Canadian Access to Information Manual 

Acknowledgements

This Manual was researched, drafted and edited by a team of students and lawyers at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law and the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, as part of the "On the Identity Trail" research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's "Initiatives on the New Economy" program.

Primary researchers, drafters and editors were Sara Azargive, Catherine Thompson, and Hilary Young.  Jason Young and James Kosa of Deeth Williams Wall LLP contributed additional research and drafting. Russ Francis provided additional editing services.  Many thanks to staff at the various federal, provincial and territorial government agencies responsible for access to information and privacy laws for their generous input and responsiveness to our inquiries. Thanks also to Jim Bronskill and David McKie for their valuable feedback and advice on using access to information laws to accessfederal government information.  Our "tips" chapter owes much to them. 

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