Speaker at the 2025 Bike Windsor Essex AGM
I was one of six speakers at the Bike Windsor Essex AGM held on May 28, 2025.
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Crucial Voices: The Importance of Representation in Public Institutional Leadership
Panelist, “Crucial Voices: The Importance of Representation in Public Institutional Leadership”, SoCA, UWindsor, February 10, 2023.
AGW’s Does Surveillance = Safety? A Community Conversation
I was a panelist for the AGW event, Does Surveillance = Safety? A Community Conversation on January 27, 2022 along with city councillor Rino Bortolin and and Dr. Vincent Manzerolle,.
The Electric Slide(show) – Jane’s Walk 2021
On May 7th, I published The Electric Slide(show): A Tour of Windsor, Ontario’s Electrical Grid for the 2021 Jane’s Walk Windsor Festival.
Covid, Climate, Community
On Friday, February 19th, I was a part of “Covid, Climate, Community: What’s in and What’s Out in the Proposed 2021 Budget” from The Windsor Law Centre for Cities.
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.
“Space and Place” panelist, DIY Urbanism Symposium
I was invited to be a part of the ‘Space and Place’ panel for VABE’s DIY Urbanism Symposium.
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“
Data Carpentry Instructor
August 2, 2019
As a certified instructor in Data Carpentry, I co-taught two lessons on R at the Agriculture Canada’s Harrow R&D Centre on June 27 & 28, 2019.
2017 TPL Invited speaker
December 22, 2017
November 24, 2017, I spoke to librarians of the TPL as part of a speakers series. My talk was called “From the Vertical File to Wikipedia” but it should have been called “From the Vertical File to The Smart City”