Civic Meetup #551: SolveTO: From one pothole, to a reporting platform for every Canadian city
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Topic: SolveTO: From one pothole, to a reporting platform for every Canadian city
After driving past the same pothole for months, Ahmed Nadar built a tool that turns one photo into a report the city can act on. This is the story of SolveTO, the open data that was there the whole time, and what one reporting platform across every Canadian city could look like.
Speaker: Ahmed Nadar
Ahmed Nadar is a Toronto resident and the solo builder of SolveTO, a civic reporting tool that turns a photo or a few spoken words into a report routed to the city and your councillor. He launched it in Toronto in February 2026 and expanded to Mississauga in May. SolveTO runs on open data the city already publishes, over a million pieces of public infrastructure on one map. He's now chasing the harder question: what would it take to run one platform across every Canadian city. Website, LinkedIn, X, Instagram.
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
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.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
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Civic Meetup #551: SolveTO: From one pothole, to a reporting platform for every Canadian city
Topic: SolveTO: From one pothole, to a reporting platform for every Canadian city
After driving past the same pothole for months, Ahmed Nadar built a tool that turns one photo into a report the city can act on. This is the story of SolveTO, the open data that was there the whole time, and what one reporting platform across every Canadian city could look like.
Speaker: Ahmed Nadar
Ahmed Nadar is a Toronto resident and the solo builder of SolveTO, a civic reporting tool that turns a photo or a few spoken words into a report routed to the city and your councillor. He launched it in Toronto in February 2026 and expanded to Mississauga in May. SolveTO runs on open data the city already publishes, over a million pieces of public infrastructure on one map. He's now chasing the harder question: what would it take to run one platform across every Canadian city. Website, LinkedIn, X, Instagram.
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
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.
Come and be part of it!
For more info: https://civictech.ca
--
Interested in speaking at a future event, or know someone who'd be a great speaker? We'd love to hear from you:
https://link.civictech.ca/speaker-suggestions
Have a space that could host up to 80 civic-minded folks for an evening? Consider recommending your venue:
Get in touch!
hi@guild.host