Name: Civic hacknight #410 - Under the Hood of Ontario.ca (IN-PERSON)
Start: 2023-09-12T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-09-12T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 595 Bay St.

*\*This is the **in-person registration** for this event. To attend virtually via Zoom, [please RSVP here.](https://www.meetup.com/civic-tech-toronto/events/295786630/)*

**Topic**: Under the Hood of Ontario.ca - What it takes to run a government website

* Learn about the relationships and teams that support [a single government website](https://www.ontario.ca/page/government-ontario) including the design system, website search, content management, service integration, and structured data that ensure a rich and useful experience for the people and businesses of Ontario.

**Speaker**: Dara Renton

* Dara is the Director, Product at the Ontario Digital Service, leading the product teams that work on several government services and platforms, including Ontario.ca.
* During COVID she also led the program that launched Ontario’s first in-house built mobile app, Verify Ontario.
* Previously Dara built and led a digital team at Toronto Public Library transforming the online experience for nearly a million library users over a decade.
* Follow Dara on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/drenton) and [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/drenton/).

**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.
* **Enter using the doors on Bay St.**, just north of Dundas. A volunteer from Civic Tech Toronto will be waiting near the elevators on your right!

**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

**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

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