Civic Hacknight #521: Barriers to Breakthroughs: How an AI Agent Fixed Canada's Open Data Problem in 24 hours
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Topic:
Barriers to Breakthroughs: How an AI Agent Fixed Canada's Open Data Problem in 24 hours, and how you can build one to supercharge your research
An evening to unlock the power of a Web Search MCP Server and join Olivia Cimó from the Digital Good Project to explore overcoming barriers to open data in Canada—and how investing in digital infrastructure can power innovation, strengthen democracy, and boost Canada's economy.
Speaker:
Olivia Cimó
Olivia is the founder of the Digital Good Project and a former public servant with the Ontario Public Service. New to the tech field, her research and advocacy focus on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and the behavioural economics of AI. A running and nature enthusiast, she brings curiosity, focus, and civic purpose to her work at the intersection of technology and democracy.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
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Platform Sponsors
Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
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Civic Hacknight #521: Barriers to Breakthroughs: How an AI Agent Fixed Canada's Open Data Problem in 24 hours
Topic:
Barriers to Breakthroughs: How an AI Agent Fixed Canada's Open Data Problem in 24 hours, and how you can build one to supercharge your research
An evening to unlock the power of a Web Search MCP Server and join Olivia Cimó from the Digital Good Project to explore overcoming barriers to open data in Canada—and how investing in digital infrastructure can power innovation, strengthen democracy, and boost Canada's economy.
Speaker:
Olivia Cimó
Olivia is the founder of the Digital Good Project and a former public servant with the Ontario Public Service. New to the tech field, her research and advocacy focus on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and the behavioural economics of AI. A running and nature enthusiast, she brings curiosity, focus, and civic purpose to her work at the intersection of technology and democracy.
Agenda:
7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions
7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion
7:50-9:00 Breakout groups
Code of Conduct:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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