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This page includes all the links and downloadable resources in this Toolkit. Use the filters on the left to look at all resources in a particular section, page, or page sub-section.

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Data Archiving

Discusses archival options and solution strategies; archival documentation, labelling, and storage; accessing archived data; and supporting data change requests.

Data Backups

Discusses key backup objectives and best practices; basic backup types; backup policies, including a scenario describing a backup policy in action; and data recovery plans.

Data Literacy Project

A self-assessment tool to help assess the data literacy of your staff and your government.

Data Quality

Covers key factors in the quality of a dataset, documentation of metadata, data system quality, quality assurance, and data entry best practices.

Data Security & Privacy – Best Practices

Covers best practices including using a privacy notification when personal information is collected; limiting access to personal information among staff; data residency; staff security and confidentiality agreements; and keeping a data retention schedule.

Data Security & Privacy – Principles

Describes security and privacy principles that should be considered in developing a data management system, including least privilege, fail-safe defaults, economy of mechanism, complete mediation, open design, minimization of risk, least common mechanism, psychological acceptability, and defense in depth.

Data Storage

Discusses privacy considerations for storage; principles for data storage; and a scenario to help understand the risks of data loss.

Designing Indicators

Presents strategies and tools to carry out indicator development, including engaging the community and using logic models to define measurable outcomes. This resource also provides sources for sample indicators.

DMPTool

Provides the core structure for developing a data management plan.

First Nations Centre Privacy Toolkit

Introduces key privacy issues, gives an overview of OCAP®, provides an environmental scan of various forms of privacy protection by jurisdiction, outlines a community Plan of Action for protecting health information, and includes a model privacy code.