This workshop examines the policy and governance conditions that shape how flood data is managed, shared, and made accessible across Southern Ontario. We will explore questions that many practitioners navigate regularly but rarely have space to examine collectively: Who is responsible for flood-related data when it spans multiple departments and jurisdictions? What regulatory or procurement considerations affect data sharing, and what conditions – open data policies, interagency agreements, strategic roadmaps – can support more coordinated approaches?
This session will also take up information rights and privacy considerations, including questions around public access to flood risk information, obligations under provincial privacy legislation, and how organizations balance data openness with appropriate privacy safeguards. Drawing on participants’ direct experience with inter-jurisdictional coordination and institutional mandates, the session will contribute to a practical assessment of what legal and institutional arrangements support effective, transparent, and accountable flood data management.