Vincent Gogolek is the Executive Director of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. He was called to the Bar in Ontario in 1987 and has degrees in Law (University of Ottawa) and Journalism (Carleton), and a diploma in International and Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics. His work history includes stints as in journalism, law and intergovernmental affairs. He has worked for legal aid in BC and Ontario and has been Policy Director of the BC Civil Liberties Association.
On September 19th, many of British Columbia’s leading minds on freedom of information and privacy issues gathered in downtown Vancouver for the 2012 BC Information Summit. Under the moniker This Time, It’s Personal: Freedom of Information and Privacy Under Government 2.0, the one-day conference dove into the finer points of the BC Government’s sweeping new