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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2017 OLITA Digital Odyssey
June 5, 2017
Lead of the programming committee of the 2017 OLITA Digital Odyssey dedicated to games, libraries and learning.
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.
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.
Ranked Ballots Windsor
October 19, 2014
Ranked Ballots Windsor is a citizen-led, non-partisan project to bring ranked ballots to Windsor in time for the 2018 Municipal Election
Windsor Essex Maptime
May 18, 2014
Organizer of the Maptime Windsor-Essex. We had our first meetup on May 13th, 2014. Maptime is a collection of beginner-focused community groups for learning geospatial technology, techniques, and concepts, particularly using open source tools and hands-on practice and exercises.
Open Data Day 2014
On February 22nd, 2014, Open Data Day was celebrated at Hackforge as part of the Open Data Windsor Essex efforts. We had four speakers including myself who presented a brief welcome and introduction to Open Data as well as an Introduction to Web Mapping.
Women in Technology Roundtable
May 30, 2013
With fellow Hackforge Board members, Doug Satori and Anjana Jacob, I helped organize the Women in Technology Roundtable held in conjunction with the Grand Opening of Hackforge on May 30th, 2013.
Board member, Hackforge
Founding member of the Hackforge non-profit board dedicated to establishing a “hackerspace” in the City of Windsor.
Lead organizer, code4lib North
Was the lead organizer for the third meeting of Code4Lib North unconference. It was held at the University of Windsor on May 24 and 25th, 2012.