Name: Civic Hacknight #442: How Local Groups Digitally Engage Torontonians (IN-PERSON)
Start: 2024-05-07T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-07T21:00:00-04:00
Location: 55 St George St

***\*This is the in-person registration for this event.\****

**Topic:** Things Only Move at the Speed of Trust': How Local Groups Digitally Engage Torontonians

The talk will present research from a Future of Canada Fellowship about how resident-led and community-serving groups are mobilizing and engaging the public in Toronto. The presentation will discuss how hyperlocal online spaces are being used and designed to conduct the on-the-ground outreach efforts of 15 local civic organizations, the types of issues these organizations are focused on, the challenges they face and opportunities to support their efforts.

**Speakers:** Nick Vlahos

Nick Vlahos is the Deputy Director of the Center for Democracy Innovation at the National Civic League, working to improve official public meetings, mapping the American healthy democracy ecosystem, researching local civic leadership, and bringing together parliamentarians for an exchange on global innovations in democracy. Nick is passionate about citizen empowerment and collaborative public service provisioning in contexts of inequality.

**Join us in person**:

* We're meeting at UofT's Myhal Centre, at 55 St George Street. We'll be on the 8th floor. There will be signs!

**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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