Safer Communities in a ‘Smart Tech’ World
Co-organizer of a speaking event on Jan 22. 2020 called “Safer Communities in a ‘Smart Tech’ World” exploring the legal, public policy, criminology, and digital technology issues raised by Amazon Ring.
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Smart City guest panelist
On August 21, 2019 I was a guest panelist on the podcast Rose City Politics for an episode about smart cities called “Sidewalks and Monorails“
NationBuilder manager
December 17, 2018
For the 2018 Municipal Election in Windsor, Ontario, volunteered for the Vote Holt campaign by helping set up and maintain Chris Holt’s Nation Builder website.
Repair the World
Repair the World is a monthly meet-up at Hackforge of those who want to learn more about the technologies and policies we can employ in Windsor-Essex to lead us towards a carbon-neutral future and to help our community cope with the effects of global warming.
HTML and CSS Workshop for Girl Guides
Led two workshops on “HTML and CSS” at Camp Bryerswood (Girl Guides Of Canada) on June 3, 2017.
Bicycling Data for Bits and Bikes
In support of Hackforge’s Bits and Bikes programming for the month of May 2016, I acquired and transformed an number of open data sets on behalf Open Data Windsor Essex and Bike Windsor Essex. As well, I spoke about this work with Sarah Morris, managing director of Hackforge, at the Windsor Bike Summit on May […]
ODWE Community Data Portal
On Sept. 19, 2015, Hackforge launched ODWE.ca , the first community open data portal in Ontario. The launch included data sets made available through our community partners Ford City Neighbourhood Renewal and Pathway to Potential.
Started a conversation about the city flag
September 19, 2015
Inspired by a podcast and TED Talk by Roman Mars, I wrote up a post about how the city of Windsor needs a re-designed flag which sparked a city-wide conversation.