Open Data Ottawa

A special thanks to Shopify for providing the venue for this event.

Thanks to Maker Space North for sponsoring the event by kindly offering the space!

Des festivités commenceront à 9h le samedi matin et des ateliers débuteront à 10h. Les heures d'ouverture officielles seront bientôt disponibles.

For next month, we are planning a large event to coincide for the International Open Data Day, which falls on Saturday, February 21st. This will supersede our usual Book Club event that usually happens on the first Wednesday of each month. More details about the Open Data Day event will be posted shortly. It looks like it is going to be very exciting. Because it's a bigger event, we will not be picking a municipal dataset to focus on. But if you need an idea for something to work on, take a look at the Science and Technology Museum Open Data.

Open Data Book Club is a monthly event aimed at exploring open datasets that relate to the National Capital Region. If you are into open data, data journalism, statistics, data visualizations, or civic technology, join us on Wednesday, January 7th. Register here. Cody's Cafe (Shopify) 150 Elgin St 6th Floor Ottawa, ON [MAP] Come hang out with fellow data-ists, hack on some data, and enjoy a set of short presentations related to the Construction, Demolition and Pool Enclosure Permit Data, the dataset the group decided to work on for January. This dataset contains some surprisingly interesting information related to the locations and values of the construction/demolition/pool enclosure permits that are issued by the city. Interested in presenting something? We'd love to see what you can come up with. Please let us know so that we can make sure to set aside a bit of time for you! Your presentation does not need to focus on the current month's dataset. Past projects you've done are also welcome, we just ask you to make sure that it's related to Open Data in the National Capital Region. Hope to see you on Wednesday!

[Visit the site for more information] What is CODE? CODE is a 48-hour appathon, inviting developers, graphic designers, students, and anyone interested at trying their hand at coding to use Government of Canada Open Data found through the search data feature on this site. You are encouraged to mash-up federal datasets as well as include provincial, territorial, and municipal data when building your apps. What are the 2015 categories? There are three categories this year: Youth, Commerce, and Quality of life. Plus, right before the appathon begins, the specific category themes will be announced. Leading up to the appathon, feel free to explore our open data portal where you will find tons of possibilities for great applications with very relevant datasets. You should also check out Open Government across Canada and see what datasets are available from the provinces, territories and municipalities. Why should I participate? Winners will share $40,000 in prizes. Grand Prize: $15,000 Youth Category Winner: $5,000 Commerce Category Winner: $5,000 Quality of Life Category Winner: $5,000 Best Student Team: $5,000 Fan Favourite: $5,000 Where will CODE 2015 take place? You can take part from one of three VIP Hubs in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, a Partner Hub (locations to be determined), or from anywhere really (homes, schools, or local coffee shops). Register to participate now, and receive updates as hub locations are confirmed. When is this happening? CODE 2015 will start on February 20th at 6pm and will continue for 48 hours (the same weekend as International Open Data Day)!

Come hang out with fellow dataists, hack on some data, and enjoy a set of short presentations on the recent Municipal Election Data, the dataset the group has elected to work on for December. Interested in presenting something? We'd love to see what you can come up with. Everybody is given a short time-slot to present. Mash up the data with another dataset, or compare the data with all the other Ontario elections that happened in October. Your presentation need not focus on the current month's dataset. Past projects you've done are also welcome, we just ask you keep it Open Data related. RSVP to this month's book club here!

Aquahacking is inviting Ottawa’s developer and hacker community along with environmental experts to join them at HUB Ottawa on Wednesday, November 12 at 6:30pm for Aqua Hacking’s first café. Come discover the issues behind water management and start thinking about how you’d like to get involved in the AquaHacking event which will take place in May 2015. Aquahacking 2015 - Ottawa River Summit is an unprecedented event committed to the future of the Ottawa River and of fresh water in general. At the heart of the summit, Canada’s very first AquaHacking event will concentrate on developing innovative technological solutions to address the challenges of sustainable development raised by the management of our water. This is an opportunity for technology wizards like hackers, designers and developers to put their talents to work. Mark your calendars: When: November 12, 2014 Where: HUB Ottawa, 71 Bank Street, 6th Floor, Ottawa ON K2P 5N2 Agenda: 6:30 PM - Networking 7:00 PM - Introductions Luc Sirois, Hacking Health Dominique Monchamp, Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien Katherine Adams, AquaHacking- Ottawa River Summit Meredith Brown, Ottawa Riverkeeper Marilou Brouillet – Réseau Environnement Outaouais 7:30 PM - What is AquaHacking 2015? 7:45 PM - Water protection challenges in the Ottawa River 8:00 PM - How can technology help with these challenges? 8:30 PM - Closing statement and networking 9:30 PM - Doors Close --------------------------------------- Aquahacking invite les communautés de développeurs et de hackers ainsi que les experts en environnement de la région d’Ottawa-Gatineau à se joindre à nous pour le tout premier Café AquaHacking! Le mercredi 12 novembre à 18h30 à HUB Ottawa, venez découvrir les défis de la gestion de l’eau et réfléchir à comment vous impliquer dès maintenant en vue de l’évènement AquaHaking qui se tiendra en mai prochain. Aquahacking 2015 - Sommet Rivière des Outaouais est un événement sans précédent, qui vise à s’engager pour l'avenir de la rivière des Outaouais et de l’eau douce en général. Au coeur du sommet, le tout premier AquaHacking jamais organisé au Canada favorisera l’émergence d’innovations et de solutions technologiques aux problématiques de développement durable soulevées par la gestion de notre eau. C’est l’occasion pour tous les magiciens de technologie -- hackers, designers et développeurs -- de mettre vos talents à contribution. À vos calendriers : Quand: 12 Novembre 2014 Où: HUB Ottawa, 71 Bank Street, 6ème étage, Ottawa (ON) K2P 5N2 Programme: 18:30 - Réseautage 19:00 Introductions Luc Sirois, Hacking Health Dominique Monchamp, Fondation de Gaspé Beaubien Katherine Adams, AquaHacking - Sommet rivière des Outaouais Meredith Brown, Sentinelle Outaouais Marilou Brouillet , Réseau Environnement Outaouais 19:30 - Qu’est-ce qu’Aquahacking 2015 ? 19:45 - Les défis de la protection de l’eau, Rivière des Outaouais 20:00 - Comment la technologie peut-elle aider pour ces défis? 20:30 - Clôture et réseautage 21:30 - Fermeture de portes

Planning to attend out next open data bookclub meetup on November 5th? Click here to vote on the dataset you think we should tackle next! Register for the November bookclub here.

We are planning another event in November. Please suggest datasets for us to use. We will be deciding which dataset to use as soon as possible to give everyone time to produce something awesome. If you have any datasets that you would like to see us work on, please let us know. Hope to see you in November!

Open Data Book Club is a monthly series of events aimed at exploring open datasets that relate to the National Capital Region. This is Open Data Ottawa's first formal Meetup event, and the first gathering of Open Data Book Club! This is how (we hope) the event typically unfolds: - Presentations related to cool stuff that people have done with last month's dataset - Presentations from members to suggest datasets we should consider this month, to be presented at the following meetup - Voting on the datasets which were presented to determine what we'll hack on in the upcoming month - Group formation based on similar interests - Everyone hacks for a few hours on this month's dataset - Final comments, if any members have anything to discuss or present - Groups hack on the chosen dataset between now and the next meet up, hopefully coming up with something awesome to present for the next event Because this is the first event, we're going to choose the super interesting 311 service request dataset, which is available here. There's lots of super interesting data in here, and we're excited to see what people can come up with. This is an arbitrary choice, for future events we will make sure to see what data everyone is interested in working with (based on the datasets presented and voted on). For the first event, you should bring: 1) A cool presentation, if you feel like doing something interesting with the 311 dataset 2) Some interesting datasets that you think people would be interested in working on 3) Your laptop, so that you can hack on data for a few hours on day one We're still finalizing the location, but more info should be available soon. Please confirm your attendance soon so we can find a venue that is just the right size for our meetups! Register for the event on our Meetup page here!

Join us for Code4Lib Ottawa meet up on Tuesday October 7th, 7pm at the MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. Our speakers will include: * Mark Baker - Principal Architect at Zepheira will provide a brief overview of some of Zepheira's BibFrame tools in development. * Jennifer Whitney - Systems Librarian at MacOdrum Library will present OpenRefine (formerly Google Refine) - a neat and powerful tool for cleaning up messy data. * Sarah Simpkin, GIS and Geography Librarian & Catherine McGoveran, Government Information Librarian (both from UOttawa Library) - will team up to present on a recent UOttawa sponsored Open Data Hackfest as well as to introduce you to Open Data Ottawa. Location: Room 252, MacOdrum Library (main floor, just past Starbucks on your right) Transit: O-Train, or bus number 111, 4, 7 By car - Closest parking lot is P1 RSVP via Meetup

At Ottawa City Hall on September 16th, 2014 (TONIGHT) from 6:30 to 9:00 there will be an Open Government Grand Bazaar with a live Talk Show on site - “Richard Pietro and Friends – Live From the Open Government Grand Bazaar at Ottawa’s City Hall”. Guests include: Maryantonett Flumian, Institute on Governance Manjit Basi, Citizens Academy Peggy Taillon, Canadian Council on Social Development Jamie C. Newman, Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia Louisa Taylor, Writer, Editor, DataFest, WOW Robert Giggey, City of Ottawa Ali Al-Munayer, Android Developer / Founder of 3lywa Solutions Joshua McDougall, Bitcoinsultants There will be many local organizations and groups on site to share their message and talk open government. Find all the details and register for free here!

Join us on Wednesday, August 20th, 7PM at the Fox & Feather on Elgin Street for an Open Data Ottawa pub night! All are welcome. Looking forward to seeing you there!