Open Data Policy in Canada

Tracey P. LauriaultGeomatics and Cartographic Research Centre

Carleton University (http://gcrc.carleton.ca)

Digital Odyssey 2013: BIG DATA, Small World

Friday June 7

Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, Toronto Reference Library

789 Yonge Street (1 street north of Bloor)

Toronto ON M4W 2G8

Table of Contents

1. The globe

2. Open Data Examples

3. Where to get data

4. Data advocacy

5. Data policy

6. Librarian Powers

Blue Marble

Joseph Campbell “the society of the Planet” from the Power of the Myth in reference to the Blue Marble Image released by

NASA in 1972

Open Data Examples

Citizen - Participation

http://opennorth.ca/Budget Plateau

http://budgetplateau.com/

Citizen - Recreation

http://patinermontreal.ca/rinks/74-saint-simon-apotrehttp://montrealouvert.net/a-propos/

Citizen - Accountability

http://mamairie.ca/

http://represent.opennorth.ca/

Citizen – Dining and Health

http://resto-net.ca/en

Citizen - Access

Catherine Roy: ecrire@catherine-roy.nethttp://montrealaccessible.ca/

http://www.rapliq.org/2011/06/09/journee-de-laccessibilite-dans-le-vieux-montreal/

Citizen - Health

http://www.hackinghealth.ca/about

Citizen – Transparency Les appels d’offres et certain contrats octroyés de la Ville de Montréal et la province du Québec (version détaillée ici)

Le registre des entreprises du Canada

Les dons au partis politiques du Canada

Les dons aux partis politiques du Québec

Le registre des lobbyistes du gouvernment fédéral(aussi registre et journal)

Licenses restreintes dans l'industrie de la construction

Les contrats octroyés par la Ville de Laval depuis 2007

Les contrats octroyés par la Ville de Montréal depuis 2006

http://quebecouvert.org/events/hackonslacorruption/

Citizen - Hackathons

http://www.rhok.org/

http://blog.opendataottawa.ca/

http://montrealouvert.net/2011/11/23/compte-rendu-du-3e-hackathon-montreal-ouvert/?lang=en

http://www.livinglabmontreal.org/TranspoCampMTL

Citizen - Entrepreneur

http://ajah.ca/home/

All 10,000 public and private foundations.

Exhaustive list of federal and provincial funding programs specifically for non-profits (over 700).

Corporate funders (500 and growing).

Research – Inuit Sea Ice Use and Occupancy

Data & Software

- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)

- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)

- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)

- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only

- Data will become part of IPY Canadahttps://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

Community - Place Names

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

Territory – Treaty Process

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/The+Lake+Huron+Treaty+Atlas

Past & Present

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/The+Lake+Huron+Treaty+Atlas

Citizen Science

http://waterenvironmentalhub.ca/

NGO

http://sjhdc.ca//

NGO, City, University

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Pilot+Atlas+of+the+Risk+of+Homelessness

Environment

http://www.ec.gc.ca/inrp-npri/

http://www.ecojustice.ca/media-centre/press-releases/court-victory-forces-canada-to-report-pollution-data-for-mines

Municipal Official

http://www.municipaldata-donneesmunicipales.ca/Site/Reporting/en/reporting_tool.php

Chief Medical Officer of Health

http://emis.santemontreal.qc.ca/

Chief Medical Officer of Health

http://www.communityview.ca/index.html

Social Determinants of Health

www.toronto.ca/wellbeing

Transportation planner

Données sources

Au niveau municipal, les données sont accessibles indirectement sur le site de la ville de Montréal. En d'autres termes, ces données n'ont pas été prévues pour être utilisées de manière directe mais sont affichées sur une carte dans la section Info-Travaux.

Au niveau provinciale, les données viennent du Ministère des transports du Québec et de son service Québec 511. Là aussi le MTQ se démarque de ses homologues canadiens en étant a priori le premier à proposer des données GPS pour la localisation des chantiers. http://zonecone.ca/

Transportation planner

http://www.geobase.ca/geobase/en/data/nrn/index.html;jsessionid=1361AFFCF2C4E5B4D8071

E5D489026EF

Disaster monitoring

Safecast is a global sensor network for collecting and sharing radiation measurements to empower people with data about their environments

http://blog.safecast.org/

Remote Sensing & Human RightsAAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program

Satellite Imagery Analysis for Urban Conflict Documentation: Aleppo, Syria

http://srhrl.aaas.org/geotech/syria/aleppo.htm

Where to get data

Federal Data

Geogratis & Geobase & Discovery Portal – Natural Resources Canada

Treasury Board of Canada – OpenData.gc.ca Research Data Canada – National Research

Council Data Liberation Initiative – ALMOST OPEN –

Statistics Canada & Universities Data dot GC.ca – Citizen’s initiative to Inspire the

Canadian Government Canadian International Development Agency

(CIDA) Open Data

NRCan

http://www.geoconnections.org/fr/resourcelibrary/keyStudiesReports

http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca

http://www.geobase.ca

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

Open Data Federal Project

http://www.data.gc.ca/default.asp?lang=En&n=F9B7A1E3-1

Research Data

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

Open Aid

http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/acdi-cida/acdi-cida.nsf/eng/FRA-511112638-L57

Provinces

1. Ontario Open Data

2. Alberta Open Data

3. Données ouvertes Portail du Gouvernement du Québec, Québec Ouvert – Citizen Led

4. BC: Data BC, OpenData BC- Citizen Led and B.C.’s Climate Change Data Catalogue is a composite listing of publicly available data related to climate change, with a focus on British Columbia data.

5. Open Data Saskatchewan, Citizen Led

Open Data Provinces

http://www.donnees.gouv.qc.ca/?node=/accueil

http://www.data.gov.bc.ca/

Open Data Cities1. Banff Open Data Portal, (AB) Pilot

2. City of Brandon (MB)

3. City of Burlington (ON), Pilot

4. City of Calgary (AB)

5. City of Edmonton (AB)

6. City of Fredericton (NB)

7. Portail de données ouvertes de la ville de Gatineau, Gatineau Ouverte (QC) – Citizen Led

8. County of Grande Prairie (AB)

9. City of Guelph (ON), Guelph Coffee and Code – Citizen Led

10. Halifax Regional Municipality (NS)

11. City of Hamilton (Transit Feed) (ON), Open Data Hamilton – Citizen Led

12. OpenHalton (ON) – Citizen Led

13. City of London (ON), OpenData London – Citizen Led

14. Township of Langley (BC)

15. Open Data Medicine Hat (AB)

16. City of Mississauga – Mississauga Data (ON)

17. Ville de Montréal Portails données ouvertes (QC), Montréal Ouvert – Citizen Led

18. City of Nanaimo (BC)

19. City of Niagara Falls (ON

20. Region of Niagara (ON)

21. Regional District of North Okanagan (BC)

22. District of North Vancouver (BC) GeoWeb

23. City of Ottawa (ON), Citizens’ APP Group – OpenData Ottawa; Apps

24. Region of Peel (ON)

25. City of Prince George (BC)

26. Ville de Québec Catalogue de données, Capitale Ouverte (QC)- Citizen Led in Ville de Québec

27. City of Red Deer, Alberta

28. City of Regina (SK) Open Gov & Open Data site

29. Open Data Saskatoon, interim portal

30. City of Surrey (BC) GIS Catalog

31. City of Toronto (ON); DataTO – Citizen Group

32. City of Vancouver (BC); Open Data Wiki

33. City of Victoria (BC)

34. Open Data (city) Waterloo (ON).

35. Region of Waterloo (ON), Region of Waterloo – Citizen Led,

36. City of Windsor (ON) Open Data Catalog

Cities

http://app06.ottawa.ca/en/city_hall/statisticsdata/opendata/info/index.htm

http://www.saskatoon.ca/DEPARTMENTS/Corporate%20Services/Corporate

%20Information%20Services/OpenData/Pages/OpenData.aspx

Community Data Portal

http://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca/home

Data advocacy

Data Negotiation

http://cdc-dcc.info/mandate.php

Open Data NGOs

http://www.opendatabc.ca/index.html

http://opennorth.ca/

CivicAccess.ca

http://datalibre.ca/links-resources/

Equal Right to be Counted

http://www.ccsd.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155:update-census-challenge&catid=46 /

Data Liberation Initiative

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/dli-idd/dli-idd-eng.htm /

Public Consultations

20102002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

National Data Archive Consultation (SSHRC)

Stewardship of Research Data in

Canada: A Gap Analysis

Open Government Consultations (TBS)

Mapping the Data Landscape: Report of the 2011 Canadian

Research Data Summit

2011

GeoConnections study on Archiving, Management and Preservation of

Geospatial Data

National Consultation on Access to Scientific Data Final Report (NCASRD)

Toward a National Digital Information Strategy: Mapping the Current Situation in

Canada (LAC)

Canadian Digital Information Strategy (CDIS) (LAC)

Digital Economy Consultation, Industry

Canada (IC)

Data Policy

Geo Research Data

http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-fra.html

Health Data

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

Open Gov. Resolution

http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/eng/rp-pr-ori-ari_2010_1.aspx

Policy Primers & Guidelines

http://geoconnections.nrcan.gc.ca/18

Open Government Partnership

http://geoconnections.nrcan.gc.ca/18

LAW

http://www.cippic.ca/

Law and Policy

Mapping the Legal and Policy Boundaries of Digital Cartography (SSHRC Partnership Project)

- Centre for Law, Technology and Society

- Natural Resources Canada

- Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre

Ethics and Consent in Arctic Digital Research

- Interdisciplinary, historical & cultural study of consent

- Examine Consent Models in the North

- Consult w/ northern data contributors

- Consult w/ researchers & officials

- GCRC & CLTS will Develop a data consent model

- GCRC to Build a data collection consent framework into data collection technology

GCRC – Guiding Principles• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public

Whenever possible open access comes first BSD License Use data from open access sources Creative Commons Share as much as possible Publish in Open Access Journals Create and use open source software, tools, widgets, etc. Design for open source browsers Participate in open access, open data, open source for a Build in consent and data access protocols into data

collection tools Conduct research on access to data, consent, law and

policy Encourage these principles in public consultations Education & Capacity building

Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications Data Preservation

Librarian Powers can be used to…

Point to these data & apps Point citizens to data resources Examine & evaluate portals Cataloguing expertise Data & app curation Be a citizen librarian at hackfest & hackathons Contribute expertise in public consultations Advise your city, prov. & fed gov’ts Develop a local advisory/reference group for non profits Volunteer in a local org. & help w/their data resources (e.g.,

librarians w/out borders)

Contact info: tlauriau@gmail.com