Date: Oct 31, 2023 Topic: Covering housing at the Toronto Star On Oct. 31, we’ll be joined by May Warren, the Toronto Star’s housing reporter.… Read More »Hacknight #417 – Covering housing at the Toronto Star with May Warren
Date: Oct 24, 2023 Topic: Mapping open shelter spaces On Oct. 24, we’ll be joined by Zachary Donsky. Zach has been leading civic tech projects… Read More »Hacknight #416 – Mapping open shelter spaces with Zachary Donsky & Saheel Acharya
Date: Oct 17, 2023 Topic: Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations On Oct. 17, we’ll be joined by Geordie Dent of the [Federation of Metro Tenants’… Read More »Hacknight #415 – Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations with Geordie Dent
Date: Oct 10, 2023 Topic: HousingNowTO On Oct. 10, we’ll be joined by Mark Richardson of [HousingNowTO](housingnowto.com). He’ll share his experience analyzing and advocating for… Read More »Hacknight #414 – HousingNowTO with Mark Richardson
Date: Oct 03, 2023 Topic: Civic tech projects using Felt [Felt](https://felt.com/) bills itself as an ‘easy and powerful way to make maps on the internet.’… Read More »Hacknight #413 – Civic tech projects using Felt with Nora Shevick
Date: Sep 26, 2023 Topic: The Missing Persons Project The team behind The Missing Persons Project will share how they automated the matching of unidentified… Read More »Hacknight #412 – The Missing Persons Project with Erik Derohanian, Dyl Lavoie, and Isaac McAuley
Date: Sep 19, 2023 Topic: The Time2Reach Transit Map Henry Nguyen will discuss the [Time2Reach transit map](https://map.henryn.ca/), which helps riders estimate travel times on public… Read More »Hacknight #411 – The Time2Reach Transit Map with Henry Nguyen
Date: Sep 12, 2023 Topic: Under the Hood of Ontario.ca Learn about the relationships and teams that support [a single government website](https://www.ontario.ca/page/government-ontario) including the design… Read More »Hacknight #410 – Under the Hood of Ontario.ca with Dara Renton
Date: Sep 05, 2023 Topic: A new TTC Arrivals app The developer of a new [TTC Arrivals](https://ttc-bus-eta.pages.dev/) app will share how and why they built… Read More »Hacknight #409 – A new TTC Arrivals app with Thomas Kam
Date: Aug 29, 2023 Topic: How good is Toronto’s open data? Toronto Open Data will present improvements to its Data Quality Scoring algorithm and interface.… Read More »Hacknight #408 – How good is Toronto’s open data? with Mackenzie Nichols
Date: Aug 22, 2023 Topic: CCI’s Innovation Governance Program Responding to Canada’s need for qualified directors and increased diversity on corporate boards, the Council of… Read More »Hacknight #407 – CCI’s Innovation Governance Program with Gabriella Boulos
Date: Aug 15, 2023 Topic: Open data for safe water recreation Join Mitch and Steve, the folks behind [OpenWaterData.com](OpenWaterData.com) and waterborne IoT devices collecting water… Read More »Hacknight #406 – Open data for safe water recreation with Steve Hulford & Mitch Bechtel
Date: Aug 08, 2023 Topic: Reducing urban noise for a healthier city Join Ingrid Buday, founder of No More Noise Toronto to see how you… Read More »Hacknight #405 – Reducing urban noise for a healthier city with Ingrid Buday
Date: Aug 01, 2023 Topic: TorontoBot: AI to make government accessible Introducing [TorontoBot](https://torontoverse.com/articles/a6_rscnPTmG_8auFQPvg7w/meet-torontobot-torontoverses-ai-powered-municipal), an open-source AI bot designed to make government more accessible. Join us… Read More »Hacknight #404 – TorontoBot: AI to make government accessible with Chris Dinn
Date: Jul 25, 2023 Topic: An Analytical Dive into the Mayoral By-Election What can the results of the recent mayoral election tell us about what… Read More »Hacknight #403 – An Analytical Dive into the Mayoral By-Election with Alex Olson
Date: Jul 18, 2023 Topic: The Disruptive Launch of Rate the Landlord [Rate the Landlord](https://ratethelandlord.org/) is a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote… Read More »Hacknight #402 – The Disruptive Launch of Rate the Landlord with Kellen Wiltshire & RJ
Date: Jul 11, 2023 Topic: Unlocking Secret Canada A behind-the-scenes look at [SecretCanada.com](https://www.secretcanada.com/), a Globe and Mail investigation and civic tech project on freedom of… Read More »Hacknight #401 – Unlocking Secret Canada with Tom Cardoso
Date: Jul 04, 2023 Topic: Celebrating 8 years of Civic Tech Toronto! Venue: Myhal Centre for Engineering and Entrepreneurship
Date: Jun 27, 2023 Topic: Augmentation tech, AI, and the future of an AI-enhanced self self ChatGPT and more advanced AI systems are increasingly becoming… Read More »Hacknight #399 – Augmentation tech, AI, and the future of an AI-enhanced self self with Isabel Pedersen
Date: Jun 20, 2023 Topic: How Games can Inspire Civic Change A discussion of production methodologies of the PeoPoli project and how games and other… Read More »Hacknight #398 – How Games can Inspire Civic Change with Jordan Sparks
Date: Jun 13, 2023 Topic: The Toronto Bids Archive Project For the past six months, volunteers at Civic Tech Toronto hacknights have been working to… Read More »Hacknight #397 – The Toronto Bids Archive Project with Gabe Sawhney, Alex Olson, Saheel Acharya, and Clyne
Date: Jun 06, 2023 Topic: Peeping Platforms: data, surveillance & Pornhub Insights Pornhub Insights routinely circulates fun, colourful infographics detailing the porn viewing habits of… Read More »Hacknight #396 – Peeping Platforms: data, surveillance & Pornhub Insights with Maggie MacDonald
Date: May 30, 2023 Topic: Community-based Research and AI The team from [Concordia’s Applied AI Institute](https://www.concordia.ca/research/applied-ai-institute.html) will discuss artificial intelligence’s impact on housing in Montreal… Read More »Hacknight #395 – Community-based Research and AI with Fenwick McKelvey & Alex Megelas
Date: May 23, 2023 Topic: Introducing Tech Stewardship Introducing [Tech Stewardship](https://programs.techstewardship.com/) practice as a professional identity, orientation and practice that can support us to help… Read More »Hacknight #394 – Introducing Tech Stewardship with Mark Abbott
Date: May 16, 2023 Topic: Behind the scenes: Introducing a principles-based tech framework at the City of Toronto The City’s [Connected Community team](https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/accountability-operations-customer-service/long-term-vision-plans-and-strategies/smart-cityto/) returns to… Read More »Hacknight #393 – Behind the scenes: Introducing a principles-based tech framework at the City of Toronto with Nabeel Ahmed, Hamish Goodwin, and Alex Lougheed
Date: May 09, 2023 Topic: No More Noise Toronto Right on the heels of [the No More Noise Toronto campaign being featured in Hot Docs](https://hotdocs.ca/whats-on/hot-docs-festival/films/2023/do-you-hear-what-i-hear),… Read More »Hacknight #392 – No More Noise Toronto with Ingrid Buday