Summary of Meetings: Freedom of Information & Privacy
Number of Meetings Held: 5
January 23, 2026
Registration Count: 82
Guest Speakers: Various Speakers
Meeting Title/Topic: Privacy Law Conference 2026
Synopsis: Privacy Law 2026 engages expert speakers and attendees in timely discussions on privacy topics impacting the practice. Get your pressing questions answered, refine your skills with hands-on exercises and network with like-minded lawyers from across B.C. at this full-day conference
March 9, 2026
Registration Count: In-Person: 14 Remote:38
Guest Speakers: Connor Bildfell, Jenna Green, and Rose Keith, KC
Meeting Title/Topic: Recent Developments in Privacy Class Actions in Canada
Synopsis: Join Connor Bildfell, Jenna Green, and Rose Keith, KC, for a discussion on recent updates relating to damages, common issues and trends. Have courts expanded the scope of privacy class actions? What are we seeing on the data breach side? Where are privacy class actions heading, and where does AI fit in?
March 31, 2026
Registration Count: In-Person: 5 Remote: 27
Guest Speakers: Katherine Ayre
Meeting Title/Topic: Drones, Air Mobility, and the Law: The Race to Regulate the New Airspace Economy
Synopsis: Low-altitude airspace is emerging as a new domain of dual use economic activity and digital infrastructure. Kate Ayre explores Canada's CARS Part IX reforms and the forthcoming U.S. FAA part 108 BVLOS framework, highlighting key legal issues for aviation, technology, defense and trade lawyers as autonomous airspace becomes a reality.
May 7, 2026
Registration Count: In-Person: 8 Remote: 52
Guest Speakers: Kyle Friesen
Meeting Title/Topic: Drones, Policing and Privacy
Synopsis: Kyle Friesen, O.O.M., discusses the topics of aviation law, policing and privacy in the context of drones, including with respect to autonomous drones (UAV’s) and artificial intelligence.
June 1, 2026
Registration Count: In-Person: 11 Remote: 38
Guest Speakers: Gabrielle Berron-Styan, Joyce Chiang, Genevieve Scullion, Ivy Garcia, Halilat Gbaiye, and Alysha Dakha
Meeting Title/Topic: Mid-Year Review - Privacy Developments and Cases in 2026
Synopsis: Join us for a panel featuring junior lawyers and emerging privacy professionals as they provide a mid-year review of key British Columbia and federal privacy developments and cases in 2026. The panel will discuss significant recent orders, ongoing litigation, and guidance issued by regulators to date this year. The session will be followed by a casual networking opportunity to connect with other members of the Freedom of Information and Privacy Law Section ahead of the close of the section’s activities for the term.