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DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This book was inspired by the dedicated work in genealogy that my mother-in-law, Yvonne June (Ferguson) Crouch undertook before her untimely death, in order to provide a legacy for her three grandchildren (Nicole Amor Crouch-Diaz, Meredith Yvonne Crouch, and George Gregory Richard Crouch).Yvonne was a very active member of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston Branch. My ongoing interest in genealogy is fuelled by the wonderful family archives amassed and organized by my own mother, Isobel Ellen (Althouse) Wilkinson, before her death.

The immediate impetus for the research leading to the series of articles and talks on which this book is based was an invitation to speak, facilitated by my cousin-in-law, once removed, Carolyn Croke, at The Ontario Genealogical Society in London. I would like to thank, as well, those who asked questions during the talks around the province of Ontario to which I was invited while working on this project.

I am indebted to former law student Leo Law and current law student Justin Vessair for assistance in the editing preparation of this manuscript, as well as to former law students Chad Matheson and Lovejeet Bajwa for research assistance on earlier versions of this work. I am also exceedingly grateful for the guidance, advice, and patience of my editor at the Ontario Genealogical Society, Ruth Chernia. All of this work investigating the interrelationships between intellectual property (including copyright) and privacy (and its derivative, personal data protection), as well as other aspects of information law and policy, has been funded over the years through grants received from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.