http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/ 2010-09-09T00:41:39-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/ http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/about?rev=1184433556&do=diff Content of this page is now at FrontPage text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/abstracts?rev=1184433556&do=diff CivicAccess Conference Abstracts TITLE: CivicAccess.ca: Democracy in an information age and the need for free and open civic data AUTHORS: Tracey P. Lauriault (tlauriau@magma.ca) & Gabe Sawhney (gabe@pwd.ca); CivicAccess.ca CONFERENCE: Geotec 2006: : Celebrating History and Innovation Ottawa (ON) Canada text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/actions?rev=1184433556&do=diff This page is dedicated to all aspects related to freeing civic data in Canada. Therefore, content such as Free data actions from around the world, reports that discuss important concepts & impediments (e.g. Crown Copyright or cost recovery), links to papers, blogs, news pieces, important actors, along with policy work and potential strategies for Canada. It would also be great to see some collective action in Canada on this topic. So if you have ideas and this is something you feel passionat… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/actionsforfreeingdata?rev=1184433556&do=diff moved to Actions text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/activities?rev=1184433556&do=diff Activities The 'Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data (COACID)' (or CivicAccess for short!) wiki is designed to encourage people to share, interact, find, and explore information and data access issues. The more people share their knowledge, the merrier and as a warmer upper here are some ways to do so: text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/altonhollett?rev=1184433556&do=diff Alton Hollett, Director of Statistics for the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/andrewhubbertz?rev=1184433556&do=diff Andrew Hubbertz Librarian Emeritus University of Saskatchewan Library andrew.hubbertz@usask.ca text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/apropos?rev=1184433556&do=diff Le contenu de cette page a été déplace dans PageD'Accueil text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/badcontent?rev=1184433556&do=diff ([\w\-_.]+\.)?(l(so|os)tr)\.[a-z]{2,} (blow)[\w\-_.]*job[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (buy)[\w\-_.]*online[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (casino|gambling|porn|\bsms|poker|milf|busty|prescription|pharmacy|penis|pills|enlarge)[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (diet|penis)[\w\-_.]*(pills|enlargement)[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (donne|annunci|tatuaggi|canzoni|musicali|scarica|salute|sesso|hentai|ragazze|sonnerie)[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (i|la)-sonneries?[\w\-_.]*\.[a-z]{2,} (levitra|lolita|phentermine|viagra|vig-?rx|zyban|valtex|xenical|adip… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/bentremblay?rev=1184433556&do=diff Je suis ici! Email : MailTo(ab006 AT chebucto.ns.ca) Link minded, I've been using IT in service of the “emancipation project ” sine 1975. Right now my major project is ”Participatory Deliberation” ... ---------- CategoryHomepage text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/bobgibson?rev=1184433556&do=diff Bob Gibson can be met at <http://www.gibsonlibraryconnections.ca/whoweare.htm>. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/categorytemplate?rev=1184433556&do=diff <http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/176/ukwle5.jpg> HACKED BY UKW TİM UNKNOWNS.US Uqur-X SLAYER CRAZY DORUK ASİKRAL text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/catherineroy?rev=1184433556&do=diff Oeuvrant depuis plus de 15 ans dans les milieux des personnes handicapées et communautaires, Catherine a collaboré avec diverses organisations préoccupées par les enjeux entourant, entre autres, l'accessibilité architecturale, la santé et les services sociaux, l'éducation et l'emploi ainsi que les politiques et programmes publics. Depuis 1999, Catherine travaille principalement sur l'accès des québécois handicapés à la société du savoir et aux technologies de l'information. Elle a coordonné ou c… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/censusaction?rev=1184433556&do=diff 2006 CensusAction to access civic data at not cost to the public Action pour accéder au données civiques du recensement 2006 gratuitement This is a new page to begin working on a petition or other actions related to the acquisition of the 2006 Census and other data from Statistics Canada at no cost to citizens. Content is coming from the list - civicaccess-discuss_civicaccess.ca text/html 2010-07-17T20:53:28-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/change_montreal_2010?rev=1279414408&do=diff 'OpenGov Montreal 2010' in the works..... Tentative speaker list *Kent Mewhort I was thinking could be really good. he's from montreal and has been scraping case law from gc.ca to make www.nomus.ca. smart *think we could get Michael Geist? *someone from openparliament.ca/ *and someone from the toronto scene. (Mark Kuznicki?) *...and tremblay.... (dot dot dot) text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/citysondage?rev=1184433556&do=diff CitySondage Une action d'AccesCivique pour mieux connaître la disponibilité des données dans nos villes à travers le pays. A CivicAcces action to get a feel for degree of access in cities across the country. At the Montreal CivicAccess meeting, on July 10th, we discussed a project to mobilize members to find the availability of civic data in ours cities. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/civicaccess?rev=1184433556&do=diff Short form name of Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data. CivicAccess a group of citizens which believes all levels of government should make civic information and data accessible at no cost in open formats to their citizens. ---------- from the Civic Access mail list: text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/community_ideas?rev=1184433556&do=diff There are numerous community based ideas that do not belong in a pre-determined geography. This is a place to put some novel ideas related to data and information. Il y a plusieurs initiatives au niveau des collectivités qui croissent les frontières géographique. Ceci est un expace libre dévoué au partage de ces initiatives unique. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/conferences?rev=1184433556&do=diff A place to liste media references, abstracts, conferences, etc. where CivicAccess is talked about. Présentation de conférence Stéphane Guidoin et Michael Lenczner (2006) 'L'accès libre aux données et informations civiques', à la Conférence sur les Logiciels Libres et les Administrations Publiques Québec, QC, 23-24 mai 2006, Canada. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/coryhorner?rev=1184433556&do=diff Cory's Home Page My interests include doing fun things with data, working to enact change in our backwards little world, and generally causing trouble. Much of my free time is taken up by 'How'd They Vote', which keeps track of federal and provincial politicians. I live in Victoria, BC, and work as a software developer with Refractions Research, an open-source GIS consulting company. A significant portion of my work hours are spent on an open-source GIS client called uDig. I hold an electri… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/danielfaivre?rev=1184433556&do=diff GIS expert for Camptocamp SAS France. Creator of the PGL license initiative (PGL=Public Geodata License). In France too, we suffer of a lack of publications of public data (I mean data produced with public money). ---------- Expert en géomatique pour Camptocamp SAS France. Créateur du projet de licence PGL (PGL=Public Geodata License). En France aussi, nous souffrons d'un manque de publications des données publiques (Je veux dire produites avec de l'argent public). text/html 2008-10-21T13:42:34-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/danielharan?rev=1224610954&do=diff In September of 2005, in a crazy fit of legal masochism, I filed a freedom of information request for my city's council boundaries in electronic format. The case was lost, with the NS Supreme Court judge ruling that shapefiles were not 'documents', but 'mechanisms' with which to produce documents. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/darinbarney?rev=1184433556&do=diff official Bio Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship, McGill University. Area of Interest: The philosophy and political economy of technology, with special emphasis on the democratic implications of digital information and communication technologies. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/delicious?rev=1184433556&do=diff TEST TEST TEST - Try to print syndicated content Webpages related to CivicAccess (tagged as CivicAccess in Del.icio.us) Pages web liées à CivicAccess (marquées en tant que CivicAccess dans Del.icio.us) <script language=“JavaScript” src=“<http://convert.rss-to-javascript.com/?chan=1&desc=1&num=15&src=http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fcivicaccess>”> </script><noscript>Your browser does not support JavaScript. <a title='RSS-to-JavaScript.com: Free RSS to JavaScript Converter' href=<http://w… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/democratic_projects?rev=1184433556&do=diff moved content to ProjetsCitoyens text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/dorykornfeld?rev=1184433556&do=diff dory {at} renf {dot} org * <http://renf.org/dory> * <http://wirelesstoronto.ca> * <http://torontoist.com> text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/drewmakepeace?rev=1184433556&do=diff A.J. (Drew) Makepeace Email: MailTo(drew AT SPAMFREE environ DOT ca) The issue of public data access is an extremely important one, and the current culture of excluding the public from access to civic data must be reversed. Much government-owned data is only available at a high price to the purchaser. Other data is simply not available at all. This has a serious negative impact on small organizations that require such data to conduct business. Spatial data is a case in point. In a great … text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/fabianrodriguez?rev=1184433556&do=diff I am mostly interested in helping with free/open formats for audio and video content publishing. Contact/personal site: <http://www.FabianRodriguez.com> text/html 2007-10-03T07:55:07-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/founders?rev=1191412507&do=diff 'The following is the list of CivicAccess Founders' 'Voici la liste des fondateurs du groupe AccesCivique' * DarinBarney - Canada Research Chair in Technology and Citizenship, McGill University * MarcusBornfreund - lawyer, Creative Commons Canada text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/frenchdict?rev=1184433556&do=diff About:: APropos CivicAccess:: AccesCivique text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/frontpagemockup?rev=1184433556&do=diff wiki civicaccess-discuss Resources Activities = Welcome to Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data = We believe that citizens need open and free access to civic information and data, particularly in an information society. Being an engaged citizen means being an informed citizen. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/gabesawhney?rev=1184433556&do=diff Gabe Sawhney (gabe -at- pwd.ca) * <http://murmurtoronto.ca> * <http://wirelesstoronto.ca> * <http://torontopia.ca> text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/grahamlongford?rev=1184433556&do=diff Profile text/html 2009-12-02T10:00:33-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/helpcontents?rev=1259766033&do=diff Version française de l'aide en ligne : IndexDeL'Aide Here is a tour of the most important help pages: * HelpForBeginners - if you are new to wikis * HelpOnNavigation - explains the navigational elements on a page * HelpOnSearching - explains the search functions text/html 2007-08-03T22:40:09-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/hughmcguire?rev=1186195209&do=diff * Email: hughmcguire AT gmail D0T com * Peronal URL: http://hughmcguire.net * Location: Montreal Writer and ex-engineer, interested/active in distributed media, public domain, free software, among other things. Founder of LibriVox, free public domain audiobooks read by regular folk. Co-founder of Collectik.net, a community of podcast listeners. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/ideas?rev=1184433556&do=diff What needs to be here? What would you love to see? Do you have suggestions? Qu'est-ce que devrait être ici? Qu'est-ce que vous aimeriez voir? Avez-vous des suggestions? I'm thinking about putting a bounty on this: (MichaelLenczner) <http://www.parl.gc.ca/oec/en/media/annual_reports/reports/TravelReport2005_EN.pdf> text/html 2009-02-05T19:53:05-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/joelrivard?rev=1233881585&do=diff I'm currently working at Carleton University library as the GIS/Data Technician. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/joemurray?rev=1184433556&do=diff Joe Murray is President of JMA Consulting, an online e-Advocacy consulting firm (<http://www.jmaconsulting.biz>). JMA Consulting has worked with public sector data on behalf of numerous clients, including voters lists and geographic information with environmental, demographic and electoral attributes. Dr. Murray is Chair of Fair Vote Ontario, a multi-partisan group advocating proportional representation in Ontario's Legislature. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/judythmermelstein?rev=1184433557&do=diff Email: <judyth.mermelstein at mail.mcgill.ca> ... This page is really just a “placeholder” since I hardly know what to say about who I am. Explaining why I care about civic access issues would take longer than I can spare at the moment, so I hope this brief introduction will do for now. text/html 2007-10-01T03:17:12-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/launch?rev=1191223032&do=diff ---------- Private Launch /Invitation - DONE /PossibleCoFounders - DONE ---------- Public Launch todo list: 'DONE' - *translate public announcement 'DONE' - *check list of founders on public announcement 'DONE' - *move frontpage to welcome 'DONE' - *move about to frontpage. move apropos to paged'acceuil. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/les_politiques?rev=1184433557&do=diff page moved to - <http://www.civicaccess.ca/wiki/Politiques> 'List of pages in this category:' FullSearch() ---------- CategoryCategory text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/licenses?rev=1184433557&do=diff This page will be for all things related to data and information licenses. That means initiatives, ideas, discussion, vocabulary, glossary, references, important debates, links and etc. If this is your thing, then please populate the page! Cette page est dediée au licenses. Ceci veut dire des programmes, initiatives, des idées, discussions, vocabulaire, glossaires, références, débats et des liens etc. Si ce sujet vous intéresse, mettez donc du contenu! text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/localbadcontent?rev=1184433557&do=diff <http://www>\.spam\.com text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/mapserver?rev=1184433557&do=diff The definer of this page is either too bashful or lazy to provide a real description of MapServer. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/marccoderre?rev=1184433557&do=diff = Marc Coderre = Email: marc.coderre@geospatialinfo.ca I am an independent GIS contractor located in Summerland, British Columbia (Okanagan Valley). I specialize in applying GIS for forest industry related analysis and applications. Some areas of expertise include spatial database design and loading, data translation and editing, tabular database design and loading, report development on several different platforms, 3d visualizations (before/after scenarios to assist in forestry planning), la… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/marcelfortin?rev=1184433557&do=diff Marcel Fortin is the Geographic Information Systems and Map Librarian at the University of Toronto. <http://www.library.utoronto.ca/maplib>. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/marctuters?rev=1184433557&do=diff mtuters AT annenberg DOT edu bio Marc Tuters is a researcher in new media. He holds a degree in Cinema and an graduate degree in Media Studies. He is currently on a fellowship at the University of Southern California's Interactive Media Division. Marc works in the space of locative media producing art/science collaborations. He has been involved in establishing a number of cross-disciplinary research networks internationally, including: the Locative Network in Latvia, the Mobile Digital Commons… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/marcusbornfreund?rev=1184433557&do=diff Marcus is currently acting as both the Manager of the Law & Technology Program, as well as teaching the Electronic Commerce Law Workshop at the University of Ottawa. He is a member of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Electronic Frontier Canada, and the Free/Open Source Research Community at MIT. Marcus' recent research has focused on Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) and open-source generally, file-sharing, digital rights and information-based asset management, intelligent agents, e-commer… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/medias_diffusion?rev=1184433557&do=diff A place to list media references, abstracts, conferences, papers etc. about CivicAccess. Présentation de conférence GabeSawhney and TraceyLauriault (2006). 'CivicAccess.ca: Democracy in an information age and the need for free and open civic data' (AbStracts). Geotec 2006: Celebrating History and Innovation, Session on Geospatial Data Sharing, Tuesday June 20, Ottawa (ON) Canada. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/michaelgeist?rev=1184433556&do=diff You can read about Michael Geist and his work here: <http://www.michaelgeist.ca/> text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/michaelgurstein?rev=1184433557&do=diff Dr. Gurstein is currently a Director of The Information Society Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town South Africa; Research Director for LOGIN Africa, a Research Project linking e-local government researchers throughout Africa; an Honorary Professor at Central Queensland University in Australia, a Fellow of the Center for Community Networking, Monash University; and an Honorary Fellow of the Claremont Information Technology Insititute, Claremont Graduate University, and … text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/michaellenczner?rev=1184433557&do=diff I'm one of the co-founders of the wireless community group Ile Sans Fil. I live in Montréal, Qc. I'm an activist, a software project manager and I consult on projects having to do with open-source, online community, participatory media, free information infrastructure. My main preoccupations are using methods and tools of Internet-enabled collaboration for geographically local groups and, more generally, empowering communities through technology. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/michaelpilling?rev=1184433557&do=diff founder OpenPolitics, online consultant text/html 2008-11-07T18:37:50-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/montrealeventnovember2008?rev=1226101070&do=diff In Progress Details yet to be confirmed. When: Saturday November 29th 2008 Where: Station C in Montreal What: afternoon of geeking out on technology for democracy Planned: * Speed Geeking] * Discussions * HackFest text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/nathalieleclerc?rev=1184433557&do=diff Nathalie Leclerc is currently a program coordinator with the Social Planning Council of Ottawa. She does social mapping, data analysis and liaises with community based organizations to assist with the identification of data and statistical research needs. She has also worked as a data analyst with la Communauté métropolitaine de Québec (la CMQ) and Acacia Consulting and Research on the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Quality of Life Reporting System Project. She was involved in the early… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/navigation?rev=1184433557&do=diff This is your site map / ceci est votre plan du site Actions - Les actions civiques (Free the PostalCode, CensusAction, CitySondage) WhatIsCivicData - De quel type de données parlons nous? / What kind of data are we talking about? Activities - Things we might do together / Ce que l'on pourrait faire ensemble text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/nealholtz?rev=1184433557&do=diff Professor of Civil Engineering at Carleton University. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/nicolasgignac?rev=1184433557&do=diff Nicolas est un geographe qui a une maitrise en Science de l'eau. Il croit aux solutions libres et a l'echange de donnes gratuites. Nicolas is a Geographer with a Master Degree in water science. He beleives in Free-Open Source Solutions and data sharing. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/notes?rev=1184433557&do=diff interesting links: * Manifesto: Open Access to State-Collected Geospatial Data Launch ---------- THIS HAS TO BE MOVED TO A “NORMS” PAGE Norms / Rules / Behaviors There aren't many rules here except for the norms of good online ettiquette - both to the mailing list and the website. There are people from different professions, age-groups, languages, an cultures involved - which creates unique and interesting communication issues. Professionalism and respect are key. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/oliviercharbonneau?rev=1184433557&do=diff Note biographique : Olivier Charbonneau est bibliothécaire de référence à l’Université Concordia, spécialisé en comptabilité, en gestion des systèmes d’information et en recherche opérationnelle. En tant que membre du corps professoral, ses recherches portent sur les industries culturelles, principalement les considérations en droit d’auteur numérique ainsi que les bandes dessinées. Olivier est membre du Comité sur le droit d’auteur de l’ASTED, du Copyright Working Group de la Canadian Library … text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/organizations_organismes?rev=1184433557&do=diff Organizations that have worked on related projects in Alphabetical Order * Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)/Association des Cartothèques et Archives Cartographiques du Canada (ACACC) * Canadian Association of Public Data Users (CAPDU)/Association canadienne des utilisateurs de données publiques (ACUDP) * TheyWorkForYou.com is a volunteer-built website which scrapes the Hansard from www.parliament.uk. Described by Online Civic Activist Stefan Magdalinksi on IT C… text/html 2010-01-08T15:59:58-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/paged_accueil?rev=1262984398&do=diff Plan du site : Navigation ~ English version : start 'Citoyen-ne-s pour l'Accès Libre à l'Information et aux Données Civiques' (AccèsCivique) a été créé sur la conviction que tous les paliers gouvernementaux se doivent de mettre à disposition des citoyens toutes les informations civiques gratuitement et dans des formats ouverts. Nous croyons que c'est une nécessité pour permettre aux citoyens de participer pleinement au processus démocratique au sein de la société de l'information.… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/participants?rev=1184433556&do=diff To date, here is the list of particiants to CivicAccess. Please include yourself in alphabetical order using your login name - it will make it easier for us to track contributions and for us to get to know each other. Here is the List of the founders : Founders text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/patrickdinnen?rev=1184433556&do=diff Based in Toronto and a volunteer with Wireless Toronto, a free WiFi group. Motivation: trying to find good quality, re-purposable data on how my city council was working showed what a mess access civic to civic data is in. I can get an RSS feed of where my FedEx packages are and XML data on the weather in Tokyo but if I want to know how my councillor voted I get a jumbled 200 page PDF published a week after the vote. So why is the most important democratic data so far behind the curve? text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/phillipsmith?rev=1184433557&do=diff Phillip is the “Simplifier of Technology” at Community Bandwidth, a Canadian consulting practice that works with progressive non-profits to explore the thoughtful use of technology toward creating a more just and sustainable society. In that role, he works with leading social justice and community organizations to examine the ways Internet technology can build online relationships, support community engagement, facilitate group collaboration, and create successful online campaigns. His recent cl… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/politiques?rev=1184433557&do=diff TableOfContents A page on different politiques / policies and associated concepts. Concepts to be expanded (including the ones below): * IP * poor or unsuitable formatting, * a lack of discovery strategies, * security and * confidentiality * data quality - accuracy, reliability, authenticity, timely. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/postalcode?rev=1184433557&do=diff Daniel Haran has created a great Postal Code MP look up tool - |Canadian MP Data. You just enter your postal code and et voila! There is your MP's contact information. text/html 2010-01-08T15:57:44-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/postalcodes?rev=1262984264&do=diff Free the Postal Codes (Note this project description is still in DRAFT form: pls edit as you see fit). Note above / below letter: Blurb describing Free the postal codes campaign with: We are seeking support for this demand from: * elected members of parliament text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/postalcodes_danletter?rev=1184433557&do=diff I copied DanielHaran 's letter from the mailing list and put it here: Mr Savage, Thank you for your prompt response to my letter for the Make Poverty History Campaign; I appreciate your work on that file. There is a connected issue I would like to address today. makepovertyhistory.ca lets people know who their MP is based on postal codes. The database that links postal codes to electoral ridings costs a lot of money: $2,900 initially, $500 for updates. <http://www.statcan.ca/bsolc/english/bso… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/princeedwardisland?rev=1184433556&do=diff Government of Prince Edward Island: Free GIS Layers text/html 2010-01-08T15:56:55-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/projetsciviques?rev=1262984215&do=diff TableOfContents Projets civiques fédéraux / Federal civic projects * 'How'd They Vote' aims to be a non-partisan website which provides a variety of in-depth information on the operations of the Canadian Parliament, specifically, how our politicians vote and what they've said. We take the 'Hansards' from the parliament website, and extract information on bills, members of parliament, votes, and speeches.” text/html 2007-06-25T19:21:24-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/resources?rev=1182813684&do=diff Free and/or accessible Canadian data are organized by administrative geography / Ces données numériques gratis et/ou qui peuvent être accéder sont organisées par géographie administrative. This means from large data sets to pdf's to small town webpages that can be screenscrapped. List it all! / Ceci veut dire que les grosses banques de données, les documents en format pdf et les pages Internet de petites villes peuvent être screenscrapped. Mettez les tous! text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/richardsmith?rev=1184433557&do=diff Richard Smith (smith@sfu.ca) is a professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. I have an interest in the role of surveillance (and video surveillance in particular) on the civic engagement/political participation of those “at risk” (mainly young people). I am looking at the effects of high intensity video surveillance (school buses, school grounds and hallways, public transit) on political behaviour among youth. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/robertguerra?rev=1184433557&do=diff Robert Guerra is a privacy advocate based in Toronto, Canada. He helped establish Privaterra - an ongoing project of the SAGE Charitable foundation that works with Human Rights NGOs to assist them with issues of data privacy, secure communications and information security. He currently sit on the board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), and has been actively involved in the preparatory process of the UN World Summit on the Information Society, including as a panelist at … text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/robinmillette?rev=1184433557&do=diff Robin Millette Email: MailTo(robin AT SPAMFREE millette DOT info) Membre fondateur de FACIL, membre peu après la fondation d'Île sans fil, Cogitateurs-Agitateurs, etc. Observateur assidu de la flore et de la faune gnu/internet depuis une quinzaine d’années. S’est fait poëte dans les bars, cafés jusqu’à la radio pendant quatre ou cinq ans. Ensuite programmeur chez quelques PME pour s’éteindre dans le feu après quelques startups infructueux. Depuis plus d’un an, il se consacre entièrement à to… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/russellmcormond?rev=1184433557&do=diff Russell McOrmond's personal website is at [<http://www.flora.ca/russell/>] He is largely a self-employed consultant focusing on Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) consulting (software, business models, policy): FLORA Community Consulting He works part time with CLUE as a policy coordinator in Ottawa. text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/samanthabaulch?rev=1184433557&do=diff Environmentalist, Online Education researcher, Teacher. Currently a stay at home Mommy to my 5 month old son William text/html 2010-07-17T20:46:52-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/start?rev=1279414012&do=diff Version française: PageD'Accueil Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data (CivicAccess) is a group of citizens which believes all levels of government should make civic information and data accessible at no cost in open formats to their citizens. We believe this is necessary to allow citizens to fully participate in the democractic process of an “information society.” text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/stephanecouture?rev=1184433557&do=diff Étudiant, maîtrise en communication, UQAM-Concordia Assistant de recherche, Laboratoire de communication médiatisée par ordinateur] (LabCMO) text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/stephaneguidoin?rev=1184433556&do=diff <a href='<http://dietpills4freenet.zegar.dnip.net>'>dietpills4freenet</a> <br /> <a href='<http://dietpills4free-net.zegar.dnip.net>'>dietpills4free net</a> <br /> <a href='<http://wwwdietpills4freenet.zegar.dnip.net>'>wwwdietpills4freenet</a> <br /> <a href='<http://www-dietpills4free-net.zegar.dnip.net>'>www dietpills4free net</a> <br /> <a href='<http://wwwdietpills4free.zegar.dnip.net>'>wwwdietpills4free</a> <br /> text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:16-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/tech?rev=1184433556&do=diff TableOfContents This page is dedicated to those of you who love to play with widgets, gadgets, code and such and for those who are just interested in finding out more. This page is for the nerds & geeks in all of us dedicated to cool, innovative technolgies and issues such as - mashups, page scraping, bookmark feeds, algorithms, open sources initiatives, technology debates, ways to re-vision data, nice UI, Howtos, government procurement, ideas and dreams! text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/tedhildebrandt?rev=1184433557&do=diff Ted HildebrandtBR Director of Social PlanningBR Community Development HaltonBR Founding member of GANIS (Geographical And Numeric Information Systems)BR thildebrandt@cdhalton.ca text/html 2008-10-20T05:33:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/test?rev=1224495197&do=diff test text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/traceylauriault?rev=1184433557&do=diff To be an engaged citizen I need good data. As a researcher I like doing my own analysis of a particular issue. As a PhD Student I have access to vast amounts of data for free, however as a social researcher in the civil sector, or as a citizen, that same data is only accessible at a very high cost if at all. That means that citizens and civil society in Canada are data poor and government with the private sector are data rich. This is not what a democracy should look like! [<https://gcrc.carl… text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/website_todo?rev=1184433557&do=diff * add navigation links to the right side menu (StephaneGuidon requested) text/html 2007-07-14T13:19:17-04:00 http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/whatiscivicdata?rev=1184433557&do=diff = What data are we talking about? = Data generated by goverments or organizations providing public services and of interest to the public, community groups or private enterprise. Theorical availability of the data * Some data is legislated as public * Some data should be public for public interest reasons, but isn't legislated as such * Public data that is not being made available * Some data shouldn't be public (for privacy or security reasons)