A couple of weeks ago, we had our second Community of Practice (CoP) workshop. Initially, I had conceptualized this blog as a kind of hot take coming right on the heels of each exciting event, but Workshop #2 was so rich with collaboration, and the one-on-one ‘office hours’ conversations we had with various participants contained […]
This is the second blog post in a series spotlighting the newest workshop series from the Community Solutions Network program. For this initiative, Open North is launching three new Communities of Practice and an online collaboration forum. These communities are composed of civil servants and Indigenous leaders from towns, cities, or regions all across Canada. […]
The Data Governance Journey User Guide is one of the tools developed by the Data Governance Workstream as part of Montréal in Common. To learn more about our work, we invite you to visit the Data Governance Workstream webpage. You will find in this user guide… When to use it We suggest you start with […]
This is the first blog post in a series spotlighting the newest workshop series from the Community Solutions Network program. For this initiative, Open North is launching three new Communities of Practice and an online collaboration forum. These communities are composed of civil servants and Indigenous leaders from towns, cities, or regions all across Canada. […]
MONTREAL, May 10, 2022 — Two new board members will be joining Open North’s Board of Directors: Feno Rakotondrazaka Maret and Lahcen Fatah. Open North’s Board of Directors supports our mission of advancing the responsible and effective use of data and technology with values-based leadership and strategic oversight and by ensuring good governance. Building from […]
Our white paper, Finding Common Ground: Integrated Climate Action for Open Smart Communities in Canada, was prepared by lead authors Matthew Claudel, Sophie Nitoslawski and Merlin Chatwin, with contributions from the Open North team. This white paper is a starting point toward applying our experience in open smart cities, data governance, and civic technology to […]