The requester, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, requested, under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, records evaluating the research for her dissertation at the university. The university denied access to two responsive emails stating that it is evaluative or opinion material that is exempt under the Act (section 49(c.1)(i)).
In this order, the adjudicator finds that one of the two responsive email chains is evaluative or opinion material that is exempt under section 49(c.1)(i) and upholds the university’s decision not to disclose it. She finds that the exemption does not apply to the other email chain and orders the university to disclose it to the appellant. The adjudicator upholds the university’s search for records as reasonable.