Civic hacknight #251 VIRTUAL - CTTO 5th Anniversary

• Topic:

Join us for a moderated panel discussion about the past, present and future of Civic Tech Toronto. To both reflect on and celebrate the successes and challenges of the last five years, and set an energy and a course for the next five years.

• Bios

Jennifer Hollett

Jennifer Hollett is the executive director at The Walrus, Canada’s
Conversation. The Walrus is known for its award winning independent journalism, fact checking, and national ideas-focused events. Jennifer was also the head of news and government at Twitter Canada and co-founded a startup and developed “Super PAC App." Described as a"Shazam for politics" the app debuted #1 in its category in the App Store, helping make political TV ads more transparent.

Nasma Ahmed

Nasma Ahmed is a technologist and community organizer that works within the intersections of social justice, technology and policy. She is currently Director of the Digital Justice Lab, an initiative focused on building a more just and equitable digital future.

Dilini Kurukula

"Dilini Kurukula is a public servant who has been a passionate volunteer within the civic tech community, serving as a co-organizer and participating in a number of civic tech initiatives over the past two years. Since 2018, she has founded and led a civic tech project that is supporting young people in transitional housing through tech skills mentoring."

Emily Macrae (Moderator)

Emily Macrae is a writer and organizer combining policy analysis with lived experience to build accessible digital and urban environments. Over the course of three years with Civic Tech Toronto, she has hacked on the BikeSpace project, asked for help learning Python and filled many roles as a co-organizer.

• Social Media Cheat Codes:

@CivicTechTO #CivicTech #CivicTechTO
https://link.civictech.ca/tweet

• Check-in details:

Join us via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09

Webcams and mics optional, but encouraged!

Join via your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/wc/join/85847811289?pwd=THhwOEQvTlh5R3QvbWxha25xTWdGUT09

Dial-in by phone in Canada:
+1 647 558 0588
Meeting ID: 858 4781 1289
Password: 008446

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack: https://link.civictech.ca/chat

• Accessibility:

We're exploring ways to make our online hacknights more accessible. We provide audio and video of the presentation slides through Zoom, and automated closed captioning through Rev.com.

The closed captions have a slight (noticeable) delay, and 80%+ accuracy.

• 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:

7:00-7:15 pm = Welcome and Introductions
7:15-7:45 pm = Panelist Presentations
7:45-8:50 = Moderated Q&A with Panelists
8:50- 9:00 = Wrap-up and next steps

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

Hope to see you Tuesday!