Access to Information Modernization Action Plan Tracker
Through standardized and centralized training ATI professionals better understand key provisions of the Access to Information Act (ATIA) and can apply it consistently.
Canadians obtain more consistent and higher quality responses to ATI requests.
Since 2022, the Access to Information and Privacy Communities Development Office (APCDO) has been offering onboarding sessions to new ATIP professionals and training sessions on specific sections of the Access to Information Act.
In fiscal year 2023-24, onboarding sessions were delivered to over 750 ATIP professionals who had worked in the field for six months or less.
In addition, training sessions were delivered to over 1,700 participants on topics such as exemptions (information obtained in confidence, personal information, and investigations), exclusions (Cabinet Confidences), and proactive publication.
APCDO also provided information sessions to over 1,550 ATIP professionals on topics of interest such as investigations and complaints, advancing Indigenous reconciliation, the new Directive on Proactive Publication under the Access to Information Act, declassification, and annual reporting requirements.
In fiscal year 2024-25, more than 300 ATIP professionals participated in APCDO onboarding sessions.
Nearly 2,000 participants attended 12 training sessions on subjects such as inter-institutional consultations, the duty to document, and protected information (solicitors, advocates and notaries).
APCDO also hosted 26 information sessions for more than 2,500 participants. Subjects included internal audit, consequences of obstructing the right of access, federal court case summaries, and ATIP and artificial intelligence.