The Society's learning opportunity this month includes a pair of sessions from the Canadian Open Data Summit, that we are pleased to re-present for all our members and subscribers.

A Roadmap for Open Data Across Canada is presented in English by Steve Czajka, Manager, Smart City at City of Mississauga. It will lay out a vision for how all orders of government across Canada can start to align on data. Subtopics will include: data governance, unified data platforms, open data, data trusts, and blockchain. This presentation is also a call to action for all cities across Canada to collaborate on data, as it underpins our economic transformation and represents an enormous asset.

Data Liberation Matters is presented bilingually by Chantal Goyette, Directrice, Développement des données et rapports chez Dirigeant Principal des données, Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada, and Lorna Jantzen, Assistant Director of Data Partnerships at the Chief Data Officer Branch of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).  It will demonstrate how Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has made public its aggregate and micro (disaggregated) data to inform the general public and the research community. IRCC data, refreshed monthly, have long constituted the majority of top most accessed data on Canada’s Open Data Portal. The aspiration of the presenters is to promote further liberation of data collected by the federal and provincial public services, and the integration of interdepartmental and interjurisdictional data for more effective public policies, monitoring policy outcomes, and greater transparency for stronger public trust in public institutions.

Register today to learn, connect, and respond to these powerful calls to action!