<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 20, 2022, at 8:17 PM, Darrell Evans <<a href="mailto:darrellevans.ciips@gmail.com" class="">darrellevans.ciips@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">Hello Marita,</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">I hope you're well as we step our toes into </font><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">what is sure to be another 'interesting' year. Thanks for all your emails concerning Internet issues and events; I read them all and have attended some of the events. </span></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">I'm writing to let you know about a current issue I think will interest you.</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">I would like to introduce you to <b class="">Jessica Kim </b>and <b class="">Spencer Izen</b> (copied here), two keen student journalism leaders from BC who are petitioning their province for legal protection for student journalism — in fact, they've drafted proposed legislation they call the Student Press Freedom Act (SPFA). </font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">This follows an incident last year at their high school in which they were prohibited from publishing a piece of public interest journalism. The initiative is explained on this website — <a href="https://www.spfacampaign.org/" target="_blank" class=""><span style="color:rgb(220,161,13)" class="">https://www.spfacampaign.org</span></a> — which also features a petition to support the SPFA’s passage.</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class="">At this juncture, Jessica and Spencer are interested in obtaining endorsements from individuals and organizations who share their commitment to press freedom. It's for that reason that I'm reaching out to you today in your role as a Canadian information rights activist. I hope you and/or some of the groups you're associated with will consider endorsing this important initiative for young press freedom activists as they seek to bring about legislative change in BC. </font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">I for one am absolutely thrilled to see members of a new generation taking an active interest in information rights. Both CIIPS and BC FIPA have endorsed the SPFA, and I hope you will consider supporting it too. Also, can you think of other individuals and groups that might be interested? Please let me know.</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px" class=""><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif" class="">Here are Spencer and Jessica's email addresses: </span><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;min-height:15px" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="color:rgb(220,161,13)" class=""><a href="http://spfacampaign.org/" target="_blank" class="">spfacampaign.org</a></span> (SPFA Campaign)</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><span style="color:rgb(220,161,13)" class=""><a href="mailto:sjizen@icloud.com" target="_blank" class="">sjizen@icloud.com</a></span> (Spencer - personal)</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;color:rgb(220,161,13)" class=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="mailto:jessicajkim13@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">jessicajkim13@gmail.com</a><span style="" class=""> (Jessica - personal)</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Have a happy and prosperous 2022! Cheers, Darrell</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><b class="">Darrell Evans</b></div><div class=""><b class="">President</b></div><div class=""><b class="">Canadian Institute for Information and Privacy Studies Society</b></div><div class="">----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div class="">5383 Granville Street</div><div class="">Vancouver, BC V6M 3C2</div><div class="">Tel: 604-441-3441</div><div class="">Email: <a href="mailto:darrell@ciips.ca" target="_blank" class="">darrell@ciips.ca</a></div><div class="">Website: <a href="https://infoandprivacy.ca/" target="_blank" class="">https://infoandprivacy.ca/</a></div><div class="">Charitable Registration No 83848 3949 RR 0001</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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