A group of data scientists looking to do good. Meetings: meetup.com/DataforGoodYOW/

Joined December 2014
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Looking for a way to step up your geospatial analyses? Interested to see a tangible example of the impact that Data for Good can have in the community? Join us on Wednesday, April 28th for two exciting presentations! #volunteer #datadogooders meetup.com/DataforGoodYOW/ev…
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Ottawa-area friends! We are holding our first Data for Good meetup of 2021 on Wednesday, January 27th at 7:00PM EST. If you are passionate about data, and would like to contribute to improving our community, please join us! meetup.com/DataforGoodYOW/ev… #Meetup via @Meetup

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ANNOUNCEMENT: We are hosting a NATIONAL DATATHON!! All the DFG chapters are uniting to support @NCC_CNC—if you're comfortable analyzing fundraising data, this is your chance to help protect Canada's beauty. Space is limited per region so register early! eventbrite.ca/e/data-for-goo…

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Calling all #dogood Types in #Montreal - lend your data skills to #dataforgood. Meeting tonight at 7 pm at Notman House on 51 Sherbrooke St W.
Tomorrow 21 May, 7pm @notman House: @Data_for_Good Montréal meetup. Details: bit.ly/2VQKEDN. Help make Montréal better through data science! @dataforgoodyul
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Next week! We’re co-hosting the 3rd Annual GoC Data Conference with @SocDevSoc at the Shaw Centre in #Ottawa! The event will be broadcasted via webinar as well as via FB Live. 🎥Stay tuned! ow.ly/i1Lb30nhlHt #3GCDC #Data4Good

11 Jan 2019
#DYK the #GoC uses the power of #data to drive better public policy and services for Cdns? 📊🖥️🤓 Our next #InnoationLive on FB features special guests Anil Arora, Chief Statistician @StatCan_eng, and Graham Flack, Deputy Minister @SocDevSoc. #3GCDC
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Talk about serendipity: The theme for the upcoming Third Annual @OpenGovCan Conference is "Data for Good"! Our very own @tinagroves will share how we use #opendata to do good in #Ottawa
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11 Jan 2019
#DYK the #GoC uses the power of #data to drive better public policy and services for Cdns? 📊🖥️🤓 Our next #InnoationLive on FB features special guests Anil Arora, Chief Statistician @StatCan_eng, and Graham Flack, Deputy Minister @SocDevSoc. #3GCDC
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Our first dataset release of 2019! Can you guess...Drum roll please...Bike Share Toronto Ridership Data ow.ly/1svV30naeAr #OpenData #NYrelease @GreenPParking #bike #ride #cycle #cyclists #yyz
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Great story. Thanks for sharing. x.com/HubOttawa/status/10127…

We're proud and humbled to have hosted our @impacthub family here in Montreal and Ottawa for our annual global gathering. We have some great content coming your way but in the meantime check out our founding story! bit.ly/2MNvTJR
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Thanks @cindihowson and the @Gartner_inc team for the mention! x.com/janosch_ortmann/status…

"How to use Data for Good to Impact Society" gartner.com/doc/3880666 , an article mentioning @Data_for_Good among others. @dataforgoodyul @DataForGoodYOW
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.@ESRIstorymaps is promoting “Storymaps for a Cause”! #data4good proceedings.esri.com/library…

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How does the number of people without health insurance differ for men and women? Use these maps to compare uninsured rates across the #US: buff.ly/2ltAlRz #healthinsurance
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21 Jun 2018
On our blog, @stanford research engineer, @vsoch, makes a strong case for incentivizing public sharing and collaboration amongst academic researchers lays out the challenges to making this happen. We hope Kaggle can contribute. Read the article here: ow.ly/6oCj30kBOGP

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3/4 of respondents reported a medical diagnosis. Hopefully this will counter some of the stigma related to substance use and silence opposition to harm reduction vancouver.dataforgood.ca/201…
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12 Jun 2018
I’m excited to announce that The next #dataforacause challenge starts today! Please #share the news! #dataviz #DataAnalytics
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"Sensors are not smart. Digital kiosks do not save the world. Efficiency is not democracy." Check out how @newurbanmechs in Boston is challenging our understanding of #smartcities. boston.gov/departments/new-u…
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On Tuesday, in #Ottawa I had the incredible honour of being the recipient of CATA's #AI Leader of the Year #award representing Data for Good Thank you to everyone that empowered me to make this possible! lnkd.in/eKF865S lnkd.in/exUJ3KQ

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Treat yourself (and a friend!) to a night on the town! Grab a ticket to The 3rd Annual 'A Night in Vegas' and enjoy casino games, a live and silent auction, and more! 🃏🎲🤞 You'll also support YSB's youth programs in the process! 😍 🎟️ Tickets: infinitievents.wixsite.com/n…
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Great course for fellow #data4good types! Delivered by @albertocairo and no charge. x.com/utknightcenter/status/…

Register now for free online course "Data Visualization for Storytelling and Discovery"! Need to know more? Let @albertocairo convince you ⬇️
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