Civic Hacknight #452: The Grocery Tracker (IN-PERSON)

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

Topic: Grocery Tracker: Leveraging Data for Food Transparency in Toronto

Speaker: Eric Wickham

Eric Wickham is a journalist in Toronto working on the Grocery Tracker, a data driven reporting project for The Hoser in partnership with Northwestern University. The Grocery Tracker collects data on food staples in stores across the city, and has recently expanded to accept community data submissions for local, independent stores.

Join us in person:

• We're meeting at UofT's Myhal Centre, at 55 St George Street. We'll be in room 380. 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

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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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