A number of governments have begun to initiate open data and open government strategies. With more governments moving in this direction a growing number of public servants are beginning to understand the issues, obstacles, challenges and opportunities surrounding open data and open government. Indeed, these challenges are why many of these public servants frequent this [...]
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Are you a Public Servant? What are your Open Data Challenges?
Creating Open Data Apps: Lessons from Vantrash Creator Luke Closs
Last week, as part of the Apps for Climate Action competition (which is open to anyone in Canada), I interviewed the always awesome Luke Closs. Luke, along with Kevin Jones, created VanTrash, a garbage pick up reminder app that uses open data from the City of Vancouver. In it, Luke shares some of the lessons [...]
On Policy Alpha geeks, network thinking and foreign policy
In the past few weeks the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) and the Canadian International Council (CIC) both launched new visions for Canada’s foreign policy. Reading each, I’m struck by how much overlap both documents have with Middle to Model Power, the Canada25 report written 5 years ago by over 500 young Canadians from across [...]
Canada’s Digital Economy Strategy: Two quick actions you can take
For those interested – or better still, up till now uninterested – in Canada’s digital economy strategy I wanted to write a quick post about some things you can do to help ensure the country moves in the right direction. First, there are a few proposals on the digital economy strategy consultation website that could [...]
ChangeCamp Vancouver, GovCamp Toronto & Open Data Hackathon
For those in Vancouver, ChangeCamp will be taking place Saturday at the W2 Storyeum on 151 W Cordova. You can register here and propose sessions in advance here. I know I’ll be there and I am looking forward to hearing about interesting local projects and trying to find ways to contribute to them. I’ll probably submit a [...]
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