Lesson plan

Info Source

Info Source is a Government of Canada agency repository of information about or collected by the Canadian government. The purpose of Info Source is to help Canadians to access information available through the Privacy Act and the Access to Information Act. Requests made under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act must be sent to the Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator at the institution which holds the information. The database is overseen by the Treasury Board Secretariat.

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Article summary

Info Source is a Government of Canada agency repository of information about or collected by the Canadian government. The purpose of Info Source is to help Canadians to access information available through the Privacy Act and the Access to Information Act. Requests made under the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act must be sent to the Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator at the institution which holds the information. The database is overseen by the Treasury Board Secretariat.

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Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  3. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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