About the IAPP

Patricia Kosseim began her five-year term as commissioner on 1 July 2020. She has a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge in access, privacy and health law, having worked in public, private, and health sectors, and across various jurisdictions. Prior to her role as Ontario’s commissioner, Kosseim was counsel in Osler’s Privacy and Data Management Group where she provided strategic advice to clients on matters of privacy, data governance and access law. For more than a decade, Kosseim served as senior general counsel and director general with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada. Kosseim has also served in executive positions with Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research where she developed and implemented national strategies to address legal, ethical and social issues related to health research and genomics technologies. She has published and spoken extensively on matters of privacy law, health law and ethics.