ep44 - Announcing the Canadian Open Data Society - a podcast by Re: Open Gov

The Canadian Open Data Society (CODS) is a grassroots movement of passionate people on a mission to raise the awareness of open data in Canada and advocate for its use in all sectors.

And today we we discuss its roots and future with three of its Board Members:

- Reena Shaw, Data Scientist with Agile Blockchain and Steering Committee Member for the Toronto Machine Learning Summit.

- Herb Lainchbury, CEO of Dynamic solutions and founder of Open Data BC.

- Derek Alton, a fellow at newspeak house and Canadian public servant.

Link to launch event
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/canadian-open-data-society-cods-launch-invitation-tickets-122733556371

Time stamps:
1:05 - What is the Canadian Open Data Society and what are its origins?

5:01 - The steps that led to the evolution of the BC Open Data summit into the Canadian Open Data Society

9:58 - Tracey Lauriault’s role in creating the Canadian Open Data Society

11:17 - Formalizing the Canadian Open Data Society steering committee

18:24 - The exciting future of the Canadian Open Data Society

21:30 - Tapping the untapped potential of the Open Data community

29:00 - Beefing about bad Open Data sets

36:42 - What is Open Data’s role in society?

Canadian Open Data Society Twitter account
twitter.com/opendatasociety

Reena Shaw Twitter Account
twitter.com/monsoonsavant

Herb Lainchbury
twitter.com/herblainchbury

Derek Alton
twitter.com/derekalton

Richard Pietro Twitter account
twitter.com/richardpietro

Re: Open Gov Twitter account
twitter.com/re_open_gov

ABOUT
Stories from the Open Gov is a podcast published by www.reopengov.org and is dedicated to telling the stories about what Open Government & Open Data look like.

Your host is Richard Pietro, an Open Government & Open Data practitioner for the past 10 years. Listen and learn how Open Government & Open Data are becoming a reality!

MUSIC ATTRIBUTION - Introduction & conclusion
Singing Sadie - I Can't Dance
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