagement and State
> Accountability." My good friends
> David McKie of CBC Radio and Jeff Sallot, now of Carleton
> University and
> formerly of The Globe and Mail, will also be on the panel.
> We'll be joined by
> Andy Kaplan-Myrth, a lawyer and VP of VisibleGovernment.ca,
> Ben Leapman, one of
> the journalists who contributed to the (UK) Daily
> Telegraph's terrific work on
> unearthing the outrageous expenses of British
> parliamentarians, Kerry Pither, a
> human rights and civil liberties advocate. Lucy van
> Oldenbarneveld, host of CBC
> News at Six in Ottawa, will be moderating the
> panel.
> The conference
> is free! So please tell
> one and all about
> it."
>  
> ---------------------------------------
> Ted
> Hildebrandt
> Director of Social Planning
> Community Development
> Halton
> 860 Harrington Court
> Burlington, Ontario  L7N 3N4
> Canada
> Phone: [phone]
> Fax: [phone]
> Email:
> [hidden email]
> Web: www.cdhalton.ca 
>
>         www.volunteerhalton.ca
>
>
> Building Community
> Together
>
>  
>
> _______________________________________________
>
> CivicAccess-discuss mailing list
>
> [hidden email]
>
> http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss
>
>
>
> --
> Tracey P. Lauriault
>
> 613-234-2805
> https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
>
>
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