Information Governance Virtual Education Day

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Speaker: Murall Bird, Director of Information Governance/FNDGS Implementation Lead-SK Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations & Dinesh Khadka, BHS, MPH, CFNHM, Researcher Analyst, HSDS-FSIN

Murall Bird, a member of the Treaty 4 Cree/Saulteaux First Nation of George Gordon, is from the Touchwood Hills and has lived in Treaty 6 territory. She earned her Bachelor of Education in 1998 and taught K-12 before joining the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN) in 2015. Since 2021, she has been Director of Information Governance and Implementation Lead for the First Nation Data Governance Strategy, advancing Data Sovereignty and supporting First Nations’ rights to self-determination.

Dinesh Khadka has worked with HSDS-FSIN for over six years as a research analyst, following roles as a health director and lead addiction counselor in Saskatchewan First Nations communities. He supports surveys, research projects, and data governance initiatives in the Saskatchewan region. A Certified First Nations Health Manager, he holds a Master of Public Health from the University of Saskatchewan and a Bachelor of Health Studies from Bradford University. Originally trained in medicine in Nepal, he has lived and worked in Treaty 6 territory and the Métis homeland for over a decade.

11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Health Information in the AI Era: Privacy, Ethics, and Patient Trust

Speaker: Lisa McKenzie, BHA, CHIM, CIPP/C, Director of the Canadian College of Health Information Management, CHIMA

This session will explore the intersection of artificial intelligence and health information in Canada. We’ll look at how AI technologies are transforming health care and health information management while navigating the challenges of privacy, ethics, and patient trust, and how Canada is working to ensure that AI enhances patient care without compromising ethical standards, and provide insights on fostering transparency, safeguarding data, and building trust in an increasingly digital healthcare landscape.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

From Rules to Reflex: Transforming IG Into A Cultural Value

Speakers: Lewis Eisen, J.D., CIP, Perfect Policies & Erica Poff, CAE, PMP, IOM, Vice President of Education, ARMA International

ARMA International, the leading association for Information Governance professionals, recently published a white paper addressing the crucial challenge of how to make IG an integral part of an organization’s corporate culture. “From Rules to Reflex: Transforming IG into a Cultural Value” presents original research on the intersection of organizational culture and IG and makes the case for why embedding IG into corporate culture is a strategic imperative. In this session, attendees will hear how ARMA International engaged over 100 IG practitioners and subject matter experts to uncover the challenge and solutions that work in practice. The session will also highlight the paper’s “roadmap” to culture change, with actionable tactics and strategies that IG professionals can utilize to start transforming IG from a set of rules into a reflexive, cultural value.

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Information Governance – Digital Health Standards Insights from Ontario

Speaker: Sue Schneider, BA, CHIM, CPHIMS-CA, CTSS, Director, Digital Health Standards, Ontario Health

Ontario has a regulatory framework to mandate data standards for interoperability and has embarked on a journey to increase data harmonization, advance interoperability, and increase the effectiveness of patient and clinical experiences. Digital health standards are critical to enabling data accessibility in the point of care/service solutions, in the provincial electronic health record and other health system solutions. As we continue this important journey, we continue to learn valuable insights, increase our collaborative partners, inform our strategic direction, advance our consideration of information and data governance frameworks and practices, and refine our services with the patient, their clinical team, and their data as the priority.​