PO-4464

Toronto Metropolitan University (the university) received a request from the appellant for access to information about herself. The university denied access to one of eight responsive records, an email thread discussing the appellant and student events. The university claimed that the record is exempt under section 49(a) (discretion to refuse requester’s own information) read with 13(1) (advice or recommendations) of the Act because it contains advice or recommendations, and under section 49(b) because it contains mixed personal information belonging to the appellant and a university employee. In this order, the adjudicator partially upholds the university’s decision. She finds that a portion of the record is exempt under section 49(a) read with section 13(1), and that a portion of the record is exempt under section 49(b). She orders the university to disclose a severed version of the record to the appellant.