Comments on: If you want more transparency from UBC, ask for it. http://ubcinsiders.ca/2015/09/if-you-want-more-transparency-from-ubc-ask-for-it/ Separating the wheat from the chaff. Wed, 13 Nov 2019 15:50:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Stephen Petrina http://ubcinsiders.ca/2015/09/if-you-want-more-transparency-from-ubc-ask-for-it/comment-page-1/#comment-16066 Stephen Petrina Fri, 11 Sep 2015 23:56:21 +0000 http://ubcinsiders.ca/?p=10551#comment-16066 UBC Insiders is spot on about this and I really appreciate the in-depth coverage of the resignation story. We've been trying our best over at Workplace to cover this and gently mock the resolve of the institution to merely speculate. On FoI, yes submitted a request. But let's not kid ourselves that this is an 'ask and ye shall receive' logic or prayer. I've been caught up in FoI requests on various other matters at UBC, sometimes for years on end with multiple requests to BC's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to put pressure on UBC to deliver. Often, one receives more redacted text than readable. So FoI has to work hand in hand with straight-forward requests to Offices within UBC and with requests that may dissipate into the blogosphere and sink into the twitter stream. Thanks again UBC Insiders! //sp UBC Insiders is spot on about this and I really appreciate the in-depth coverage of the resignation story. We’ve been trying our best over at Workplace to cover this and gently mock the resolve of the institution to merely speculate.

On FoI, yes submitted a request. But let’s not kid ourselves that this is an ‘ask and ye shall receive’ logic or prayer. I’ve been caught up in FoI requests on various other matters at UBC, sometimes for years on end with multiple requests to BC’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner to put pressure on UBC to deliver. Often, one receives more redacted text than readable.

So FoI has to work hand in hand with straight-forward requests to Offices within UBC and with requests that may dissipate into the blogosphere and sink into the twitter stream.

Thanks again UBC Insiders!
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