Date: Sep 22, 2020 Topic: Re-imagining a Future for Political Participation The COVID19 pandemic has changed our lives drastically, making us acutely aware of both… Read More »Hacknight #260 – Re-imagining a Future for Political Participation with Manik Perera
Date: Sep 15, 2020 Topic: People-Driven Smart Policy With the tremendous push to become data and technology driven in government policy making and service delivery,… Read More »Hacknight #259 – People-Driven Smart Policy with Rashi Khilnani & Matt Leger
Date: Sep 08, 2020 Topic: Lessons from Civic Tech projects Are you curious to learn more established Civic Tech projects? Or interested in leading a… Read More »Hacknight #258 – Lessons from Civic Tech projects with Dilini Kurukulaarachchi, Avery Au, and David Cox
Date: Sep 01, 2020 Topic: Education, Social Impact, Tech & Civic Engagement We will introduce a community partnership program at the University of Toronto that… Read More »Hacknight #257 – Education, Social Impact, Tech & Civic Engagement with Adam El-Masri & David Jorjani
Date: Aug 25, 2020 Topic: Pandemic Connectivity for Ontario Students In April 2020, the province of Ontario announced that 21,00 iPads and free data would… Read More »Hacknight #256 – Pandemic Connectivity for Ontario Students with Karen Louise Smith
Date: Aug 18, 2020 Topic: Start a Podcast: 10 Tips for Audio Storytelling So many people want to start a podcast, and don’t know where… Read More »Hacknight #255 – Start a Podcast: 10 Tips for Audio Storytelling with Nicole Edwards
Date: Aug 11, 2020 Topic: How to fall in love with accessibility Forget about learning web accessibility standards and focus on what you’re good at… Read More »Hacknight #254 – How to fall in love with accessibility with Kate Kalcevich
Date: Aug 04, 2020 Topic: Making Civic Spaces: Public Interest Tech in TO This presentation is intended to update the CTTO community on Curtis McCord’s… Read More »Hacknight #253 – Making Civic Spaces: Public Interest Tech in TO with Curtis McCord
Date: Jul 28, 2020 Topic: The Federal response to COVID-19 The COVID-19 Pandemic has accelerated Digital Service Delivery in all sectors, in ways we couldn’t… Read More »Hacknight #252 – The Federal response to COVID-19 with Joyce Murray
Date: Jul 21, 2020 Topic: CTTO 5th Anniversary Join us for a moderated panel discussion about the past, present and future of Civic Tech Toronto.… Read More »Hacknight #251 – CTTO 5th Anniversary with Jenn Hollett, Nasma Ahmed, Dilini Kurukulaarachchi, and Emily Macrae
Date: Jul 14, 2020 Topic: Ryerson Radio – Civic Influence CJRU 1280AM is Ryerson University’s campus and community radio station. Dedicated to diverse and eclectic… Read More »Hacknight #250 – Ryerson Radio – Civic Influence with Kejo Buchanan & Gabbie Clarke
Date: Jul 07, 2020 Topic: Universal Basic Income ‘This crisis has shown that our economy is broken. 3 in 10 Canadians don’t have savings beyond… Read More »Hacknight #249 – Universal Basic Income with Ken Yang
Date: Jun 30, 2020 Topic: Digital Literacy Skills to fight the ‘Infodemic’ CTRL-F: Find the Facts is a new project from CIVIX that teaches youth… Read More »Hacknight #248 – Digital Literacy Skills to fight the ‘Infodemic’ with Clara Bradley
Date: Jun 23, 2020 Topic: Art as an Approach to City-building ‘Throughout my practice as an urban geographer and artist, I have experimented with art… Read More »Hacknight #247 – Art as an Approach to City-building with Daniel Rotsztain
Date: Jun 16, 2020 Topic: Hyper Local Response to COVID Using Technology COVID-19 Toronto: An app created by Zahra Ebrahim through a collaborative effort which… Read More »Hacknight #246 – Hyper Local Response to COVID Using Technology with Zahra Ebrahim
Date: Jun 09, 2020 Topic: Strategic Foresight + How Fiction Informs Futures Speakers: Madeline Ashby – Madeline Ashby has worked with Intel Labs, the World… Read More »Hacknight #245 – Strategic Foresight + How Fiction Informs Futures with Madeline Ashby
Date: Jun 02, 2020 Topic: Ontario’s COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool What does product development look like when responding to the shifting landscape of a pandemic? Ontario’s… Read More »Hacknight #244 – Ontario’s COVID-19 Self-Assessment Tool with Spencer Daniels
Date: May 26, 2020 Topic: 10 Tips to Run Inclusive Usability Testing Remotely Usability testing doesn’t have to stop during the COVID-19 crisis; in fact,… Read More »Hacknight #243 – 10 Tips to Run Inclusive Usability Testing Remotely with Marisa Bernstein
Date: May 19, 2020 Topic: Civic Tech Hub EU Speakers: Vincent Verheyen Venue: NO_VENUE_ONLINE
Date: May 12, 2020 Topic: Collaborating with Tech4good, Chat Service Kim Allen of PRIMAL GLOW Communications will be presenting on a year long collaboration with… Read More »Hacknight #241 – Collaborating with Tech4good, Chat Service with Kim Allen & Brett Tackaberry
Date: May 05, 2020 Topic: Interactive Writing and Education Texture is an interactive fiction creation tool created by Jim Munroe and Juhana Leinonen to explore… Read More »Hacknight #240 – Interactive Writing and Education with Jim Munroe & Juhanna Leinonen
Date: Apr 28, 2020 Topic: Emerging Digital and Urban Technologies in Forestry The management of urban natural capital is often challenging. In many cities, practitioners… Read More »Hacknight #239 – Emerging Digital and Urban Technologies in Forestry with James Steenberg & Sophie Nitoslawski
Date: Apr 21, 2020 Topic: Nomadic Labs Luisa and Sharon (the two founders of Nomadic Labs) will be sharing their intentionally slow journey of building… Read More »Hacknight #238 – Nomadic Labs with Luisa Ji & Sharon Kennedy
Date: Apr 14, 2020 Topic: Recap from Code for Canada Summit Civic Tech Toronto co-organizers Curtis McCord and Emily Macrae will share learnings from Code… Read More »Hacknight #237 – Recap from Code for Canada Summit with Curtis McCord & Emily Macrae
Date: Apr 07, 2020 Topic: WeCare COVID-19 In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and this period of physical distancing, an emergency volunteer-based team has come… Read More »Hacknight #236 – WeCare COVID-19 with Andrea Farias
Date: Mar 31, 2020 Topic: Unintended Consequences: NextGen Discrimination Dr. Sarah Saska (She, Her, Hers) is the Co-founder and CEO of Feminuity, a global strategy… Read More »Hacknight #235 – Unintended Consequences: NextGen Discrimination with Dr. Sarah Saska