Gary “Dickson QC”
Information and Privacy Commissioner for Saskatchewan
Gary Dickson was appointed as Saskatchewan’s first full-time Information and Privacy Commissioner effective November 1, 2003. He was reappointed for an additional five year term effective April 1, 2009. Prior to his Saskatchewan appointment, he practiced law in Calgary, Alberta for 23 years. He then served as the Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Calgary Buffalo from 1992 to 2001. From 2001 until his Saskatchewan appointment he worked exclusively in the areas of privacy and access to information. He was directly involved in the creation, enactment and implementation of public and private sector access and privacy laws in the province of Alberta. He has been granted the designation of CIAPP Master by the Canadian Institute of Access and Privacy Professionals. He is a member of the Law Societies of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Gary Dickson was appointed as Saskatchewan’s first full-time Information and Privacy Commissioner effective November 1, 2003. He was reappointed for an additional five year term effective April 1, 2009. Prior to his Saskatchewan appointment, he practiced law in Calgary, Alberta for 23 years. He then served as the Member of the Alberta Legislative Assembly for the constituency of Calgary Buffalo from 1992 to 2001. From 2001 until his Saskatchewan appointment he worked exclusively in the areas of privacy and access to information. He was directly involved in the creation, enactment and implementation of public and private sector access and privacy laws in the province of Alberta. He has been granted the designation of CIAPP Master by the Canadian Institute of Access and Privacy Professionals. He is a member of the Law Societies of Saskatchewan and Alberta.
