Research
Contributions Program: Privacy Research and Related Knowledge Translation Initiatives Funded by the OPC
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada’s (OPC) Contributions Program funds independent privacy research and related knowledge translation initiatives. Researchers are encouraged to propose projects that generate new ideas, approaches, and knowledge about privacy that organizations can apply to better safeguard personal information and/or that individual Canadians can use to make more informed decisions about protecting their privacy.
Created in 2004 to support independent, non-profit research on privacy, further privacy policy development, and promote the protection of personal information in Canada, the Contributions Program is considered one of the foremost privacy research funding programs in the world.
Program News
Contributions Program 2013-2014
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has announced the recipients of its 2013-2014 Contributions Program. The Office is providing close to $450,000 this year for 10 new independent research and awareness projects that will explore emerging and evolving privacy issues.
Real Results: Protecting privacy rights through innovative research
Real Results highlights a handful of independent cutting-edge projects funded through the OPC’s Contributions Program. Read how these researchers are generating new ideas, approaches and information about privacy in Canada, and how their work has impacted Canadians.