The Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) is responsible for ensuring organizational compliance with all applicable information privacy and freedom of information legislation and internal policies related to the protection of personal information. The CPO leads the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the associated privacy programs, policies, and procedures to safeguard data and mitigate privacy risk across the organization.

At this critical juncture, during the organization’s transition to a new health information system and in the context of rapid change associated with artificial intelligence, the CPO plays a pivotal role in ensuring that privacy control requirements are embedded across Sunnybrook’s information management system design, configuration, workflows, audit and compliance processes. This includes overseeing privacy impact assessments, supporting system and procedural change‑management activities, and ensuring the new system meets legisla...