Friday, November 27, 2026
12:00 to 1:00 p.m. ET | Online
Presented by Karishma Firdausi, Senior Policy Advisor, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario

This webinar will start an explainer of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario’s (IPC), including its access and privacy mandate. The IPC’s implementation of jury recommendation 78 resulting from the 2022 Office of the Chief Coroner’s Inquest into the tragic deaths of Nathalie Warmerdam, Carol Culleton, and Anastasia Kuzyk will follow. In response to the jury recommendation, the IPC’s Sharing Information in Situations Involving Intimate Partner Violence: Guidance for Professionals will be discussed, clarifying how Ontario’s privacy laws permit the responsible disclosure of personal information for health and safety concerns.

Presenter Bio:

Karishma Firdausi is a Senior Policy Advisor at the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC). Karishma is the Policy law enforcement lead under the IPC’s Strategic Priority, Next-Generation Law Enforcement, which champions Ontarians access and privacy rights by developing guardrails for the responsible adoption of next generation technologies and community-based approaches by law enforcement.
Karishma has held privacy roles with the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario. She holds two degrees from the University of Toronto: a Master of Public Policy from the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy and an Hon. Bachelor of Arts, specializing in Criminology and Socio-Legal Studies.

Pricing:

• OASW Members: Free (OASW member ID # required)
• Non-Members: $30 + HST 

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