2. Resources & Publications

    The City of Welland’s Road to Certification with ISO 37120 Sustainable Cities and Communities: Indicators for City Service and Quality of Life

    Posted on: January 31, 2019
    This article demonstrates the City of Welland staff’s inter-departmental approach to collecting and uniting data from across city departments, to create a user-friendly open data system for stakeholders and city staff. Through team-work and consistency, Welland was able to report more than 90 of the total 100 indicators and achieve...
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    Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Expert Panel on Digital Rights – Data Governance, Policy and Ethics

    Posted on: January 17, 2019
    This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for the Expert Panel on Digital Rights at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. Today there is an increasing need to examine our...
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    Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Jean-Noé Landry Keynote Presentation State of Open Data – Local to Global

    Posted on: January 17, 2019
    This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for Hillary Hartley’s Keynote Presentation at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. The State of Open Data reviews the...
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  5. Resources & Publications

    Canadian Open Data Summit 2018: Hillary Hartley Keynote Presentation

    Posted on: December 10, 2018
    This resource package includes presentation files and additional resources for Hillary Hartley’s Keynote Presentation at the Canadian Open Data Summit (CODS18) on November 8, 2018 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. Sharing of this package is made possible by ODX in partnership with Niagara Connects. Speaker: Hillary Hartley, Chief Digital Officer and Deputy Minister, Consumer Services,...
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    Ontario’s Digital Action Plan: Start with Users. Deliver Together. Ontario’s Path to Simpler, Faster, Better Government

    Posted on: December 5, 2018
    This Action Plan outlines Ontario’s current picture, answers the question ‘what is digital’?, and describes what a digitally inclusive tomorrow looks like for Ontarians. Published By: Government of Ontario Publication Date: 2018
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    Civic Tech Playbook for Canadian Municipalities: A Guide to Engaging with Your Local Civic Tech Community

    Posted on: November 26, 2018
    Across Canada, data and technology are becoming increasingly synonymous with city-building. With the rapid uptake of new technologies in our daily lives, Canadians have come to expect a certain level of convenience and efficiency with government public services and products. Governments seeking to meet these new expectations face a number...
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  8. Resources & Publications

    The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness

    Posted on: November 26, 2018
    Historically, communities and governments in Canada and the United States have relied heavily on emergency services and crisis responses to support young people who are homeless. Communities use a range of crisis supports and interventions, including emergency shelters, day programs, and other services, such as law enforcement, which typically do...
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  9. Resources & Publications

    Recent Canadian Immigrant Seniors: A Literature Review of Settlement Experiences and Services

    Posted on: October 31, 2018
    This literature review provides an overview of the Canadian academic and grey literature outlining the experiences and challenges faced by recent immigrant seniors during their first five years of settlement. Three questions guided this literature review: What settlement experiences and challenges facing recent immigrant seniors are outlined in the Canadian...
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    Open Data Barometer

    Posted on: September 28, 2018
      The report looks specifically at 30 governments that have made concrete commitments to champion open data, either by adopting the Open Data Charter, or, as members of the G20, by signing up to the G20 Anti-Corruption Open Data Principles. The biggest action governments can take to speed up progress...
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