Resources and Forms

The FOIP Act and Regulations

• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act
• Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Regulation

Guidelines and FAQs

• FAQs for Post-Secondary Institutions (137K pdf)
• FAQs from Employees (103K pdf)
• FOIP Guidelines and Practices: 2009 Edition

College Policies and Procedures

The college has developed procedures to help inform college employees and stakeholders on a number of privacy and access to information topics.

Information on these topics is located in the following procedures:

• Access to Information Procedure (74K pdf)
• Protection of Privacy Procedure (74K pdf)
• Protecting College Information When Working Off Campus Procedure (242K pdf)

Personal Information Bank Directory

A personal information bank is a collection of personal information that is organized or retrievable by the name of an individual or by an identifying number, symbol or other particular assigned to an individual.

The personal information bank directory does not provide any information regarding named individuals. Rather, the personal information bank directory provides details of the type of personal information that is contained in a personal information bank and includes:

• The legal authority for the collection of the personal information
• A description of the purposes for which the personal information was collected
• A description of the categories of individuals whose personal information is included in the collection
• A description of the kind of the personal information contained in the collection
• The title and location of the Personal Information Bank

Access the NorQuest College Personal Information Bank Directory (303K pdf)

Forms

• Request to Access Information Form