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 […]
Category: Open data
A Promising Path to Developing Data Governance in the Performing Arts Sector: Exploring Charters and Principles for Data Governance
This report, commissioned as part of the Linked Digital Future Initiative, is a culmination of exploratory activities to develop a governance framework for open and shared data in the performing arts sector. We thank the Canada Council for the Arts and the Government of Canada for their continued support of this foundational work. Data Governance […]
Digital Data Partnerships
Digital data partnerships are initiatives that bring organizations together around a common goal, which they pursue through the sharing and leveraging of data. This report is intended to contribute to the creation and success of digital data partnerships in the public interest. In it, you’ll find practical information for building collaborative data governance that is […]
The art of data sharing webinar – recording now available!
Thank you to all of our participants who joined The art of data sharing webinar on Nov. 24th, 2020. We are happy to share the recording of the event with you! Note: The recording is bilingual and does not include subtitles. Open North partnered with CAPACOA, a performing arts service organization, to explore the use […]
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COVID-19: Challenges facing open and shared COVID-19 data
COVID-19: Challenges facing open and shared COVID-19 data
What is the role of open data in the response and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic? What datasets, data use cases, and data sharing practices should be promoted to scale our collective action? On July 2nd, Open North and the Standards Council of Canada hosted a public consultation to discuss the role of open data […]
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ARL Open Data Analyst pursuing graduate studies at University College London
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
Workshop on data management for a homelessness information system
OpenNorth recently had the privilege of delivering a day-long workshop in Halifax on effective data management for homelessness practices to an engaged group of individuals who work in the field of homelessness service provision (such as homeless shelters and outreach centres). OpenNorth’s workshop was a part of a greater two-day long workshop organized by Employment […]
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Municipal Information Systems Association Ontario Webinar—Open North Open and Smart Cities
As Canadian municipalities pursue developing and deploying open and smart city strategies and roadmaps, it is suggested in this open smart cities webinar that there are tools, practices, policies, and legislation that can inform and assist public officials in decision making about the deployment of open smart cities and the processes and procedures that enable […]