Mike Larsen

Mike Larsen is president of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association (FIPA), a non-partisan, non-profit society dedicated to promoting and defending the freedom of information and privacy rights in Canada. He is a faculty member and chair of the Criminology Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, where he teaches courses on criminal justice, criminological theory, law and society, and crime and media. His research deals with access to information, privacy, and security practices.

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Mike Larsen

Mike Larsen

BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association

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