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ARL Open Data Analyst pursuing graduate studies at University College London

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Hannah Ker, the Applied Research Lab’s Open Data Analyst, is saying goodbye to OpenNorth as she leaves to pursue a Master’s degree in Spatial Data Science at the University College London (UCL) this fall. Over her year at OpenNorth, Hannah has worked on a number of projects and contributed to the development of the Applied […]

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Open Data for Smart City and Urban Development: Cases of Open Data Production and Use in the Global South

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Open data has proven useful in the global South where progress can often be inhibited by socioeconomic factors. In such places, open data enables governments, international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and local public and private leaders to innovate and create. Events such as the International Open Data Conference (IODC) and organisations such as the Open Data […]

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Summer Newsletter

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OpenNorth’s Executive Director Jean-Noé Landry met with The Obama Foundation and former United States President Barack Obama at the Open Government Partnership’s Global Summit in Ottawa this past May. Welcome from the Executive Director Hello and welcome. Big news everyone! With longer term funding for multi-year programs in Canada and around the world, OpenNorth is […]

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Reporting on Smart City Discourse from RightsCon 2019

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My week at RightsCon 2019 RightsCon is an annual meeting of human rights activists, civil society representatives, government officials, researchers, academics, and individuals from the tech and private sector. This year RightsCon was held in Tunis, Tunisia, both a timely and appropriate setting, given that the civil society uprising which took its roots in Tunis in […]

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Looking back at our discussions on smart cities with French municipal leaders

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A week of discussion on smart cities Open North and our partner CIVITEO, a firm which provides consulting services to support the ethical and efficient management of public data in Nantes, France, organized a learning exchange for a delegation of French ‘smart city’ leaders. For a week at the end of April 2019, the group […]

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Two stories of open government from São Paulo and Santiago what we learned about local inclusion

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This is the first in a series of “What We Heard” posts from the Applied Research Lab with reflections from the Open Government Partnership Summit 2019. Giving meaning to inclusion The Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit 2019 provided a platform for participants to share their locally-initiated open government projects. Throughout the week we heard from speakers ranging […]

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Reflections on the Open Government Partnership Summit Let’s talk about literacy

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This is the first in a series of “What We Heard” posts from the Applied Research Lab with reflections from the Open Government Partnership Summit 2019. What were people talking about at the OGP Summit? In its variety of forms, technology was at the center of many discussions at the recent global Open Government Partnership (OGP) Summit […]

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What We’re Up To: Data Literacy and Public Consultations

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Data literacy is an increasingly important skill for individuals and organizations across many sectors. Before anyone can make decisions based on data (ie. the “data-driven decision making” paradigm that we hear so much about), they first need to be able to open, read, process, analyze, and summarize that data. Open North’s work in the domain […]

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