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The time is now for women, in tech and beyond: panel
09 March 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, True North
On International Women's Day, 5 influential panelists came and shared their journey and careers, as well as their thoughts about gender and technology. Tech still has some work to be done, but there have… Read more
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Data Hub Sessions: Lessons Learned Through Developing Hockeystick
06 March 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
This Data Hub Session features Hockeystick's Raymond Luk, who will speak on their open data project. Read more
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Data Hub Sessions: Using Machine Learning to Detect Money Laundering
05 March 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
In this Data Hub Session, Maria (Mahtab) Kamali from Thomson Reuters, will present new machine learning methods employed to discover money laundering patterns. Read more
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What’s Popular on Government of Canada’s Open Data Portal
26 February 2018 | By Chris Willsher in: Data driven innovation
It is often asked what is the top dataset on a topic, this can be hard to parse, but here is an infographic with the most popular datasets on the Government of Canada's Open Data Portal. Read more
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Open Data Contest Poll [CLOSED]
22 February 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
ODX wants to thank our loyal followers/fans for staying connected with the open data community in Canada. We’d like to award one randomly selected winner a $100 Amazon gift card for answering a poll question. Read more
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Ratio.City earns $100K at Fierce Founders pitch event
16 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Ecosystem, Events, Featured, News, Startups
The Fierce Founders Bootcamp is a six-day, Communitech-run program that helps women tech entrepreneurs improve their companies. This cumulates to a pitch event, and Ratio.City earned the $100,000 grand… Read more
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Data Hub Sessions: Data Residency and the EU GDPR
14 February 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
This Data Hub Session features Brendan S. Lillis, Senior Associate at Phillips Lytle LLP, who is coming to talk about EU's General Data Protection Regulation and how you can prepare. Read more
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When it's time for the CEO to be 'brutally honest'
13 February 2018 | By Craig Daniels in: Events, Featured, News, Small to Mid Size
Dave Kroetsch from Aeryon Labs came to speak at Communitech's Pizza with the Prez. They talked about their journey, and how they knew when it was time to step down as CEO. Read more
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Data Hub Sessions: Making Sense of Smart Cities with Visualizations
02 February 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
Join Olha Buchel, Ph.D., to learn about how interactive visualizations can enhance strategic decision making, policy development, community management, risk analysis, and problem-solving. Read more
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Impact highlights of Canada's Open Data Exchange from 2015-2018
29 January 2018 | By Communitech Data Team in: Data driven innovation
ODX has celebrated many accomplishments and high impacts over the course of 4 years. Read more