MGMT 5005
Information Policy Part I
This course explores a range of critical information issues facing organizations and the effects of policies and legislation on information management and organizational effectiveness. Topics include access to information, freedom of information, protection of privacy, preservation of information, etc. Professional ethics guiding information professionals are discussed alongside compliance. By law(s) in Canada, all government and corporate entities are required to appoint an individual responsible for privacy within the organization, and all government and selected other agencies are required to delegate staff responsible for information access and privacy. Discusses the roles of all levels of government, the private and not-for-profit sectors, and key individuals, in developing policies which affect information creation, control, access and use. Focuses on Canadian issues, while including international perspectives.
Sections
From the syllabus
From the Winter 2025 syllabus by Sandra Toze. Summer 2026 is taught by Music J., so details may differ. Open the PDF
Grading
Textbooks
- Canadian Communication Policy and Law, Sara Bannerman
- Foundations of Information Policy, Paul T. Jaeger and Natalie Greene Taylor
- Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Governance and the Link to Indigenous Policy, Maggie Walter and Stephanie Russo Carroll
Course rules
- Late assignments
- Assignments lose 5% per day, including weekends; work is normally not accepted seven or more days late.
- Late postings
- Graded posts submitted late lose 10%; extensions require documented exceptional circumstances and advance approval.
- Generative AI
- AI may help with brainstorming, but AI-generated work cannot be submitted as your own and included material must be cited.
- Missed class
- Contact the instructor as soon as possible about illness or an emergency.
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