Behind Closed Doors: The Reality of Canada’s Access to Information Act

Thursday August 14, 7:00 PM EDT

Join the Special Advisory Council to the League for Human Rights for an engaging conversation on access to information in Canada, and why it matters now more than ever.

The panellists will discuss:​

• How the Access to Information Act impacts you
• How growing barriers are limiting Canadians’ right to know
• What we can do to demand greater government transparency
• B’nai Brith Canada’s efforts to have Canada release its Holocaust records

The speakers will unpack what’s broken, what’s at stake, and what actual reform should look like.

Don’t miss this powerful discussion on protecting accountability in our democrac

Event Details
Date: August 14, 2025
Time: 7:00 PM EDT
Location: Virtual

Special thanks to Dr. Aubrey Zidenberg, our police liaison, for securing the participation of our distinguished guest speakers. ​

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Speaker Details

Artur Wilczynski spent more than 30 years in the Canadian public service working on foreign policy, intelligence, security, and defence issues. He served as a champion of equity, diversity and inclusion with roles supporting 2SLGBTQ+ persons, combatting antisemitism and other forms of racism and discrimination.

Artur held numerous executive positions during his career: Director, International Relations & Outreach, Heritage Canada; Director General, Strategic Policy & Planning, and Director General, International Affairs & Border Policy, Public Safety Canada; Director General, Security & Intelligence, and Canada’s Ambassador to Norway, Global Affairs Canada; Associate Deputy Chief, SIGINT (Signals Intelligence), Assistant Deputy Minister, Senior Advisor for People, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, and Director General, Intelligence Operations, Communications Security Establishment (CSE).He was the first government-wide Executive Champion for the Jewish Public Servants Network. Artur has an MA in International Relations and Conflict Studies from Carleton University. In 2006, he was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des lettres from France. In 2021, he received the Career Impact Award at the first Public Service Pride Awards for his work advancing 2SLGBTQ+ rights.

Professor Matt Malone‘s main research interest pertains to the various ways law protects secret information, especially in the context of trade secrecy, confidential information, access to information, privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity.  He also maintains a broad interest in legal issues pertinent to modern workplaces, in particular workplace investigations. He is called to the bar in British Columbia, California, and New York.

Matt is a graduate of the University of Toronto (hBA), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA), and McGill University (LLB, BCL).  After law school, Matt practiced law full-time in California at Morrison & Foerster and Van Dermyden Makus.  He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law.  He is currently an academic partner at the Investigative Journalism Foundation and an advisory board member of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.