A little over a year ago, a team of experts and researchers set out to demystify what shapes smart cities in Canada and what defines an Open Smart City. Since then, the Open Smart Cities in Canada project has reviewed smart city definitions, visions, governance structures, strategies, reports, components, standards, relevant legislation and regulations, and practices across Canada […]
In this open smart cities webinar we present a first ever definition for an Open Smart City and the Open Smart Cities Guide V1.0, informed by research conducted in Canada and an examination of international best practices. In the context of Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge and the public conversation regarding Sidewalk Labs, this webinar gave […]
Have you ever been out on the town, when an overcoming feeling of hunger takes over and all there is to eat is a greasy, soggy slice of “pepperoni” pizza? You might be in a food desert, an area in which it is difficult to buy affordable or good-quality fresh food. In the world of open […]
The Open Smart Cities Guide is the end result of Open Smart Cities in Canada, a year long collaborative research project led by Open North. This guide provides a first ever definition for an Open Smart City and is intended as a starter kit for city stakeholders and decision makers. We expect that this living […]
Join us in welcoming: Robin, Applied Research Analyst, Urban Development As a researcher in urban development, Robin Basalaev-Binder’s professional interests center on understanding and addressing socio-economic inequalities and injustice in the North American context, and globally. In addition to being a core researcher at OpenNorth, Robin is also a Research Associate at the McGill School of […]
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The Open Government Office of Ontario invited us to share findings from its latest report on Making Cities Open by Default: Lessons from open data pioneers and discuss with Denis Carr how City of Toronto worked with Open North in using the Open Data Charter to frame the development of the Toronto’s Open Data Master Plan. The […]
Following this Open Data Day 2018, and in the midst of hackathons, webinars, shared docs, #hashtags, Reddit threads, Medium conversations, and tweets that keep us open data nerds up at night, we would like to take a step back and reflect on the role open data plays in democracy. Transparency, freedom from disruption, and participation […]
Experiencias Canadienses en Apropiación de Datos (Canadian Experiences in Data Appropriation) As part of #OpenDataDay we participated in an online discussion on open data appropriation in Colombia with Somos Mas, Latin American Open Data Initiative and the Ministerio de Tecnologias de la Informacion y las Comunicaciones. The discussion centered on the following 5 core questions: What leads to the adoption of data standards? […]
While AI may make cities’ planning and governance more efficient, it needs to be regulated to ensure it complies with legal rights and protections. Algorithms, machine learning and, more broadly, artificial intelligence (AI) promise to introduce astounding levels of efficiencies to cities’ monitoring of citizens and infrastructure, their planning and governance, and their service response […]
As part of #OpenDataDay we participated in an online discussion on open data appropriation in Colombia with Somos Mas, Latin American Open Data Initiative and the Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones. The Webinar Centered on 5 Core Questions What leads to the adoption of data standards? How can we collaborate in a sustainable way with stakeholders and […]
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