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Jennifer Stoddart was appointed Canada‘s Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council, effective December 1, 2003, on unanimous resolutions adopted by both Houses of Parliament for a seven year term.
Ms. Stoddart was previously President of the Commission d‘accès à l‘information du Québec, an organization responsible for both access to information and the protection of personal information, to which she was appointed upon resolution by the Quebec National Assembly in 2000.
Ms. Stoddart has held several positions in public administration for the Governments of Québec and Canada, including at the Canadian and the Quebec Human Rights Commissions.
She has been active in the Canadian Bar Association and is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice.
She has taught history and legal sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University. She has published for both professional journals and the wider public on questions ranging from Quebec social history to the administration of justice and human rights.
Ms. Stoddart received a licence in civil law from McGill University and was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1981. She also obtained an M.A. in History from the Université du Québec à Montréal, and pursued doctoral studies at the Université de Paris VII.
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