Open Government Podcast

Peggy Taillon, President and CEO of the Canadian Council on Social Development and Founder of the Hera Mission, talks about obstacles to civic engagement at home and abroad. Peggy Taillon https://twitter.com/HeraMission Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Steve Scheepmaker, Information Technology Manager for the Township of Langley, talks about how their Open Data Portal has helped make their city more efficient. Steve Scheepmaker https://twitter.com/stevescheepmakr Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Gillian Vrooman, Director with the Open Data BC society, explains the reasons why Open Government & Open Data is spreading outside of the British Columbia urban bases. Gillian Vrooman https://twitter.com/gndv Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Mary Agnes Welch, Journalist with the Winnipeg Free Press, talks about how the Access to Information Act is failing Canadians. Mary Agnes Welch https://twitter.com/mawwelch Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dawn Arnold, Councillor for the City of Moncton, explains how we need can help redevelop the broken relationship between citizens and their elected representatives. Dawn Arnold https://twitter.com/Dawn_Moncton Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Ali Al-Munayer, Founder of 3lywa Solutions, explains how he balances life as a Federal public servant who also creates Open Data applications. Ali Al-Munayer https://twitter.com/3lywa 3lywa Solutions http://www.3lywa.com/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Bryan Smith, CEO of ThinkData Works, tells us about how their new creation - Namara.io - is able to bring Open Data sets from various government websites all into one place. Bryan Smith https://twitter.com/Bryan_ThinkData ThinkData Works http://thinkdataworks.com/ Namara.io http://namara.io/#/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Andrew Fogg is the CDO of Import.io and he tells us how his tool helps people create their own Open Data Sets without having to write a single line of code. Andrew Fogg https://twitter.com/andrewfogg Import.io https://import.io/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Luca Pisterzi, the Information and Analytics Program Lead for the Ontario Brain Institute, talks about Brain-CODE. A brain research data repository that shares Open Data and Privacy by Design principles. Luca Pisterzi https://www.privacybydesign.ca/index.php/ambassador/luca-pisterzi-ph-d/ Ontario Brain Institute: Brain-CODE http://www.braininstitute.ca/brain-code Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Michael Lenczner is the CEO of Ajah, a software company that uses open and public data to help funders and non-profits better understand the patterns, and specifically the risks and opportunities in their funding environment. Michael Lenczner www.twitter.com/mlenc Ajah www.ajah.ca Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Maryantonett Flumian is the President of the Institute on Governance and a former Deputy Minister with the Canadian government. Today, she tells us about the bureaucratic forces that tend to drive the public service to a stand-still. Maryantonnett Flumian http://iog.ca/profiles/maryantonett-flumian/ Institute on Governance https://twitter.com/IOGca Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Dennis Lewycky is Executive Director of the Social Planning Council of Winnipeg and he explains how information plays a role for civic leaders. Dennis Lewycky https://www.linkedin.com/pub/dennis-lewycky/53/739/405 Social Planning Council of Winnipeg http://www.spcw.mb.ca/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Co-hosts, Sameer and Richard, look back at Season 1 of the Open Government Podcast...our expectations, favourite moments, and what to expect for Season 2! Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Adam Hayter tells us how he was able to create a national conversation about a red swing. Adam Hayter https://twitter.com/AdamHayter Red Swing Project http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/redswinghfx-campaign-reaches-new-heights-on-twitter-1.2682957 Fusion Halifax http://www.fusionhalifax.ca/en/home/default.aspx Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

David Rauch from the City of Edmonton talks about the advantages of having public servants working with civic groups David Rauch https://twitter.com/davidwrauch Open Edmonton https://twitter.com/OpenEdmonton Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Rob Giggey with the City of Ottawa explains how something as simple as a random blog can lead to monumental change. Rob Giggey https://twitter.com/rob_giggey Ottawa Open Data Portal http://ottawa.ca/en/mobile-apps-and-open-data/open-data-ottawa Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Tracey Lauriault is one of the most respected voices in the Open Government & Data community and in this episode she shares the stories of Canada's early days in Data Management. Tracey Lauriault https://twitter.com/TraceyLauriault CivicAccess Listserv http://civicaccess.ca/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Jean-Noé Landry explains the roots of Open North and how they've been able to become one of the World's most respected Open Data/Government Organization. Open North https://twitter.com/opennorth CitizenBudget http://www.citizenbudget.com/ Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

Anne Marie Aikins shares the approach on how Metrolinx has chosen to communicate with the public about "The Big Move" ...and it goes well beyond just a handful of tweets! Anne Marie Aikins https://twitter.com/femwriter Metrolinx https://twitter.com/Metrolinx The Big Move http://www.metrolinx.com/en/regionalplanning/bigmove/big_move.aspx Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/

David Wrate from British Columbia's Open Data team shares his secrets on creating a leading Open Data portal, and how it goes beyond just the Data. David Wrate https://twitter.com/David_R8 Data B.C. https://twitter.com/Data_BC Sameer Vasta www.twitter.com/vasta Richard Pietro www.twitter.com/richardpietro Music: Sheryl's Crush www.sherylscrush.com/