civictech.ca We are a community of tech-minded folk making civic life better in Toronto. Come and join our weekly online and in-person events with speakers, discussions and project breakouts! Upcoming events: https://guild.host/civic-tech-torontohttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mwqeelt3222i👉️️ Tue Oct 6 → 7pm • in-person & online Most Canadian cities bury council records in one-off formats and PDFs, sometimes scanned. Toronto's are a breath of fresh air. Mike Nikles on making every format searchable with @civic-lens.ca! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-563-canadian-9q3r8p30 Sep 2026 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqeelt3222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mw6q4dxt6s2d👉️️ Tue Sept 29 → 7pm • in-person & online Face scanning to guess your age is becoming the price of protecting kids online. Sara Grimes asks whether it works and what it means for children's privacy and rights! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-562-ban-3yn1pp23 Sep 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw6q4dxt6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mvmzuhjet22o👉️️ Tue Sept 22 → 7pm • in-person & online Dark patterns used to be a buried opt-out or a sneaky button. Now they're in your chats with AI. Dominique Kelly on why they're harder to resist, especially for young users! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-561-dark-0ksjeu16 Sep 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvmzuhjet22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mv3jrlblak2c👉️️ Tue Sept 15 → 7pm • in-person & online What would Bill C-22 mean for your privacy and human rights? Lawyer Cynthia Khoo (@cyn-k.bsky.social) presents the Citizen Lab and CCLA's joint analysis of the surveillance it would expand. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-560-unnecessary-0wipnh09 Sep 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3jrlblak2chttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mukpwxcnns2o👉️️ Tue Sept 8 → 7pm • in-person & online What can apps learn about your health from your voice, your cough, and other sounds? Stephen J. Neville (@silentrecord.bsky.social) tracks a decade of growing privacy and discrimination risks! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-559-creeped-1zbsks02 Sep 2026 19:59 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukpwxcnns2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mtyfpgw2gs2y👉️️ Tue Sept 1 → 7pm • in-person & online What does the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario do? @ipcontario.bsky.social's Christopher Parsons and Sharly Chan explain how they protect your rights in a changing tech landscape! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-558-information-6d4i4x26 Aug 2026 13:08 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyfpgw2gs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mtm2mp27g22u👉️️ Tue Aug 25 → 7pm • in-person & online Anna H, Julian Egelstaff and Adam Khafagy of ClimateFast built the People's Data Centre Map, so residents can see existing and proposed AI data centres near them! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-557-peoples-ajmy1121 Aug 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtm2mp27g22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mt2qmnbz322d👉️️ Tue Aug 18 → 7pm • in-person & online A cyberattack downed every Toronto Public Library system, yet all 100 branches stayed open. TPL CIO Steve Till-Rogers on leading the response, the rebuild, and the lessons! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-556-lessons-ctlgvm14 Aug 2026 18:04 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2qmnbz322dhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3msdpnqbils2b👉️️ Tue Aug 11 → 7pm • in-person & online Producer @danielbekerman.bsky.social (The VVitch, The Apprentice) shares why he's building a worker-owned co-op streaming platform, changing the medium before the message gets bleaker! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-555-its-q2ks4605 Aug 2026 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdpnqbils2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3ms6ob4sc2s2k👉️️ Tue Aug 4 → 7pm • in-person & online What is a queer archive, and how does it survive online? Digital Archivist Natasha Fisher gives an accessible intro to how The ArQuives future-proofs Canada's 2SLGBTQIA+ history! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-554-how-1jsxld03 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6ob4sc2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mrg72vkgvs2v👉️️ Tue July 28 → 7pm • in-person & online How can tech help your neighbourhood flourish? Relational Tech Project's Deborah Tien (@detien.bsky.social) is building infrastructure to spread ideas and tools place to place. Let's experiment! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-553-how-f7gsy324 Jul 2026 20:31 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrg72vkgvs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mqu6rhqkrs2x👉️️ Tue July 21 → 7pm • in-person & online Want better TTC service? Luke Li's TransitBunny RT uses live vehicle data to catch delays and bottlenecks, so you can report exactly where service is failing, backed by data! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-552-want-k7wtlr #GTFS #GTFSRT17 Jul 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqu6rhqkrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mq56wzf2kk2z👉️️ Tue July 14 → 7pm • in-person & online Tired of the pothole no one fixes? Ahmed Nadar built SolveTO for Toronto, turning one photo into a report the city can act on. Learn what a tool like this could mean for other Canadian cities. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-551-solveto-i4v3p908 Jul 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq56wzf2kk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mpwahbqc5s2g👉️️ Tue July 7 → 7pm • in-person & online Learn more about the Church Street Pedestrianization Pilot happening this summer! With @chanface.bsky.social and @francescapoli.bsky.social. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-550-the-grgaj605 Jul 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpwahbqc5s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3moigadmmtc2i👉️️ Tue June 23 → 7pm • in-person & online One year in, the TWC Canada Organizing Committee facilitates a discussion addressing the worries tech workers face: layoffs, top-down AI mandates, and AI usage tracking. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-548-one-6silor17 Jun 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3moigadmmtc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mnxtmuqlec2a👉️️ Tue June 16 → 7pm • in-person & online How child-friendly is your neighbourhood? Dr. Emily Gemmell (@egemmell.bsky.social) shares an urban playability index scoring how well Canada's 35 largest cities support kids' outdoor play and health! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-547-the-pu0cd510 Jun 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxtmuqlec2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mnhpljzpck2d👉️️ Tue June 9 → 7pm • in-person & online Lightning updates from four Civic Tech projects: Landlord & Tenant Board data explorer, @bikespaceto.bsky.social, @techfordemocracy.bsky.social, and @civicdashboard.bsky.social. See what's new! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-546-project-ablyg604 Jun 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnhpljzpck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mmyuejw5hk2t👉️️ Tue June 2 → 7pm • in-person & online Using AI in your civic tech work but unsure how to build responsibly? Learn how Smol Gardens, a civic tech accountability framework, can help through a hands-on vibecoding workshop! ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-545-smol-bv41d629 May 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyuejw5hk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mmcuetpfxs2w👉️️ Tue May 26 → 7pm • in-person & online Maple Scan has helped thousands of Canadians support Canadian products. Sasha Ivanov will tell the story of how his app brought volunteers together to make product information more transparent. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/from-tariffs-to-transparency-x69sg020 May 2026 21:36 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcuetpfxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mlqcucnkq22r👉 Tue May 19 → 7pm • in-person & online The housing system isn't broken from lack of listings — it's missing an intelligence layer. Bisola Mariam on what that means and how to fix it. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-543-the-dh5n0613 May 2026 12:34 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqcucnkq22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3ml6wqdwnzs22👉 Tue May 12 → 7pm • in-person & online A frustrating search for places to play badminton led Ann Chen to build a drop-in programs finder with open data. She’ll share what she learned creating a tool to save people time when life gets busy. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-542-using-2vakqi06 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wqdwnzs22https://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mkpmiibdqk2x👉 Tue May 5 → 7pm • in-person & online Combining AI with municipal data opens new ways to understand how a city really works. Raviteja Katipally on what Toronto's 311 service requests tell us about neighbourhood patterns & city services. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-541-reading-hckp5s30 Apr 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpmiibdqk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mk3ho4bkf22m👉 Tue Apr 28 → 7pm • in-person & online Terra Gillespie (@terraloire.bsky.social) on how data gets dressed up to deceive — and how to spot the difference between honest numbers and misleading ones. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-540-numbers-3onf9n22 Apr 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3ho4bkf22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mjmfbcmdgk2n👉 Tue Apr 21 → 7pm • in-person & online Poe Han Thar Kyaw on how governments actually govern AI — comparing values, mechanisms & tradeoffs across the world to find what works, and where Canada fits in. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-539-how-gebnuu16 Apr 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmfbcmdgk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mjcqgbn4u22h👉 Sunday Apr 19 → 12pm • in-person Civic Space Sunday April edition! Free coworking at @1rg.space for anyone interested in tech for civic good — whether you have a project, want to join one, or are just curious. https://luma.com/civic-space-2026-april12 Apr 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcqgbn4u22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mj3j4qvt722j👉 Tue Apr 14 → 7pm • in-person & online Eugene Chen on building a volunteer-made doorknocking app for a successful mayoral race — using open data to cover 500K+ Edmonton addresses, now adapted for Toronto. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-538-volunteerbuilt-a72oz309 Apr 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3j4qvt722jhttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3migp6bpqgk23👉 Tue Apr 7 → 7pm • in-person & online @thelocal.to's @wencyleung.bsky.social on how local journalism digs into the data — Ontario sold Health811 as a great service, but wait times of up to 11 hours tell a different story. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-537-digging-sdz6ix01 Apr 2026 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3migp6bpqgk23https://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mhxl6t22js2p👉 Tue Mar 31 → 7pm • in-person & online @ilyakreynin.bsky.social makes the case: civic tech projects aren't startups — they're more like community organizations. What can they learn from organizing and its principles? He'll show you. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-536-not-75dmnb26 Mar 2026 12:11 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxl6t22js2phttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mhlaxpahls2w👉 This Sunday Mar 22 → 12pm • in-person Civic Space Sundays is back! Free coworking at @1rg.space for anyone interested in tech for civic good — whether you have a project, want to join one, or are just curious. https://luma.com/civic-space-2026-mar21 Mar 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhlaxpahls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/civictechto.bsky.social/post/3mhgmfoqkk22v👉 Tue Mar 24 → 7pm • in-person & online Ghazaleh Mohseni presents a data-driven framework to improve bus network performance using real-time transit data, ML & optimization. ✚ discussions & breakouts! https://guild.host/events/civic-meetup-535-headway-usnbxs19 Mar 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:icuv4md5bt6zpqtk52dr7dln/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgmfoqkk22v