Open Data Journey: Of Glass Ceilings & Mountain Climbing

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The weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policymakers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through tech, data, and design. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!)

Come and be part of it!

Agenda:

6:30-7: Welcome and intros 7-7:30: Presentation and Q&A/discussion with Keith McDonald (http://twitter.com/SherylsCrush), former Open Data Lead at the City of Toronto 7:30-9: Breakout groups (make something!)

For more info, visit civictech.ca (http://civictech.ca/).

Here’s our Code of Conduct (http://civictech.ca/about-us/).

Fifth-third hacknight; 56 participants.

Presenter: Keith McDonald

Presentation: PDF Complete

Breakout groups:

• Civic Tech 101: Alox
• Budgetpedia: Linda {comms plan/writers/designers/etc}
• Mapping (healthcare) demand & supply: Oliver {mapping / data exploration}
• Section 37 funding transparency: Abdi {data advocacy & planning}
• Policing Complaints on Carding (PCOC): Zakaria {comms, UX, webdev, outreach}
• Toronto Meshnet (community wifi): Ben {regroup!}
• Freedom of Information (FOI) sharing: Jessica {web-based doc sharing!}
• Mapping Elections Ontario data: Peter {planning & documentation}
• Councilmatic: Patcon {info / Python / UX}
• Project Lab: Gabe

Thanks to TWG for hosting us, and to Urban+Digital for food!