[CivicAccess-discuss] Right To Know Week - September 28 - October 2, 2009

[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
<thildebrandt at cdhalton.ca>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* <http://www.righttoknow.ca/>*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: (905) 632-1975, (905) 878-0955
> Fax: (905) 632-0778
> Email: thildebrandt at cdhalton.ca
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