There are several ways you can get involved in Civic Tech TO.

Attend our weekly hacknights

The easiest way to get involved is to come out to one of our weekly hacknights!

See Hacknights for more information

Become a volunteer organizer

Civic Tech TO is an unincorporated organization and completely volunteer-run — we are always looking for more volunteers to help us keep the weekly hacknights running smoothly. The organizers committee meets once a month where we sign up for a monthly hacknight role, such as maintaining our online presence, taking care of AV, greeting the speaker, or liaising with the venue.

If you’re interested in volunteering, send us a message at hi@civictech.ca or speak to any of the current organizers at a hacknight.

Speak at one of our events

If you’re interested in presenting at one of our hacknights, get in touch with us at hi@civictech.ca to set up a chat. We usually book speakers about one month in advance.

Take a look at our Past Hacknights to get an idea of what our previous speakers have talked about.

Some of our past hacknight speakers

  • Ryan Androsoff, Treasury Board of Canada
  • Vasiliki Bednar, Youth Employment Panel
  • Dave Biggs, MetroQuest
  • Hillary Hartley, Ontario Digital Service
  • Tris Lumley, New Philanthropy Capital
  • Jean-Noe Landry, Open North
  • Jane Hilderman, Samara
  • Jesse Coleman, City of Toronto
  • Jennifer Hollett, Atkinson Foundation
  • Jolene Cushman, Toronto Environmental Alliance
  • Judy Duncan, ACORN
  • Liane Fernandes, LHIN
  • Jessica Smith Cross, Torontoist
  • Jay Wall, Studio Jaywall
  • Andy Best, City of Guelph
  • Monique Baena-Tan, Code for America
  • Christien Levien, LegalSwipe
  • Mayaan Ziv, AccessNow

Provide a venue

Our hacknights switch venues on a monthly basis. The venues need to be able to accommodate approximately 80 people and have adequate AV equipment (projector and microphone). Our venue sponsors typically also sponsor the dinner, which is usually pizza. If your organization would be interested in hosting a month of Civic Tech hacknights, please contact us at hi@civictech.ca.

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