Civic hacknight #375 - Toronto Tree Data (VIRTUAL)

*This is the virtual registration for this event. To attend in person, please RSVP here.

Topic: Toronto Tree Data

• Ethan Sansom will be talking about the correlation between access to urban forestry (street trees) and neighbourhood socioeconomic status in Toronto and across North America. They'll also give a quick demo of how Toronto's Open Data Portal can be used to explore how other civic resources are distributed across Toronto neighbourhoods.

Speaker: Ethan Sansom

• Ethan is a Data Analyst at the Clean Air Partnership in Toronto, where they create vehicle inventories to track municipal greenhouse gas emissions. Ethan also works at the University of Toronto, assisting with research for a Universal Basic Income pilot project.

Join us via Zoom (webcams and mics optional, but encouraged):

• A Zoom link will be made available to everyone who RSVPs!

Agenda:

• 7:00-7:20 = Welcome and Introductions
• 7:20-7:50 = Presentation and Q&A/discussion
• 7:50-9:00 = Breakout groups

Code of Conduct:

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• https://link.civictech.ca/chat

Accessibility:

• We're exploring ways to make our hybrid hacknights more accessible. At the moment we provide video and audio of the presentation through Zoom and automated closed captioning.

About Us:

• Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data. Come and be part of it!

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