Civic hacknight #376 - Know Your Vote T.O. (IN-PERSON)

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Topic: Know Your Vote TO

• Sarah and Chris will share the process and approach for the Know Your Vote T.O. website that helped voters in Toronto learn about where the candidates in their ward and those running for mayor sat on some of the major issues impacting our city.

Speakers: Sarah Yaffe & Chris Ellis

• Sarah Yaffe makes projects happen and brings people together. Over the course of the last two decades she has worked in live performance, exhibition development, equitable community building, inclusive strategy and democracy evolution.
• Chris Ellis is a Senior Director at MASS LBP a firm focused on strengthening the connection between people and government through better democracy.

Join us in person:

• We're meeting at the office of the Ontario Digital Service at 595 Bay St. Suite 1002. Take the elevator to the 10th floor.
• Our in-person venue is limited to 25 people and we encourage all attendees to wear masks.

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:

• http://civictech.ca/about-us

Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:

• 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!

For more info:

• http://civictech.ca