CARL Executive Director’s Report - Policy and Public Affairs

Legislative Review of the Copyright Act Mark Swartz led the preparation of CARL’s brief, which was submitted to the INDU Committee on July 6th, and was then translated and posted on the INDU site on August 3rd. [...] During the session the Strengthening Capacity Committee is also planning to discuss suggested next steps from the session on Strengthening Indigenous Representation and Reconciliation (2017 FGM), including the results of the survey sent to directors on internship programs to increase Indigenous representation in the workforce. [...] The results of the data collection phase will be presented at the CARL FGM in order to get feedback on how the members would like the CCWG to proceed. [...] The Statistics Working Group has presented an advanced draft of their report on recommended revisions to the CARL statistics program and annual survey to the Assessment Committee and the CARL Board. [...] The Portage Advisory Committee met on May 22nd and discussed the Portage Winter Progress Report and Director updates, project funding opportunities, updates on the Responsible RDM Practices for Sensitive Data Working Group, FRDR Limited Production, the Portage Session at the CARL Annual General Meeting, and stakeholder engagement activities since the last meeting.