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This May 2025 Code for Canada session discusses how Canada’s newly elected federal government can address its current slide in international digital government rankings and deliver better public digital services. The panel features insights from three digital government leaders with deep knowledge of international and Canadian digital service success stories.

This digtalLIFT April 2025 Digital Divide Simulation, presented by KC Digital Drive, invites participants to step into the shoes of those navigating an analog life in our digital world. Through a series of realistic activities and obstacles, gain firsthand insight into the compounded difficulties arising from digital exclusion.

This May 2025 Civic Tech TO talk explores the landscape of digital skills in the non-profit sector in Canada. It explores both research and strategies that organizations can use to invest in the digital skills of their workforce.

In this May 2025 Civic Tech TO session, Aniket Kali reveals how immigrant voting patterns in the GTA have shifted toward the Conservatives. His analysis, using data visualization and mapping, combines electoral results with census data to create visual stories that challenge assumptions about immigrant voting blocs in Canadian politics.

In these 2 Globe and Mail events, participants focused on how Canada might develop a workforce to support long-term prosperity, business resilience, and national security.

These recordings are from the Toronto Public Library's October 2025 Digital Expo - Bridging the AI Divide. This event brought together industry leaders and local agencies to discuss responsible technology use, privacy and online safety, digital citizenship and innovation in the age of AI.

Apparently, this survey may close tonight so here it is with some comments from me. Context? From IRCC's slide deck: "The purpose of this presentation is to solicit your early thoughts and co-generate ideas about how we can adapt the Settlement and Resettlement Programs to better suit the needs of clients over the next few years in a context of reduced funding and lower immigration levels."

Putting aside the fact that the national call for proposals and resulting approval and implementation process was devastatingly chaotic, I found it useful to take a dive into the government of Canada's proactive disclosure site, focus on grants and contributions. This article includes projects I found that are digitally/tech related, which might be of interest to you.

At the May 2025 AI for Social Impact Gathering, IslamicFamily's Omar Yaqub shared insights into how AI is being used to support social workers and strengthen social service communities. It promises to be a thoughtful and energizing session.