You are invited to a documentary premiere and online Q&A
on April 16, 2021
DUTY TO DOCUMENT
How governments avoid transparency and sideline citizens
through 'oral government' and deleting public records
Presented by InterPARES Trust
and the Canadian Centre for Information and Privacy Studies
This short documentary uses an infamous Canadian incident -- the 'Triple Delete' scandal -- to illustrate how many governments around the world are moving to a form of "oral government" -- failing to keep essential records of their decisions, and even illegally destroying records to avoid accountability. This subverts freedom of information laws and suppresses democratic participation.
In 2015 the government of British Columbia was caught improperly deleting email records concerning missing and murdered indigenous women along the "Highway of Tears". The scandal opened a window on an entire toolkit of bad records practices that go on today within governments across Canada and around the world.
Date: Friday April 16, 2021
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 am PST (Canada)
Format: Zoom conference
The documentary premiere will be followed by an interactive panel and Q&A session
Speakers and panelists:
· Luciana Duranti, Professor, Archival Studies, School of Information, University of British Columbia
· Mike Larsen, Professor of Criminology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Co-author of Brokering Access: Power, Politics, and Freedom of Information Process in Canada
· Victoria Lemieux, Associate Professor, Archival Studies, School of Information, University of B.C.; Lead, Blockchain research cluster, Blockchain@UBC
· Andrew MacLeod, Legislative Bureau Chief, The Tyee magazine
TO REGISTER : https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/duty-to-document-documentary-launch-webinar-tickets-149753921009
There is no cost to attend. A private Zoom link will be sent to you a few days before the event.
CIIPS Website: https://www.infoandprivacy.ca/ For more information: 604-441-3441
InterPARES Trust Website: https://interparestrust.org/