Date: May 14, 2024 Topic: How to Build a New Democracy in Canada How to Build a New Democracy in Canada. A two-way discussion on… Read More »Hacknight #443 – How to Build a New Democracy in Canada with Joseph Gubbels
Date: May 07, 2024 Topic: How Local Groups Digitally Engage Torontonians The talk will present research from a Future of Canada Fellowship about how resident-led… Read More »Hacknight #442 – How Local Groups Digitally Engage Torontonians with Nick Vlahos
Date: Apr 30, 2024 Topic: Toward Equitable Service Provision: A Catchment Area Analysis of The Bike Share Toronto System In this talk, we will explore… Read More »Hacknight #441 – Toward Equitable Service Provision: A Catchment Area Analysis of The Bike Share Toronto System with Zehui Yin
Date: Apr 23, 2024 Topic: Data-driven strategies for safer cycling Speakers: Keith Chau – Keith Chau, a Business Analytics student with a dynamic background in… Read More »Hacknight #440 – Data-driven strategies for safer cycling with Keith Chau, Yuseung Lee, and Candice Fung
Date: Apr 16, 2024 Topic: Assessing Digital Maturity for Civic Impact Join us for an exploration of a digital maturity assessment model. Developed through a… Read More »Hacknight #439 – Assessing Digital Maturity for Civic Impact with Ryan Androsoff & Meghan Hellstern
Date: Apr 09, 2024 Topic: Equity in Transportation Speakers: Léa Ravensbergen Venue: Myhal Centre for Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Date: Apr 02, 2024 Topic: The Biking Lawyer LLP Dave will be talking to us about his experience being a dedicated advocate for individuals who… Read More »Hacknight #437 – The Biking Lawyer LLP with David Shellnutt
Date: Mar 26, 2024 Topic: Danforth Dad: Reviewing Toronto’s Playgrounds Andrew Moore is a teacher, father, and serial hobbyist whose various projects have included music… Read More »Hacknight #436 – Danforth Dad: Reviewing Toronto’s Playgrounds with Andrew Moore
Date: Mar 19, 2024 Topic: Civic Tech Smorgasbord We’re thrilled to host Sean Boots, who will be sharing his diverse experience in building impactful civic… Read More »Hacknight #435 – Civic Tech Smorgasbord with Sean Boots
Date: Mar 12, 2024 Topic: 311 Voice A.I. Automating phone calls with voice AI for government Speakers: Ben Sanders – 4x Tech founder; 2x GovTech;… Read More »Hacknight #434 – 311 Voice A.I. with Ben Sanders
Date: Mar 05, 2024 Topic: AI and Urban Resilience Join us as we explore the power of AI in creating resilient cities. Evergreen’s AI for… Read More »Hacknight #433 – AI and Urban Resilience with Joshua Welch & Dipika Giritharan
Date: Feb 27, 2024 Topic: Urban Air Quality Monitoring Continuing our Climate Theme Month, we are excited to host Junshi Xu, who will share his… Read More »Hacknight #432 – Urban Air Quality Monitoring with Junshi Xu
Date: Feb 20, 2024 Topic: Carbon Markets 101 Join us in our ongoing Climate Theme Month for an enlightening session on carbon markets with Ernest… Read More »Hacknight #431 – Carbon Markets 101 with Ernest Yap
Date: Feb 13, 2024 Topic: Working on Environment and Climate Technology As part of our Climate Theme Month, we invite you to join us for… Read More »Hacknight #430 – Working on Environment and Climate Technology with Dawn Walker
Date: Feb 06, 2024 Topic: Ontario Place for All Join us for the kickoff of our Climate Theme Month with a special presentation on the… Read More »Hacknight #429 – Ontario Place for All with Norm Di Pasquale & Ken Greenberg
Date: Jan 30, 2024 Topic: Lace up and Go Skate! I’m going to speak about how playing hockey myself impacted the way I developed and… Read More »Hacknight #428 – Lace up and Go Skate! with Yitchok Gray
Date: Jan 23, 2024 Topic: Meaningful Pixels – Redesigning the TTC Bus Info Display Website: [https://shabanmohammed.com/ttc-bus-info-display](https://shabanmohammed.com/ttc-bus-info-display) Speakers: Shaban Mohammed – I’m a mechanical engineer turned… Read More »Hacknight #427 – Meaningful Pixels – Redesigning the TTC Bus Info Display with Shaban Mohammed
Date: Jan 16, 2024 Topic: Making sense of Toronto’s budget process It’s hard to make heads or tails of the City’s budget. As a large… Read More »Hacknight #426 – Making sense of Toronto’s budget process with Sam McGarva
Date: Jan 09, 2024 Topic: Building a Parks and Rec Bot with ChatGPT Ryan Merkley will discuss building civic chat bots using open data and… Read More »Hacknight #425 – Building a Parks and Rec Bot with ChatGPT with Ryan Merkley
Date: Jan 02, 2024 Topic: Discovery and redesign on disability benefits Just before the pandemic, the Canadian Digital Service (CDS) was helping Economic and Social… Read More »Hacknight #424 – Discovery and redesign on disability benefits with Jeff Maher
Date: Dec 12, 2023 Topic: Toronto’s Noise Bylaw Review Update: Due to overwhelming feedback from residents, the City has rescheduled the Noise item to the… Read More »Hacknight #423 – Toronto’s Noise Bylaw Review with Ingrid Buday
Date: Dec 05, 2023 Topic: Analyzing traffic violations on King St Last week, the School of Cities released a report that found that more than 99.7… Read More »Hacknight #422 – Analyzing traffic violations on King St with Q Chen
Date: Nov 28, 2023 Topic: Meet the City of Toronto’s Deputy CTO The City of Toronto’s Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Marco Palermo, is stopping by… Read More »Hacknight #421 – Meet the City of Toronto’s Deputy CTO with Marco Palermo
Date: Nov 21, 2023 Topic: Civic Tech Toronto principles and governance This week we’re turning the spotlight on ourselves! We’re proud of our principles, and… Read More »Hacknight #420 – Civic Tech Toronto principles and governance with Gabe Sawhney
Date: Nov 14, 2023 Topic: Mapping Toronto’s bicycle parking needs: BikeSpace BikeSpace is a crowdsourced web app where cyclists can anonymously report bicycle parking issues… Read More »Hacknight #419 – Mapping Toronto’s bicycle parking needs: BikeSpace with Sonal Ranjit
Date: Nov 07, 2023 Topic: Human-centred housing initiatives at the City The City of Toronto’s Service Design and Delivery team will present recent digital projects… Read More »Hacknight #418 – Human-centred housing initiatives at the City with Marisa Bernstein & Anne-Marie Croce