Last night I attended the Town Hall Discussion on The Future of the Internet: Access, Openness and Inclusion. There was a hint from the moderator Marita Moll that Industry Canada as part of its Broadband Program might be releasing a map of Canadian broadband. There has been some interesting discussion in the US about access to broadband data at Off the Map and a podcast at All Points Blog. An E-Scan report has been done in Ontario on possibilities for the development of a Broadband Atlas for Ontarians. In all cases access to infrastructure data are highlighted as barriers, particularly as infrastructure has increasingly become privatized and splintered.
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Civil Society Consulations for OGP in Brazil
March 1, 2012 in Uncategorized
The Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) and its Community Data Program is taking a leadership role in open data and open government and will be representing Canadian Civil Society at the Open Government Partnership meetings in Brazil. Harvey Low will be attending, and here is the letter of submission that introduces Harvey and CCSD [...]
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The Community Data Program is Going to Brazil
February 25, 2012 in Uncategorized
I am happy to announce that the Canadian Council on Social Development‘s Community Data Program will be representing Canadian civil society at the Open Government Partnership meetings in Brazil. The letter that was submitted is available here. Harvey Low will be the Rep and he is looking for your insight! If you have not done [...]
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Too much data of a certain kind is not a good thing!
February 18, 2012 in Uncategorized
This is a bit more data than I would like liberated. Loading… Also for some fun you may want to tell Vick everything cuz he really wants to know! #TellVicEverything @ToewsVic #Toews and I thought this one was pretty good: Dear Mr. @ToewsVic Because we love you, I am asking every Canadian to fax you [...]
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Happy V Day
February 14, 2012 in Uncategorized
This card was created for last year! But I am proud to share it again, because, well, ffunction‘s work is timeless.
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Guest blog post: Data dissemination initiatives from Statistics Canada, by Aspi Balsara, government documents librarian.
February 13, 2012 in Uncategorized
Canadians working with statistical and research data include government documents librarians whom we find in most university research libraries. Many government document librarians and their colleagues, the data librarians, participate in the Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) which I introduced in a post honouring one of its founders. They are also often members of the Canadian Association of Public Data [...]
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Where will the map of the Canadian broadband be released and will it cover the entire Canada?
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