Civic Hacknight #180 with Toronto Public Library & MASS LBP: KnowYourVoteTO.ca

In September 2018, Toronto Public Library launched Know Your Vote T.O. - a website where voters could learn about the City Council candidates running to represent their neighbourhood at Toronto’s City Council, learn how candidates think Toronto should tackle big issues facing our city, and learn more about how decisions are made in the city we call home. Learn about how this project was developed and join the discussion about how we can continue to foster civic discourse between elections.

Come help us chip away at civic problems by combining technology with the power of our community. We've got everything you need for a perfect Tuesday night: a presentation to learn from, some projects to work on, and pizza (or other food) to snack on!**

• Presenter:

Alex Carruthers, Manager, Learning & Community Engagement at Toronto Public Library.

Laurie Drake, Director of Research and Learning at MASS LBP, Canada's home for democratic innovation and public strategy.

Pam Ryan, Director, Service Development & Innovation at Toronto Public Library.

• Social Media Cheat Codes:

@acecarruthers
@torontolibrary
@masslbp
https://link.civictech.ca/tweet

• Biographies:

Alex Carruthers is the Manager, Learning & Community Engagement at Toronto Public Library. Her portfolio includes digital literacy education, workforce development programming, community outreach and engagement activities and supporting civic engagement.

Laurie Drake is the Director of Research and Learning at MASS LBP, Canada's home for democratic innovation and public strategy. She works on a wide range of policy projects, and helps clients develop unbiased programming and balanced learning materials that support citizen engagement.

Pam Ryan is Director, Service Development & Innovation at Toronto Public Library. She is responsible for creating transformational library services and programs for all major service areas and age groups, including newcomers and vulnerable populations, to digital innovation, literacy and learning, community outreach and engagement, and special collections and digitization.

• Venue Sponsor:

This month's venue and food is sponsored by LoyaltyOne!

Facebook - @LoyaltyOneCo
Instagram - @loyaltyoneculture
Twitter - @LoyaltyOneJobs
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/6327
CSR Page - https://www.loyalty.com/home/about-us/corporate-responsibility

• Check-in details:

Sign-in is required before entering the elevators.

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:

The venue is accessible, with elevators going to the 7th floor, a wheelchair-accessible meeting space, and accessible washrooms.

• 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!

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