Civic Tech Toronto
civictech.ca
We are a community of tech-minded folk making civic life better in Toronto.
Come and join our weekly online and in-person events with speakers, discussions and project breakouts!
Upcoming events: https://guild.host/civic-tech-toronto
@civicdashboard.bsky.social
Making Toronto's democracy accessible to all at civicdashboard.ca! 100% volunteer-run project out of @civictechto.bsky.social Enthusiastically open for feedback and contributors, building this to last will take a lot of both 💖
@smokegatherer.bsky.social
Head of Digital Trace at Canada's Media Ecosystem Observatory meo.ca Author at No Starch Press nostarch.com/social-media-observatory القصة هي الحياة التي ما كانت و الحياة هي القصة التي ما رويت
@philipmai.com
Co-Dir.& Researcher at the SocialMediaLab.ca | M.S. & J.D. | Developer of social media analysis tools for research in the public interest | Communalytic.org, PoliDashboard.com, Deepfakestracker.org & Conflictmisinfo.org
@serenaperuzzo.com
I like bikes, computers, and food. Not always in this order. @1rg.space
@giancarlofiorella.bsky.social
Director of Research and Training | Bellingcat Assistant Professor | Utrecht University PhD, Criminology & Sociolegal Studies | University of Toronto
@imleeszefung.bsky.social
Writer || Researcher || Columnist With a particular interest in security policy, nuclear proliferation and Chinese hybrid warfare. 🚏 Views expressed are my own. linktr.ee/szefung_lee
@mishaglouberman.bsky.social
I help make events better - conferences, fundraisers, festivals, leadership retreats. Work: https://mishaglouberman.com Substack: https://bit.ly/3Vj0yDw
@henrikbechmann.bsky.social
Retired software dev. he/him. I often discuss City of Toronto budget design and support issues. IMO government is a collective enterprise, and should be fully transparent and forcefully managed for the well-being of people and the health of the planet.
@graphicmatt.com
City columnist, contributing to the Toronto Star & writing the award-winning City Hall Watcher newsletter. A lot about Toronto Politics and then some nerd stuff. Humber College prof. (he/him)
@mbonsma.bsky.social
Bikes + data, UofT biophys PhD, mom. I post about bikes and safe streets, local politics, and sometimes science. She/her.
@1rg.space
1RG cultivates tools, practices and communities that empower people through a humane relationship with technology. 🏡 https://1rg.space 👾 https://labs.1rg.space 📖 https://words.1rg.space 🐣 https://incubator.1rg.space
@opendatasociety.bsky.social
National collective of open data supporters // Regroupement national des partisans et partisanes des données ouvertes opendatasociety.ca
@albertico.bsky.social
Civic technologist transforming US healthcare. Ruby enthusiast. Personal account.
@opendatagisguy.bsky.social
#GIS and #OpenData Professional in #Niagara, Canada, with over 22 years' experience in municipal government. Board Chair @go-opendata.ca. Opinions are my own. 🐍Luv #Python
@civicwhitaker.com
Civic Technologist | Executive Director, Alliance of Civic Technologists | Army Veteran | Alumni of Code for America, Defense Digital Service and USDS #civictech #chicago Really doesn’t like bullies Signal: civicwhitaker.53
@whereshj.bsky.social
Design, product, org building for the public interest. Principal Designer, Nava PBC. Founder, Code for Boston. Former MA state gov @ MA Digital and MBTA. #twindad. Likes pushing boulders uphill.
@stateofthecity.bsky.social
Was @stateofthecity on Twitter. Veteran of a B-Grade, Film Noir genre of politics known as "local government." Current gig: second tour of duty in the Winnipeg Mayor's Office. Hometowns: Victoria, Winnipeg, Toronto. Working on 'Debt City' (see debt.city)
@chrisdinn.bsky.social
Ads @ StackAdapt. Creator of torontoverse.com. A prolific programmer who loves local data. Ex Google Ad Manager, mDialog.
@alexbozikovic.bsky.social
Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, University of Toronto Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
@go-opendata.ca
GO Open Data Association (GOOD) is passionate about #OpenData and #OpenGov. We support Open Government and Open Data principles for sustainable community well-being. View our GOODtube site at http://goodtube.ca. Website: https://www.go-opendata.ca/
@jamiejumbledup.bsky.social
LDN 🇬🇧 → TO 🇨🇦 🚲🏳️🌈🖖🏻🧢🧑🏻💻 Cities, cycling, web stuff, lgbtq stuff, Blue Jays, Star Trek
@patcon.bsky.social
& this is the wonder that keeps the stars apart. #complexity #plurality #democracy #civictech @CivicTechTO cfndr. @g0vtw fan. early pol.is cntrbtr. ex: biochemst @enviroDGI @HyphaCoop @nwspk @gc_talent 🏡 Tkaronto/SF/NOLA/London 🔗 nodescription.net/notes
@codeforcanada.bsky.social
We're a national non-profit dedicated to using tech & design to improve life in Canada. Sign up for our newsletter for regular updates: https://bit.ly/3RhPVj5
@waynechu.ca
Social research, policy, public interest and civic tech, podcast, politics nerd. Public servant by day, podcast producer by night. Producer of Let's Think Digital podcast (letsthinkdigital.ca)
@lanebecker.bsky.social
Prestidigitation, double shuffling, honey-fugling, hornswaggling, & skullduggery. @ Wikimedia/Wikipedia. Previously @ IFTF, 18F, Code for America.
@wataruo.bsky.social
Husband/Dad builds software. prev- @recollectnet. prev- @CivicTechYVR co-organizer. Technology for building a better world our children live in. 守破離 Staff Engineer, Civic Tech | SaaS Nagano🇯🇵 ✈️ BC🇨🇦 GitHub: @wataruoguchi
@therealitycorp.bsky.social
@cydharrell.bsky.social
cyberpunk is a warning, not a manual she/her. dayjob & usual location: City & County of San Francisco (this is a personal account) on the board at Technologists for the Public Good; wrote a small book about doing this: https://cydharrell.com/book/
@celestecote.bsky.social
Product design lead and 🇨🇦 public servant by day. Musician, foodie and budding wine connoisseur by night. Would love to do more civic tech volunteer stuff in spare time. ✌🏻 *We’re rebooting @yowcivictech.bsky.social !
@dianedyson.bsky.social
Data geek in TO's #nonprofit sector I do research & policy on equitable, livable urban places, poverty, neighbourhoods, education, housing, employment, immigration Montrealer, so love to debate, dance Local Garden Club member 'cause it makes me smile 🫛🪴😁🌼🌱
@vykster.bsky.social
Founder, Partner at Compiler. Crash on my couch, borrow my bike. Civic tech. Transit tech. Los Angeles, CA.
@yowcivictech.bsky.social
Using tech to do civic good. We bring together people in policy and technology to solve tough problems and make our communities better. Launched in 2016, paused in 2020 and rebooted in 2024, now meeting monthly. Join us! http://meetup.com/YOW_CT
@sarahschacht.bsky.social
Government data, standards, the future of the gov’t innovation workforce, Seattle, surfing, murals, public health.
@delibthinks.bsky.social
The humans behind Citizen Space and other citizen engagement tools. Let's talk democracy #CivicTech and doughnuts. 🍩
@beta.nyc
We help New Yorkers access information & use technology. We want New York’s governments to work for the people, by the people, for the digital era. #civictech #opendata #pitech beta.nyc/links
@joyceykao.bsky.social
Co-Executive Director of the Digital Research Academy @digiresacademy.bsky.social #OpenScience #SocialEntrepreneuership
@smithisgeneric.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Popular Culture & Film at Brock University. Reposts ≠ endorsements and all that jazz. Personal account. http://karenlouisesmith.net/wp/
@cansuekmekcioglu.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Information Systems, McMaster University
@blairscorgie.bsky.social
Husband, father, planner, urban designer, consultant, sessional lecturer, volunteer, author, advocate, and Torontonian. Views are my own. www.scorgieplanning.com.
@timothyquinn.bsky.social
Writer, data scientist, founder @darkdataproject.bsky.social. Better looking in Kelvin timeline.