Accessing Publicly Available Information
Most requests for information received by UBC are for information that is not confidential or sensitive; these are called routine requests. Faculty and staff should make every reasonable effort to respond to routine requests.
Additionally, UBC proactively makes the following information available through our website:
- UBC Animal Research
- UBC Annual Summaries of Student Discipline Cases
- Summaries of Prior Freedom of Information Requests
- UBC Board of Governors’ Minutes and Agenda Packages
- UBC Facts and Figures
- UBC Financial Reports
- UBC Information Technology Projects
- UBC Infrastructure Development
- UBC Policies, Procedures and Guidelines
- UBC Research Information
- UBC Salaries in Excess of $75,000
- Information on UBC Safety and Security Cameras
- Planning and Institutional Research
- Annual Reports on Camera Systems
Making Freedom of Information Requests
Requests for records that may contain confidential or sensitive information are called freedom of information (FOI) requests. These requests are processed at the Office of the University Counsel.
Our overview of Freedom of Information for Faculty and Staff is available here.
There are two types of FOI requests:
- Personal Requests are requests for records containing the applicant’s own personal information
- Non-Personal Requests are requests for general records of the University
Personal Requests may be requested for free, but application and partial cost recovery fees are payable for Non-Personal Requests.
Information on previous access to information requests:
Responding to Freedom of Information Searches
For information security reasons, faculty and staff use OneDrive to send their records to the Freedom of Information team. Instructions on how to upload records to OneDrive are available here.
FOI Insider: Newsletter of the FOI Champions Network
The FOI Insider was launched to provide timely news and updates from the world of Freedom of Information as well as provide staff with tips to navigating and FOI requests.