Communications Calendar

Lead Directorate: Communications Directorate

Key upcoming announcements

Announcement of Contributions Program recipients, with a target date of mid-June 2022.
Joint announcement related to launch of credential stuffing guidance developed by the Global Privacy Assembly’s (GPA) International Enforcement Working Group. Target date to be confirmed, anticipated on June 27, 2022.
Launch of new public interest disclosure notification portal for federal institutions, with a target date of late June 2022.
Publication of a case summary related to complaint regarding a private sector company (Biron), with a target date of late June 2022.
Publication of a backgrounder on synthetic data developed by the Technology Analysis Directorate, with a target date of July 2022.
Publication of the results of the OPC’s 2021-2022 public opinion research (survey of Canadian businesses), with a target date in July 2022.
Announcement and web updates related to the Privacy Act Extension Order in mid-July 2022.
Announcement and publication of a joint open letter, drafted with several international partners, to social media and publicly accessible sites on data scraping, with a target date of mid-July.
Tabling of the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Annual Report to Parliament in September 2022.
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In addition to key recurring events that Communications plans toward every fiscal year, other activities may arise or be planned in a particular year.
April: Internal call-out for content for, and commence work on, the Annual Report to Parliament.
May: IAPP Canada Symposium, and Privacy Awareness Week in early May.
September: Public opinion research commences and tabling the Annual Report to Parliament.
October: GPA conference; Cybersecurity Awareness Month and Small Business Week; and Media Literacy Week (organized by MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation).
December: Human Rights Day on December 10, and the Annual Canadian Access and Privacy Association conference, held in Ottawa.
January: Data Privacy Week, held in the last week of January.
March: Fraud Prevention Month
March, April or May: IAPP Global Summit in Washington.