New National Program Funds Open North Project to Enhance Canada’s Internet

Montreal, Quebec – Open North has received $25,000 from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) to maintain the largest database and API of Canadian electoral boundaries and elected officials at all levels of government, used by non-profits, businesses, journalists and individuals to connect citizens to representatives. CIRA manages the .CA domain and also has a mandate to […]

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Director, Strategic Initiatives and Outreach (Full-Time, Telecommute)

Application deadline: May 10, 2014 Are you passionate about increasing citizen participation in Canadian democracy through the use of technology? Open North is seeking a Director, Strategic Initiatives and Outreach, who will work with the organization’s leadership and staff to: Raise funds from governments and private foundations Create and provide training courses on open data Increase awareness […]

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Making it easy to contact your representatives

This week, we relaunched Represent, our free web service that finds the elected officials and electoral boundaries for any Canadian address or postal code. Open North has been offering this free service for over two years. Many of Canada’s largest nonprofits and unions depend on Represent for their campaigns. Head over to represent.opennorth.ca to see it in action and to learn more […]

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2013 Year in Review

Citizen Budget saw substantial growth in 2013. We launched a new website, participated in our first trade shows, and worked with over a dozen cities and towns across Canada. Citizen Budget is a flexible online budget simulator that municipalities use to gather resident preferences and feedback on the local budget in an easy, engaging and educational […]

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