A student made a request to the University of Waterloo under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act for records relating to his own vaccine accommodation request, as well as general information for religion-based accommodation requests. The university withheld some of the responsive records citing the discretion to refuse a requester’s own information (section 49(a)), read with the exemption for advice or recommendations (section 13) and the exemption for solicitor-client privileged information (section 19).
In this order, the adjudicator partially upholds the university’s decision, finding that some of the records are wholly exempt under section 49(a), read with section 13, and others are partially exempt under section 49(a), read with sections 13 and 19. She orders the university to disclose the non-exempt information.