Looking forward to hosting Darrell Bridge, Ben Dick, and Paul Steeves at our next meetup on November 20! 🎉 Darrell, Ben, and Paul from the City of Ottawa / Ville d’Ottawa will show us how to explore Ottawa through open data, maps, and dashboards. Then, we'll keep moving civic tech project discussions along. Whether you're passionate about civic engagement, tech for good, or creating change at the intersection of technology and society, this event is for you. Let’s come together to learn, share ideas, and build a more impactful Civic Tech Ottawa. 💡 🗓️ When: November 20, 2024, 6:00 PM 📍 Where: Senate Tavern on Bank, 1159 Bank St, Ottawa, ON K1S 3X7 👉 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/dMpyXzBH #CivicTech #TechForGood #CommunityBuilding #OpenData
About us
Ottawa Civic Tech (YOWCT) is a community of citizens from diverse sectors and experiences who are interested in better understanding our complex social and civic challenges and building solutions at the intersection of technology, design, data, policy, entrepreneurship, advocacy, and citizen engagement. YOWCT creates an inclusive environment and safe space for people of all backgrounds to connect, learn, share, collaborate, and participate in the democratic process in a modern and digital world. We aim to build a sustainable community by hosting regular, consistent “hacknights” each and every Tuesday night. A special guest speaker is featured on the first Tuesday of every month, along with project updates being shared and new ideas being pitched to the group. All are welcome. YOWCT is generously hosted at a different location every month, from community spaces to government offices to tech companies, to emphasize the cross-sector nature of our work. We operate with an ‘open’ model (open source software, open government, etc.) which enables collaboration in a non-competitive, non-hierarchical, and non-traditional way.
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http://ottawacivictech.ca/
External link for Ottawa Civic Tech
- Industry
- Civic and Social Organizations
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2016
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The path to new projects is heating up as we kicked off our second event last week at Beyond the Pale Brewing Company. A huge thank you to Gabe Sawhney from Civic Tech Toronto for sharing best practices and inspiring the crowd to pitch new projects of their own. Want to get involved? Join the Ottawa Civic Tech group on Meetup and 🗓️ SAVE THE DATE for our next event on November 20th! https://lnkd.in/eyGAuKXX #ottawa #tech #YOWCT
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We’re grateful and excited to host Gabe Sawhney, co-founder of Civic Tech Toronto, for our next event on Wednesday, October 23rd! 🎉 Gabe will share lessons learned from building a thriving civic tech community in Toronto and how we can apply those lessons to create meaningful impact here in Ottawa. Whether you're passionate about civic engagement, tech for good, or creating change at the intersection of technology and society, this event is for you. Let’s come together to learn, share ideas, and build a more impactful Civic Tech Ottawa. 💡 🗓️ When: October 23, 2024, 6:00 PM 📍 Where: Beyond the Pale Brewing Company, Ottawa 👉 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/edi9Fi6u #CivicTech #TechForGood #CommunityBuilding
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A fantastic turn out last night, as we marked the official return of our community for the first time since the pandemic. So many inspiring conversations on how public, private and nonprofit can work together for the greater good of our city. Thank you to Dominira Saul from DFFRNT.ca for an important talk on design thinking and problem framing to help us start our new projects on the right foot Follow Ottawa Civic Tech for more on upcoming events, projects and networking. 👉 Check out the comments for more ways to get involved. #YOWCT #tech #ottawa #meetup #designthinking #projectmanagement #networking #nonprofit #government #cdnpoli
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