Beyond Reports A Forum to Explore Ways of Communicating

and Sharing Data

Friday, December 8, 2017

11:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex

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Communities of Interest Choose a topic of interest and have a conversation with people at the table who are also interested in the topic during the lunch break 12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Topics Table # Topics Table # Open data Hosted by

1 Using data in the community e.g., to demonstrate impact, apply for grants etc. Hosted by:

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Open data Hosted by

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Visualization tools - Dashboards, infographics, GIS, mobile apps Hosted by

6 Telling stories with data Hosted by:

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Visualization tools - Dashboards, infographics, GIS, mobile apps Hosted by

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Visualization tools - Dashboards, infographics, GIS, mobile apps Hosted by

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Visualization tools - Dashboards, infographics, GIS, mobile apps Hosted by

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Visualization tools - Dashboards, infographics, GIS, mobile apps Hosted by

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Welcome Wellbeing Waterloo Region and Data Networking group

Data and reports are everywhere but gaining easy access to the information and making sense of it can be challenging for organizations and citizens.

Welcome! Let’s explore ways of communicating and sharing data beyond reports:

• Learn about what we are doing locally and what other communities are doing to communicate, visualize and share data;

• Explore ways to move beyond reports so we can improve access and make data easy to understand and use in Waterloo Region.

Detailed program & speakers

Richard Pietro – MARS Richard Pietro socializes Open Government & Open Data by creating Civic Engagement as Art. Some of his projects include the 2014 Open Government Tour, the Toronto Open Data Book Club, and Open – The World’s first short film on Open Government, Open Data, and Open Source. He also worked collaboratively with the Ontario Ministry of Housing to the “Open Data in Reverse” as a method to create, publish, and activate Open Data sets. This process helped the government win a nationally recognized award for engagement. Most recently his Open Data Iron Chef workshop has garnered attention due to its innovative way for introducing Open Government & Open Data to students at both the secondary and university levels.

Harvey Low – Manager – Social Research Unit, City of Toronto. With a degree in Urban & Regional Planning from Ryerson University, Harvey Low has over 30 years of experience as a social researcher. He is the Manager of the Social Research Unit of the Social Development Division at the City of Toronto. Harvey currently chairs the City of Toronto’s Research Network, and is a representative on the City’s Open Government Committee.

Mike Murray – Chief Administrative Officer, Region of Waterloo. Mike Murray is currently the Chief Administrative Officer with the Regional Municipality of Waterloo where he has overall responsibility for all of the Region’s functions including Community Services; Public Health and Emergency Services; Transportation and Environmental Services; Planning, Development and Legislative Services; Corporate Services; and Human Resources and Citizen Service, and all related corporate support functions.

Jennifer Temmer – Project Officer with IISD’s SDG Knowledge Program. Jennifer Temmer brings her background in agriculture, rural planning and international development to the team. Jennifer has worked with many First Nations communities in Manitoba, developing northern garden projects and compost programs, organizing land-use mapping workshops, helping to develop a business plan for a Fishery Co-op, researching Metis Population health data, developing capacity and training youth. Jennifer also spent time in Honduras working with a micro-credit program for indigenous women. Jennifer currently works on a number of Indicator projects including Peg- Winnipeg’s Community Indicator System, the SDG Indicators Portal and the Lake Winnipeg Indicators Working Group.

Kevin Tuer – Managing Director, Canada’s Open Data Exchange (ODX), Vice President Strategic Initiatives, Communitech Kevin Tuer is Managing Director of the Canadian Open Data Exchange as well as Vice President Strategic Initiatives for Communitech. Kevin leads cluster building activities including open data, big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and the Internet of Things (IoT), for the purpose of creating or accelerating new opportunities in emerging fields for the private sector. Previously, Kevin was the founding Managing Director of the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN), a federal Centre of Excellence for Commercialization and Research. Kevin also led the design and deployment of the Communitech Hub, a world leading innovation centre located in the Waterloo Region. Kevin holds a BASc (Honours) in Mechanical Engineering, a MASc in Mechanical Engineering, and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Further information can be found at https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevintuer/.

Ron Jaros - Manager, Peel Data Centre MES, MCIP, RPP, OLS, OLIP Service Innovation, Information and Technology Information Management Division, Region of Peel.

Ryan Erb – Huron-Perth United Way Ryan has more than 17 years of non-profit management, community development, fundraising and marketing experience, and currently serves as the Executive Director of the United Way Perth-Huron. Ryan has been, and continues to be, an active volunteer with other not-for-profit organizations, including Rotary and his church. Ryan enjoys hiking, hockey and spending time with friends. He holds an M.A. in Leadership, a B.A. in Social Development/Peace and Conflict, and a B.R.E. in Counselling. The ‘my Perth Huron Initiative’ is a community resource that measures and tracks trends to encourage discussion that influences and ignites positive social change. http://www.myperthhuron.ca

Data Expo

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Tamara Kerr - Early Development Instrument Doug Mulholland- Enabling Better Access to Data

Ellen Ibele - WWMEA/WRCPI

Julia Coburn - WorldVuze: Bringing Youth Voice to the Table

Childrens Planning Table - Shared Goals for Child and Youth Wellbeing in Waterloo Region

Erin Vandahl - Open Data @ Waterloo Regional Police Service

Brooke Lambert - WCCD Cambridge Data Hub

Marwan Areibi - Tabnex - Using Open Data to augment hiring efforts

Van Vilaysinh - Evolving to tell our story better in Community Services

Kristine Allison - Social Planning Council Cambridge and North Dumfries

Fiona Ellison - GIS at the Region of Waterloo

Wellbeing Waterloo Region • Rainbow Council – Outlook study • CIW children and index • Universities and college • FMGC • OCAP • Openly • Overlap • Tech industry • Sustainable Waterloo Region • iEngage • School Boards • Environics • Google analytics

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Thank You! We are grateful for the support and direction of the forum organizing committee.

Great thanks go out to the many people who have contributed to the forum. The organizing committee (found below) was a partnership between the Region of Waterloo’s Data Networking Group and the Wellbeing Waterloo Region Initiative. Your work made this forum a success!

We offer gratitude to our speakers, lunch table hosts, our exhibitors, our facilitator Glenn Pothier and to all of you who are here, asking questions, provding insights and learding the way forward to the best possible solution for our community.

Name Why data is so important to me Annie Herron Arianne Folkema Brooke Lambert David Siladi Jessica Deming Kristine Allison Leyco Wilson Lorie Fioze Manager of Strategic Planning and Strategic Initiatives – Wellbeing Waterloo

Region backbone support Margaret Parkin Oriana Sharp Sanjay Govindaraj Shannon McIntyre Simon Coulombe Sospeter Gatobu Tamara Kerr Trudy Beaulne Van Vilaysinh Heartfelt thanks to our funders and in kind supporters

United Way, the KW Community Foundation and the Waterloo-Wellington Local Health Integration Network (LHIN). In kind support has also been provided by the Waterloo Region Crime Prevention Council and Waterloo Region Police Service. The Region of Waterloo is providing “back bone” support for the initiative, which entails planning, engagement and administrative activities to ensure the work is on task and on time.

Where can I find more information? For more information visit the Wellbeing Waterloo Region website at www.wellbeingwr.ca or contact Lorie Fioze at 519-575-4758 TTY 519-575-4608 or lfioze@regionofwaterloo.ca.