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March 16, 2008 by Hugh | No comments
A great map of Australia, as seen by traditional aboriginal tribes. I can’t imagine the Canadian government doing something like this.
One curious note, below the map, the fine print says:
Disclaimer and Warning: Not suitable for use in native title and other land claims
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February 6, 2012 in Uncategorized
Below is the letter that was submitted today requesting that the Community Data Program be a civil society representative for Canada at the Open Government Partnership meetings in Brazil 2012. Community Data Program OGP Submitted Letter View more documents from Tracey P. Lauriault
February 4, 2012 in Uncategorized
The date of submission is Monday the 6th of February. If you have comments or would like to endorse this letters please email me at tlauriau@gmail.com, Thanks! The CDP just received a new endorsement from Open North Inc. Community Data Program DRAFT letter to Open Government Partneship View more documents from Tracey P. Lauriault
February 4, 2012 in Uncategorized
Matthew is a graduate student at the University of Alberta, an Open Data advocate and an aspiring neogeographer. He can be reached via email at mdance@ualberta.ca or @mattdance. I met at the Cybera Data for All Summit in Banff last year. ********************************* The GeoWeb, Citizen Science and Open Data We are at a confluence. The two related [...]
February 2, 2012 in Uncategorized
It is very troubling when the nation’s top data producing agency squashes debate and pretends that the data it is producing is ‘methodologically sound and scientifically valid’ and communications departments call the shots while scientists, methodologists and subject matter specialists are silenced. The governments is promoting transparency on one side (e.g. open.gc.ca), Canada has signed onto [...]
January 17, 2012 in Uncategorized
Why Canadians Should Participate in the SOPA/PIPA Protest and what you can do. (via Michael Geist)
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