Applying information visualization to survey and analyse open data initiatives of Canadian mid-sized communities as well as smart city planning driven by community needs.

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@kejobuchanan

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Mid-Sized Insight Brief
Event:
Mid-Sized Cities Roundtable
Smart(er) Mid-Sized Cities Session
Presenter: Kejo Buchanan
May 16, 2018

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Mid-Sized Open Gov
Tracking progress and growth
opportunity by marking mid-
sized cities across Canada
listed in community (McKinney)
open dataset, national Open
Gov site, both and unknown
initiatives.

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Mid-Sized Open Gov –
London Ontario
A sample of content
description as well closer
insight to areas of
improvement.

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London Community Needs
Dashboard style graphic
generated from human service
referrals and Freedom of
Information (FOI) requests to
illustrate highest areas of need
for this specific community

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References
211 Ontario. (2018). 211 Referrals [CSV]. Toronto: 211
Ontario.
Evergreen. (2018). List of Midsize Cities 10122017 [XLS].
Toronto: Evergreen.
London, Ontario. (2018). 2017 MFIPPA Requests
Summary [PDF]. London, Ontario: City Clerk’s Office.
McKinney, J. (2016). Canadian open government data
catalogs [Data file]. Retrieved April 09, 2018, from
https://github.com/jpmckinney/open_data_canada
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (2018). Open
Government. Retrieved April 10, 2018, from
https://open.canada.ca/en
Acknowledgments
211 Ontario
Civic Tech Community
Evergreen
London City Clerk’s Office
Toronto ODI Team
Thank you!

7. Kejo Buchanan
@kejobuchanan
toronto.theodi.org