MISA Ontario – Open Government
Yesterday I had the good fortune to speak on a panel about Open Government with City of Ottawa CIO, Guy Michaud and City Official Mark Faul in the Council Chambers as part of Open Government Workshop -...
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Liberating Water Data – Guest Post by Alex Joseph – WEHUB
I met Alex at the Cybera Summit at the Banff Centre in October and that is where I was introduced to the WEHUB. There are many interesting ways to do open data, science and to use the cloud to do so....
View ArticleData and public policy – OECD Social Justice Report
I entered into the discourse on open data to facilitate the production of these types of reports. Social Justice in the OECD – How Do the Member States Compare? Sustainable Governance Indicators 2011...
View ArticleOpen Sesame: Open Data, Data Liberation and Opportunities for Librarians
I heart librarians! Canadian Library Association Annual Conference presentation in Ottawa, June 1, 2012. Abstract: Cities and data producers are quickly embracing Open Data, albeit unevenly. The Data...
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CIPPIC Summer Series Talk: Data, Maps, Location and Law
CIPPIC has a Summer Internship Program for law students with a lecture series. Once again this years I joined Teressa Scassa in a lunch 2 hour seminar on the topic of ata, Maps, Location and Law....
View ArticleCreative Commons Salon: Open Research Data
The Creative Law Society and CIPPIC hosted a Creative Commons Salon on the topic of Open Data. I was invited to represent the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre and speak about research data....
View ArticleData, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations
I just successfully defended my PhD dissertation in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University. It provided me with tremendous insight into the historical evolution...
View ArticleOttawa code{4}lib, June 13
Coders for Libraries, code{4}lib looks really interesting! Date: Wednesday June 13th, 5pm Location: The Exchange Pub, 50 Rideau Street (entrance inside the Rideau Centre). The reservation is under...
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Participatory Accessibility Data Collection & Mapping
Over the weekend I had the privilege of participating in the Journée de l’accessibilité de Montréal accessible co-organized by Catherine Roy of RAPLIQ (Group for an inclusive Québec) and Jean-Noé...
View ArticlePermission Granted: The Access to Information Act Turns Thirty
Guest Blog post by Mark Weiler: Thirty-years ago, on July 7th, 1982, the Parliament of Canada gave Royal Assent to the Access to Information Act, which became Canada’s first freedom of information...
View ArticleG8 Open Data Charter – Canada Signs on
Canada has signed on to the G8 Open Data Charter. The official UK G8 Presidency site includes the Charter and its associated technical Annex. This Charter falls under one of this year’s G8 agenda...
View ArticleTraditional Knowledge, Data and Law / Savoir traditionnel, données et la loi
This GeoConnections webinar discussed the results of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Funded Partnership Development Grant entitled Mapping the Legal and Policy Boundaries of...
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The Record: the ‘unbiased’ report: The Future of the Postal Service in Canada
Here we go again! The Conference Board of Canada, well, they just don’t seem to get this unbiased reporting thing straight. For instance, a member of their board, Deepak Chopra who is the President and...
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The myth behind the “2/3rd of Canadians already don’t receive home delivery”...
A member of the Civicaccess.ca list, Ted Strauss, was perplexed about a Canada Post data point frequently reported in the media! It has oftern been repeated that “2/3rd of Canadians already don’t...
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Programmable City: Mapping Openess and Transparency
Below is and excerpt from a blogpost on the Programmable City website. I work there now, and post quite a bit of open data, big data, data infrastructure posts there. Most do not include any CanCon...
View ArticleOttawa code{4}lib, June 13
Coders for Libraries, code{4}lib looks really interesting! Date: Wednesday June 13th, 5pm Location: The Exchange Pub, 50 Rideau Street (entrance inside the Rideau Centre). The reservation is under...
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Participatory Accessibility Data Collection & Mapping
Over the weekend I had the privilege of participating in the Journée de l’accessibilité de Montréal accessible co-organized by Catherine Roy of RAPLIQ (Group for an inclusive Québec) and Jean-Noé...
View ArticlePermission Granted: The Access to Information Act Turns Thirty
Guest Blog post by Mark Weiler: Thirty-years ago, on July 7th, 1982, the Parliament of Canada gave Royal Assent to the Access to Information Act, which became Canada’s first freedom of information...
View ArticleG8 Open Data Charter – Canada Signs on
Canada has signed on to the G8 Open Data Charter. The official UK G8 Presidency site includes the Charter and its associated technical Annex. This Charter falls under one of this year’s G8 agenda...
View ArticleTraditional Knowledge, Data and Law / Savoir traditionnel, données et la loi
This GeoConnections webinar discussed the results of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Funded Partnership Development Grant entitled Mapping the Legal and Policy Boundaries of...
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