With over 50% of the human population now living in urban areas, it is no wonder that we are constantly re-moulding and re-imagining our cities. No longer is it enough to be a big metropolis. Cities must be connected, self-aware, intelligent entities; they must be smart. Over recent years, the term ‘smart’ has come to imply a […]
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Le ministère des Relations internationales et de la Francophonie du Québec (MRI), avec le ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères de la France, a subventionné Nord Ouvert dans le cadre du Fonds franco-québécois pour la coopération décentralisée (FFQCD) pour faciliter le développement de partenariats et d’échanges. Nous avons eu la chance de travailler avec […]
In collaboration with Powered by Data, OpenNorth identified the opportunities for Canada to take a leadership role in the global open government movement and expand the Federal Government’s open government policy internationally. We position open government within the arena of foreign policy and as an alternative form of Canadian soft power. Open Government Themes and […]
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Reposted from open.canada.ca Many cities want to open up their data but are not too sure where to start. To support these efforts, Open North and the Government of Canada have piloted the development of a do-it-yourself (DIY) open data toolkit for municipalities. Who should use the Open Data Toolkit? The open data toolkit is aimed at municipalities […]
Read the full article on Medium 2018 will mark 10 years of active and growing open data initiatives. From a political perspective, 10 years might be considered a moment in time, but from a technological point of a view, a decade may represent multiple generations of innovation. In the open data context, where tech and […]
Drawing on our strategic planning, maturity modelling, and stakeholder engagement expertise, Open North is supporting the City of Toronto in developing its Open Data Master Plan, and we’re going about this in a very engaging and collaborative way. Through an iterative series of in-person and online consultations, we will be soliciting feedback from a broad range […]
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About the Workshop Reporting from the 2nd annual Data 4 Impact workshop held in Edmonton (AB) in the lead-up to the Canadian Open Data Summit 2017. The event brought together more than 80 regional and local not-for-profit organizations to raise awareness about the value of data sharing within the sector, provide frameworks and techniques to […]
Smart cities, intelligent cities, sustainable cities, sentient cities, cities as platform, the next city, innovative cities, programmable cities, connected cities, and hackable cities are among the list of labels observed by the Open Smart Cities in Canada project’s Environmental-Scan (E-Scan) and Gap Analysis to describe data-driven and networked urbanism. These labels are created and used […]
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