Position Title:
Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Term of Office:
2003 to present
About Jennifer Stoddart:
Jennifer Stoddart came to the post of Privacy Commissioner of Canada from a similar position in Quebec with one of the largest access-to-information and privacy commissions in Canada. Jennifer Stoddart's challenges as Privacy Commissioner of Canada include cleaning up after the scandal surrounding her predecessor George Radwanski and overseeing the implementation of the last phase of the PIPED Act requiring businesses in Canada to protect the personal information of customers and employees.
Education:
- Licence in Civil Law - McGill University, Montreal
- MA History - Université du Québec, Montreal
- Doctoral studies - Université de Paris VII
Profession:
Jennifer Stoddart is a lawyer, historian and public administrator.
Career Highlights of Jennifer Stoddart:
- Jennifer Stoddart taught history and legal sciences at the Université du Québec in Montreal and at McGill University. She has also published several articles on history and law.
- She was President of the constitutional law and civil liberties section of the Canadian Bar Association, Quebec from 1998 to 2000.
- She was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice for the years 2002-04.
- Jennifer Stoddart has held several positions in the Quebec provincial government and the Canadian federal government.
- In 2000, Jennifer Stoddart was appointed by the Quebec National Assembly to the position of Chair of the Quebec Access to Information Commission.
- Jennifer Stoddart was appointed Privacy Commissioner of Canada in 2003.
