Civic Tech Toronto hacknight #127 - with Andrew Simpson

Presenter: Andrew Simpson from B-Corp

B Corp is to business what Fair Trade certification is to coffee or USDA Organic certification is to milk. B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency.

Today, there is a growing community of more than 2,100 Certified B Corps from 50 countries and over 130 industries working together toward 1 unifying goal: to redefine success in business.

https://www.bcorporation.net/canada

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McKinsey & Company

Note: The Charles street entrance will be locked. Please go around the building, to the Sultan St. entrance at the back.

Please check-in with your security just on the right of the entrance.

Accessibility: The venue is fully accessible.

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Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, and all other Torontonians who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable and equitable, through design, tech, and data. (Coders are welcome, but you don’t have to be a coder to contribute!) Come and be part of it!

Agenda:

6:30-7: Welcome and intros
7-7:30: Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:30-9: Breakout groups (make something!)

For more info, visit civictech.ca. Here's our Code of Conduct: civictech.ca/about-us

Hope to see you Tuesday!