Digital Odyssey 2013: BIG DATA, Small World Friday June 7 Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor) Toronto ON M4W 2G8

1. Open Data Policy in Canada
Tracey P. Lauriault
Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre
Carleton University
(http://gcrc.carleton.ca)
Digital Odyssey 2013: BIG DATA, Small World
Friday June 7
Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor)
Toronto ON M4W 2G8

2. Table of Contents
1. The globe
2. Open Data Examples
3. Where to get data
4. Data advocacy
5. Data policy
6. Librarian Powers

3. Blue Marble
Joseph Campbell “the society of the Planet” from the Power of the Myth
in reference to the Blue Marble Image released by NASA in 1972

4. Open Data Examples

5. Citizen - Participation
http://opennorth.ca/
Budget Plateau
http://budgetplateau.com/

6. Citizen - Recreation
http://patinermontreal.ca/rinks/74-saint-simon-apotre
http://montrealouvert.net/a-propos/

7. Citizen - Accountability
http://mamairie.ca/
http://represent.opennorth.ca/

8. Citizen – Dining and Health
http://resto-net.ca/en

9. Citizen - Access
Catherine Roy: ecrire@catherine-roy.net
http://montrealaccessible.ca/
http://www.rapliq.org/2011/06/09/journee-de-laccessibilite-dans-le-vieux-montreal/

10. Citizen - Health
http://www.hackinghealth.ca/about

11. Citizen – Transparency  Les appels d’offres et certain
contrats octroyés de la Ville de
Montréal et la province du
Québec (version détaillée ici)
 Le registre des entreprises du
Canada
 Les dons au partis politiques
du Canada
 Les dons aux partis politiques
du Québec
 Le registre des lobbyistes du
gouvernment fédéral(aussi
registre et journal)
 Licenses restreintes dans
l'industrie de la construction
 Les contrats octroyés par la
Ville de Laval depuis 2007
 Les contrats octroyés par la
Ville de Montréal depuis 2006
http://quebecouvert.org/events/hackonslacorruption/

12. Citizen - Hackathons
http://www.rhok.org/
http://blog.opendataottawa.ca/
http://montrealouvert.net/2011/11/23/compte-rendu-du-3e-
hackathon-montreal-ouvert/?lang=en
http://www.livinglabmontreal.org/TranspoCa
mpMTL

13. Citizen - Entrepreneur
http://ajah.ca/home/
 All 10,000 public and
private foundations.
 Exhaustive list of
federal and provincial
funding programs
specifically for non-
profits (over 700).
 Corporate funders
(500 and growing).

14. Research – Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy
Data & Software
- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)
- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)
- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)
- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally
sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only
- Data will become part of IPY Canada
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

15. Community - Place Names
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

16. Territory – Treaty Process
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/The+Lake+Huron+Treaty+Atlas

17. Past & Present
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/The+Lake+Huron+Treaty+Atlas

18. Citizen Science
http://waterenvironmentalhub.ca/

19. NGO
http://sjhdc.ca//

20. NGO, City, University
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Pilot+Atlas+of+the+Risk+of+Homelessness

21. Environment
http://www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/
http://www.ecojustice.ca/media-centre/press-releases/court-victory-
forces-canada-to-report-pollution-data-for-mines

22. Municipal Official
http://www.municipaldata-
donneesmunicipales.ca/Site/Reporting/en/reporting_tool.php

23. Chief Medical Officer of Health
http://emis.santemontreal.qc.ca/

24. Chief Medical Officer of Health
http://www.communityview.ca/index.html

25. Social Determinants of Health
www.toronto.ca/wellbeing

26. Transportation planner
Données sources
Au niveau municipal, les données
sont accessibles indirectement sur
le site de la ville de Montréal.
En d'autres termes, ces données
n'ont pas été prévues pour être
utilisées de manière directe mais
sont affichées sur une carte dans
la section Info-Travaux.
Au niveau provinciale, les
données viennent du Ministère
des transports du Québec et
de son service Québec 511. Là
aussi le MTQ se démarque de ses
homologues canadiens en étant a
priori le premier à proposer
des données GPS pour la
localisation des chantiers.
http://zonecone.ca/

27. Transportation planner
http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/index.html;
jsessionid=1361AFFCF2C4E5B4D8071E5D489026EF

28. Disaster monitoring
Safecast is a global sensor
network for collecting and
sharing radiation
measurements to empower
people with data about their
environments
http://blog.safecast.org/

29. Remote Sensing & Human Rights
AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program
Satellite Imagery Analysis for Urban Conflict Documentation: Aleppo, Syria
http://srhrl.aaas.org/geotech/syria/aleppo.htm

30. Where to get data

31. Federal Data
 Geogratis & Geobase & Discovery Portal – Natural
Resources Canada
 Treasury Board of Canada – OpenData.gc.ca
 Research Data Canada – National Research Council
 Data Liberation Initiative – ALMOST OPEN –
Statistics Canada & Universities
 Data dot GC.ca – Citizen’s initiative to Inspire the
Canadian Government
 Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) Open Data

32. NRCan
http://www.geoconnections.org/fr/resourcelibr
ary/keyStudiesReports
http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca
http://www.geobase.ca
http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

33. Open Data Federal Project
http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F9B7A1E3-1

34. Research Data
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

35. Open Aid
http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/acdi-cida.nsf/eng/FRA-511112638-L57

36. Provinces
1. Ontario Open Data
2. Alberta Open Data
3. Données ouvertes Portail du Gouvernement du
Québec, Québec Ouvert – Citizen Led
4. BC: Data BC, OpenData BC- Citizen Led and B.C.’s
Climate Change Data Catalogue is a composite
listing of publicly available data related to climate
change, with a focus on British Columbia data.
5. Open Data Saskatchewan, Citizen Led

37. Open Data Provinces
http://www.donnees.gouv.qc.ca/?node=/accueil
http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/

38. Open Data Cities
1. Banff Open Data Portal, (AB) Pilot
2. City of Brandon (MB)
3. City of Burlington (ON), Pilot
4. City of Calgary (AB)
5. City of Edmonton (AB)
6. City of Fredericton (NB)
7. Portail de données ouvertes de la ville de
Gatineau, Gatineau Ouverte (QC) – Citizen
Led
8. County of Grande Prairie (AB)
9. City of Guelph (ON), Guelph Coffee and
Code – Citizen Led
10. Halifax Regional Municipality (NS)
11. City of Hamilton (Transit Feed) (ON),
Open Data Hamilton – Citizen Led
12. OpenHalton (ON) – Citizen Led
13. City of London (ON), OpenData London –
Citizen Led
14. Township of Langley (BC)
15. Open Data Medicine Hat (AB)
16. City of Mississauga – Mississauga Data
(ON)
17. Ville de Montréal Portails données ouvertes (QC),
Montréal Ouvert – Citizen Led
18. City of Nanaimo (BC)
19. City of Niagara Falls (ON
20. Region of Niagara (ON)
21. Regional District of North Okanagan (BC)
22. District of North Vancouver (BC) GeoWeb
23. City of Ottawa (ON), Citizens’ APP Group – OpenData
Ottawa; Apps
24. Region of Peel (ON)
25. City of Prince George (BC)
26. Ville de Québec Catalogue de données, Capitale
Ouverte (QC)- Citizen Led in Ville de Québec
27. City of Red Deer, Alberta
28. City of Regina (SK) Open Gov & Open Data site
29. Open Data Saskatoon, interim portal
30. City of Surrey (BC) GIS Catalog
31. City of Toronto (ON); DataTO – Citizen Group
32. City of Vancouver (BC); Open Data Wiki
33. City of Victoria (BC)
34. Open Data (city) Waterloo (ON).
35. Region of Waterloo (ON), Region of Waterloo –
Citizen Led,
36. City of Windsor (ON) Open Data Catalog

39. Cities
http://app06.ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/statisticsdata/opendata/info/ind
ex.htm
http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Corporat
e%20Services/Corporate%20Information%20Service
s/OpenData/Pages/OpenData.aspx

40. Community Data Portal
http://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca/home

41. Data advocacy

42. Data Negotiation
http://cdc-dcc.info/mandate.php

43. Open Data NGOs
http://www.opendatabc.ca/index.html
http://opennorth.ca/

44. CivicAccess.ca
http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/

45. Equal Right to be Counted
http://www.ccsd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:update-census-challenge&catid=46 /

46. Data Liberation Initiative
http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-idd/dli-idd-eng.htm /

47. Public Consultations
20102002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
National Data Archive Consultation
(SSHRC)
Stewardship of
Research Data in
Canada: A Gap
Analysis
Open Government Consultations
(TBS)
Mapping the Data Landscape:
Report of the 2011 Canadian
Research Data Summit
2011
GeoConnections study on Archiving,
Management and Preservation of Geospatial
Data
National Consultation on Access to Scientific
Data Final Report (NCASRD)
Toward a National Digital Information Strategy:
Mapping the Current Situation in Canada (LAC)
Canadian Digital Information
Strategy (CDIS) (LAC)
Digital Economy Consultation,
Industry Canada (IC)

48. Data Policy

49. Geo Research Data
http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-fra.html

50. Health Data
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

51. Open Gov. Resolution
http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr-ori-ari_2010_1.aspx

52. Policy Primers & Guidelines
http://geoconnections.nrcan.gc.ca/18

53. Open Government Partnership
http://geoconnections.nrcan.gc.ca/18

54. LAW
http://www.cippic.ca/

55. Law and Policy
Mapping the Legal and Policy
Boundaries of Digital Cartography
(SSHRC Partnership Project)
- Centre for Law, Technology and
Society
- Natural Resources Canada
- Geomatics and Cartographic
Research Centre
Ethics and Consent in Arctic Digital
Research
- Interdisciplinary, historical & cultural
study of consent
- Examine Consent Models in the North
- Consult w/ northern data contributors
- Consult w/ researchers & officials
- GCRC & CLTS will Develop a data consent
model
- GCRC to Build a data collection consent
framework into data collection technology

56. GCRC – Guiding Principles
• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public
 Whenever possible open access comes first
 BSD License
 Use data from open access sources
 Creative Commons
 Share as much as possible
 Publish in Open Access Journals
 Create and use open source software, tools, widgets, etc.
 Design for open source browsers
 Participate in open access, open data, open source for a
 Build in consent and data access protocols into data collection tools
 Conduct research on access to data, consent, law and policy
 Encourage these principles in public consultations
 Education & Capacity building
 Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications
 Data Preservation

57. Librarian Powers can be used to…
 Point to these data & apps
 Point citizens to data resources
 Examine & evaluate portals
 Cataloguing expertise
 Data & app curation
 Be a citizen librarian at hackfest & hackathons
 Contribute expertise in public consultations
 Advise your city, prov. & fed gov’ts
 Develop a local advisory/reference group for non profits
 Volunteer in a local org. & help w/their data resources (e.g., librarians
w/out borders)

58. Contact info: tlauriau@gmail.com