Civic Meetup #537: Digging into data: how local journalism counters eroding government transparency
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Topic: Digging into data: how local journalism counters eroding government transparency
As Ontario's health system has come under serious strain, health authorities--from the Health Ministry to overburdened hospitals--have encouraged Ontarians to turn to Health811, a service where they can get free, 24/7 health advice from a nurse by phone or online. But reporting by The Local magazine found average monthly wait times to speak with a Health811 nurse were as high as 11 hours, raising questions about the service's utility and patient outcomes.
Speaker: Wency Leung
Wency Leung is a senior reporter for The Local, an award-winning independent news magazine focusing on the Greater Toronto Area.
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:
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Our weekly civic meetups 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.
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Don't let broken lines of code, busted API calls, and crashes ruin your app. Join the 4M developers and 90K organizations who consider Sentry “not bad” when it comes to application monitoring. Use code “guild” for 3 free months of the team plan.
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Civic Meetup #537: Digging into data: how local journalism counters eroding government transparency
Topic: Digging into data: how local journalism counters eroding government transparency
As Ontario's health system has come under serious strain, health authorities--from the Health Ministry to overburdened hospitals--have encouraged Ontarians to turn to Health811, a service where they can get free, 24/7 health advice from a nurse by phone or online. But reporting by The Local magazine found average monthly wait times to speak with a Health811 nurse were as high as 11 hours, raising questions about the service's utility and patient outcomes.
Speaker: Wency Leung
Wency Leung is a senior reporter for The Local, an award-winning independent news magazine focusing on the Greater Toronto Area.
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:
Check in with us on the Civic Tech Toronto Slack:
https://link.civictech.ca/chat
About Us:
Our weekly civic meetups 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.
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
Come and be part of it!
For more info:
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