Topic:

CivicPress – Open Tools for Transparent Government

CivicPress is a new open-source platform that helps towns and cities publish meetings, bylaws, budgets, and civic records in a transparent, inspectable way — without vendor lock-in. In this talk, Mathieu Hallé will share how the project began, what it aims to fix, and how open-source tools can help rebuild public trust from the ground up.

Github: github.com/CivicPress

Mastodon: @civicpress@mastodon.social

Speaker:

Mathieu Hallé

Mathieu Hallé is a solution architect and full-stack developer with over 25 years of experience building web platforms, systems, and tools with a human-centred approach. He’s the founder of CivicPress — an open-source civic platform focused on transparency, local-first design, and practical trust in government technology. He lives with his family on a small sugarbush in Québec.

Agenda:

7:00-7:20 Welcome and Introductions

7:20-7:50 Presentation and Q&A/discussion

7:50-9:00 Breakout groups

Code of Conduct:

https://civictech.ca/about-us

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https://link.civictech.ca/chat

About Us:

Our weekly civic tech hacknights bring together Torontonians (designers, coders, urban planners, government staff, mappers, policy-makers, students, communications strategists, community organizers, and more) who share an interest in making Toronto more responsive, prosperous, sustainable, and equitable through design, tech, and data.

Come and be part of it!

For more info:

https://civictech.ca