Civic hacknight #149 with Nasma Ahmed: Digital Justice Lab

Presenter: Nasma Ahmed, Executive Director of Digital Justice Lab

We are incredibly excited to have Nasma lead a brief workshop, where we'll together be exploring the significance of digital justice principles and the ways we can use them to facilitate collaborative change on a local level.

*** SOCIAL MEDIA CHEAT CODES:

@nasma_ahmed @digitaljustlab

*** BIOGRAPHIES:

Nasma Ahmed is a black muslimah working within the intersections of social justice, technology and policy. She is a technologist and capacity builder based in Toronto. She is the Executive Director of the Digital Justice Lab a national organization focusing on building a more just and equitable digital future in Canada and fellow with Mozilla-Ford Foundation.

*** THIS MONTH'S VENUE SPONSOR:

Sidewalk Labs

https://sidewalktoronto.ca/

Sidewalk Labs is an Alphabet company that imagines, designs, tests, and builds urban innovations to help cities meet their biggest challenges. They are designing a district in Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront to tackle the challenges of urban growth, working in partnership with the tri-government agency Waterfront Toronto and the local community. This joint effort, called Sidewalk Toronto, aims to make Toronto the global hub for urban innovation.

Check-in details: Use the main entrance facing south (with the ramp) rather than the one closest to the intersection.

If you run into any issues, then please send a message to our "doorbell" at 780-652-2649 (780-6LAB-6IX), and the organizers will get a notification.

Accessibility: Fully accessible.

** TRAVEL INFO

Bike Share/Bike Parking: We’re thrilled to announce that there will be a Bike Share Toronto station right on site, located at Parliament and Lake Shore Boulevard East; bike parking is also available on site.

Bus: 307 is accessible by TTC on the 72B Pape.

Wheel-trans: A designated drop-off/pick-up point can be found on the east side of Small Street, between Parliament Street and Lakeshore Blvd E.

Parking: Pay parking is available at 333 Lakeshore Blvd E (enter from Parliament St).

*** ABOUT US:

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 http://civictech.ca
Here's our Code of Conduct: http://civictech.ca/about-us

Hope to see you Tuesday!