Freedom of information request template re: number of stillbirths

Posted November 25, 2021

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At the bottom of this page is a suggested FOI request template for sending to hospitals and any other institutions that would have data on stillbirths. This is a new work in progress, and the wording will likely be fine-tuned going forward.

The following pointers are based on my personal experience, which has been mainly with Canadian institutions.

Keep in mind that legislation governing Freedom of Information (FOI), or “Access to Information” requests differs depending on the jurisdiction. You should be able to find online, from both the applicable level of government (i.e. Ontario) and the specific institution you are interested in (i.e. William Osler Health System), instructions on how to go about submitting a request.

With Canadian (federal), Ontario (provincial), and municipal requests within Ontario, a request must be framed in terms of records, not requests for answers to questions. (If you want answers to questions there is another process involving “petitions” which I have no experience with.)

Direct your FOI request to whichever institution you are “targeting”.  If you want to know what records the “Ministry of Health” has, send your request to the FOI coordinator for the Ministry of Health. And note that private institutions are not subject to FOI requests, but government agencies and government funded organizations (i.e. universities) generally are.

If a request is politically sensitive (like “COVID-19” requests) or the FOI coordinator you are dealing with is not very competent, you may find that they try to “blow you off” or discourage you, or advise you to cancel your request or to submit it to another institution instead, or provide official-sounding-but-bogus excuses to cancel your entire request or parts of it.  Stand your ground! And note that this is when it’s really helpful to have an understanding of the applicable legislation and to quote it when responding back to the institution.

Contact information for the FOI coordinators for the various Canadian federal institutions are listed here:
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/ap/atip-aiprp/coord-eng.asp#N

Contact info for coordinators at Ontario provincial institutions is here:
http://www.infogo.gov.on.ca/infogo/home.html#orgProfile/1803/en

Note that only Canadian federal intuitions (i.e. Health Canada, PHAC and NRC) demand “proof of right” (a copy of your birth certificate or something along those lines).  You don’t need to provide any “proof of right” for provincial (i.e. University of Toronto) or municipal requests.

The name of the applicable legislation will depend on where you live, and whether it’s a federal, provincial or municipal request. 

For Canadian federal requests, and for requests within Ontario, a $5 application fee is required for you “Freedom” of Information request. The application fee will be payable to different payees depending on the institution you are dealing with.  You can ask the institution if you are uncertain who to make a cheque payable to. 

With some institutions you can submit your request and pay the application fee online.  If online payment is available, I like to submit online for speed and ease, but I also take screenshots of my request so that I have a copy for my records.

Specifying that you prefer electronic files/letters sent to you via email avoids having the institution try to charge you for photocopying and/or shipping, saves time and makes it easier to share the files online.

For the template below, you would need to edit the parts that are in red so that it makes sense for your particular request. 

Regarding the section of the template on “publicly available records”: I always include this section because, generally, if an institution has a record that matches what you are requesting but that record is already available to the public elsewhere, then the institution does not have to provide that record to you.

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Subject line: FOI request re stillbirths & “COVID-19” deaths

November 25, 2021

To:
FIPPA Coordinator
University Health Network
190 Elizabeth Street
R. Fraser Elliott Building, 2nd floor
Toronto, ON
M5G 2C4

Submitted via email to: FOI@uhn.ca

Dear FIPPA Coordinator,

This is a formal request for access to general records, made under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA).

Description of Requested Records:

All summaries/reports in the possession, custody or control of University Health Network that include data regarding:

– the number of stillbirths that have occurred at your institution, by year, quarter, month, week, or day (and, by hospital/region, if applicable) (January 1, 2016 – present); and/or

– the percentage of all births that were stillbirths, at your institution, by year, quarter, month, week, or day (and, by hospital/region, if applicable) (January 1, 2016 -present); and/or

– the number of people who have died at your institution this year (2021) with a positive “COVID-19” test result; and/or

– the number of people who have died at your institution this year (2021) with 1 or more “COVID-19” injections.

Please note that my request includes any summaries/reports matching the above description, authored by anyone, anywhere.

I am not requesting any private patient data.

If any records match the above description of requested records and are currently available in the public domain, please provide enough information about each record so that I may identify and access each one with certainty (i.e. title, author(s), date, journal, where the public may access it). Please provide URLs where possible.

Format:
Pdf documents sent to me via email; I do not wish for anything to be shipped to me.

Contact Information:
Last name:
First name:
Address:
Phone:
Email: 

Application Fee (IF APPLICABLE):
I will submit a $5 cheque by mail, payable to UHN.


Thank you in advance and best wishes,