urging governments to make data about canada and canadians free and accessible to citizens
I like data and think it should be shared at not cost! Especially public data!
Worthwhile Canadian Initiative – aka Prof. Gordon found data in the 2001 Census Handbook pp. 29-34 that did a great comparison of census questions between 1871 and 2001 and then added 2006. His analysis and the table are very enlightening!
This blog post Census Questionnaires – They’ve been long for a long time! has links to almost all of the questionnaires / schedules since the BNA Act of 1867.
I was taking snack break and while doing so perused the #census in twitter and found this little gem. It is a bit long, but I like the idea nonetheless. This is simply animating a power point with images if how many’s in a 100 in Ottawa. We can do so much with data, and why not this type of reporting of the findings, and some engaging visualizations like they do in the NY Times while we are at it! Looks like the Peel Region did something similar with their data!
Ottawa as a 100 person village
Lots of great map examples of how to use and share open data in the UK.
The year open data went worldwide: Tim Berners-Lee on TED.com
Great Video’s on How to visualize and creatively think about data. I can watch these over and over.
I am taking a Census holiday until Wed. Sept. 2.
Today is the last day I have with my son before he goes to Afghanistan as part of the Canadian Military and I have a dissertation that sorely needs attention.
If you have media stuff, or items to add to the list do send them to tlauriau at gmail doc com and I will address them all on Sept. 2.
The Liberals announce An Act to amend the Statistics Act (mandatory long-form census) today.
The Bill – which will be tabled upon the September 20th return of Parliament – clarifies that 20% of the Canadian population will receive a mandatory long-form questionnaire during the period in which the Government of Canada conducts a census. It will also remove the controversial threat of jail time for not completing the census. (1)
Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology Meeting No. 32, Friday, August 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
It is important to keep up with Local Actions and the Canadian Council on Social Development ToolKit is very useful for doing that. There are 20+ days left to get your MP on side.
More Cuts - Aislin, Montreal Gazette
Blackout - Aislin, Montreal Gazette
Nough said!
Hamilton Spec: Code Red for neighbourhood data
The images is from the Hamilton Spec article written by Sara Mayo, Social Planner, Geographic Information Service,
Social Planning & Research Council of Hamilton. Sara is also very active in the work of the Community Social Data Strategy which is a national consortium of 17 regional data user networks that facilitates community access to over $1 million worth of data from Statistics Canada and other sources. There is a regional CSDS network in most big Canadian cities. Members include more than 50 municipalities, as well as local police, social planning councils, health and family service agencies, school boards United Ways and other organizations working on the ground for social development.
Montréal Ouvert is making itself known. Montreal Tech Watch has a great article that included the following video which explains the ideas and inspiration behind Montréal Ouvert.
The Montreal Gazette also published an article today: Group calls on Montreal to join open-data movement Everything from crime stats to garbage-collection times should be available to public, Montréal ouverte says.
Each city has gone about Open Data in a different way. Montréal Ouvert is a grassroots citizen led approach that is quite unique. The Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Edmonton, Nanaimo and London approaches were inspired by city officials who were collaborating with citizens in a variety of ways. I hope the City of Montréal will work with these citizens toward mutually beneficial ends for both citizens and city officials.
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