BetaCity Learn/Data-thon on COVID Recovery! + Data/Tech Jobs

Want to use data to help Edmontonians understand their city better? Or learn how to do so with data tools? Or build something for your portfolio/career? Join us!

*** Intro Session + Reboot ***
[7:00-7:10] We’re back! Let’s talk about new ways to generate ideas, collaborate, teach, learn and build projects for our community.

*** Taproot: Helping Edmontonians better understand their city ***
[7:10-7:15] Taproot co-founder, Karen Unland, discusses its mission to help communities understand themselves better, and how YOU (the talented Beta City YEG community) can contribute to that mission.

*** Brainstorming ***
[7:15-7:25] Join us in brainstorming ideas and insights we could draw from the Open Table dataset that shows restaurant bookings for in-person dining throughout COVID. How can this help us understand the recovery of in-person restaurant rates? How does Edmonton compare to other Canadian cities or to other cities around the world?

*** Working Session ***
[7:25-7:45] Choose your own adventure:

1. Brainstorming more ideas + Networking
2. A live Tableau learn & do session to explore the dataset to find insights from brainstorming
3. Experienced data scientists can group up or go off solo to dive into the dataset

*** Show and Tell ***
[7:45-8:00] Show what we've come up with and end, talking about next steps

Video link will be sent a few days before the meetup to those who have RSVPed, please do so!

*** Data/Tech Jobs in Edmonton ***
Looking for a career in data/tech, or for people to fill a position? Here are a few links from the latter group that forwarded their postings to us:

• Senior Open Data Analyst, City of Edmonton
  https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/2873739420/

• Manager, Analytics and Reporting @ AutoCanada
  https://workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/default/mdf/recruitment/recruitment.html?cid=cb2e4f6a-a4c1-4100-b9b7-1808d5676316&ccId=19000101_000001&jobId=432315&lang=en_CA&source=CC4

• Product Manager, Islamic Family and Social Service Association
  https://pages.qwilr.com/Apply-to-be-IslamicFamily-ca-s-Product-Manager-L8WhuAsLSxSi

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About BetaCityYEG

We are the city and region's citizen-led digital engagement group with a mandate to connect citizens with opportunities to learn about, provide feedback for, and participate in projects that improve our community with technology.

Check out our site (http://www.betacity.ca). It's got previous community projects and future ideas.