Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum
About
The Toronto Open Smart Cities Forum assists the public in responding to proposed and existing networked forms of urbanism like Sidewalk Toronto. The Forum operates on principles of openness, transparency, and inclusivity. It is made up of interested residents, academics, civil society groups, community groups, urbanists, and others.
Any member of the public is welcome to participate in the Forum. The Forum prepares documents to provide input and/or feedback as the Sidewalk Toronto process continues.
In addition to this work, it supports community education events and the creation and sharing of resources. The purpose of these resources is to help inform and educate residents affected by networked urbanist forms of smart cities like Sidewalk Toronto and others who are interested in open smart city solutions.
The Forum’s steering committee is a network that facilitates the activities of the Forum. It will meet via conference call or in-person. The Centre for Free Expression at Ryerson University provides administrative support for the Forum.
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Steering Committee
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Nabeel Ahmed: Researcher, Smart cities, big data, and urban planning Nasma Ahmed: Director, Digital Justice Lab Julie Di Lorenzo: Entrepreneur, Real Estate Developer, Mentor, Philanthropist Milan Gokhale: Tech Consultant and Writer Melissa Goldstein: Community Activist and Affordable Housing Advocate Tracey Lauriault: Assistant Professor of Critical Media and Big Data, School of Journalism and Communication, Carleton University Saadia Muzaffar: Founder TechGirls Canada, Co-founder Tech Reset Canada Javier Moreno: Mathematician and Data Scientist, Resident |
Brenda McPhail: Director-Privacy, Technolgy & Surveillance Project, Canadian Civil Liberties Association Mariette Pilon: Lawyer, Ottawa; Member of the Quebec Bar Molly Sauter: PhD Candidate, Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University James Turk: Director, Centre for Free Expression, Ryerson University Mariana Valverde: Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto David Murakami Wood (Co-Chair): Associate Professor of Sociology, Queen's University Bianca Wylie (Co-Chair): Co-founder, Tech Reset Canada and Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation |
Resources
“Urban Data” & “Civic Data Trusts” in the Smart City
On June 24, Sidewalk Labs, a sister company to Google, released its three-volume, 1,500-page Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP) containing its draft proposals for a smart-city project in
The Google ‘Smart City’ Plan: Financial Language of Hi-Tech Colonialism
George Orwell’s 1946 essay “Politics and the English language” is my suggested summer reading for Toronto city councillors and anyone interested in the ‘smart city’ plan that Sidewalk Labs/Google h
Google’s “Urban Data” Plan: Evading Regulation While Promoting the Appearance of Transparency
If you care about corporations monetizing data generated by people’s desire to communicate, you may have read worrying stories featuring some of the Google octopus of companies, including Sidewalk
At the intersection of democracy, transit and Sidewalk Toronto
By Milan Gokhale - March 4, 2019 - To solve Toronto transit cuts, we urgently require more democracy. Sidewalk Toronto is taking us in the opposite direction.
Toronto's Leadership Dithers While Sidewalk Labs Plans City Revenue Grab
The ‘smart city’ proposal, concocted by Google-affiliated Sidewalk Labs behind the backs not only of citizens but of all our elected officials, was leaked to the
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