Presenter:
Justin Bull (@f3ndot) at doored.ca (@dooredCA) talked about how the Doored.ca project came to be, how it resulted in a media buzz, influenced policy, and garnered civic action. Justin is a security enthusiast, cycling nutbar and software engineer at Wealthsimple. He created Doored.ca and MyBikeLane projects to advocate for Toronto cycling.
Attendance:Â 49 hackers!
Breakout groups:
Project | Lead | Description / Needs |
Civic Tech 101 | Sharon | Come here if it’s your first time! |
Budgetpedia | Rod | Make the city’s budget more accessible, easier to understand – Need UI / Frontend / React |
DemocracyKit | Scarlet | Online resource kit to facilitate government campaign runs – Need site / content people |
Guerilla Archiving | Dawn | Preserving government datasets in peril – Need tools / technical things |
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