Chief Data Officer Public Health Agency 🇨🇦 | #data #leadership #creativity #OpenSource #Python #Rust #Golang #Geek #Storyteller (He/Him) @Toferc@noc.social
Joined August 2011
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16 Jun 2021
I'm totally jazzed to announce that effective July 26, I'll be joining Public Health @GovCanHealth as Chief Data Officer and director general of Data Management, Analysis and Innovation. Like many of you, I've been watching the public health and data space for the past few years.
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
8 Mar 2023
In the 1970s, Dutch cities like Amsterdam were full of traffic and air pollution.
Now they are models of sustainable urban planning.
Here's the story of how the Netherlands started building their cities for humans, not cars.
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4 Mar 2023
The e-Binder is a great resource for finding the talent you need while supporting your department’s accountability for diversity and inclusion as well as the Clerk's Call to Action. 2/
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4 Mar 2023
The long awaited Black Executives Network e-Binder with professional profiles of Black federal public servants ready for career advancement along with new opportunities and challenges is finally available! #BlackPublicServantsMatter #InclusiveStaffing 1/ linkedin.com/posts/benren-go…
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28 Feb 2023
🚨New version of Blawx (v1.4.0-alpha) released!🚨
Changes how the code deals with true / false values, and completely revises the scenario editor fact interface to increase its ability to express general, false, and uncertain facts.
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
15 Feb 2023
GE's departure for an amazing opportunity leaves a big hole in our team: get in touch if you think you have what it takes ;) Portfolio includes outcomes database major IT project, data linking for GBA , n4p data utilization capacity, etc. Team overview: x.com/Jason_PE/status/140085…
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
10 Jan 2023
Suppose you have 100 health beans in your health bag.
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18 Dec 2022
15 Nov 2022
I know this sounds crazy, but I'm beginning to suspect gigantic multinational for-profit corporations are not the best venue for civic discourse
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12 Dec 2022
Add to the fact that a) we’ve trained the AI on peoples art without attribution or compensation and b) that future iterations will also be trained on the morass of AI generated art, the future of art will be a derivative swamp void of meaning. That has trouble with fingers…
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12 Dec 2022
And yeah, I know they’ll get the thumbs right, but I’ll stand firm on the rest.
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6 Dec 2022
On #Dec6 first, we mourn
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
2 Dec 2022
Look, if everyone is worried about students cheating on essays for AI, instructors can just cheat right back.
I asked OpenAI to give me an essay question & make a rubric for grading. I had GPT-3 actually write the essay.
I then had the OpenAI grade the essay & give comments. ✅
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
30 Nov 2022
Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.”
#Colbert
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30 Nov 2022
“Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement. The goal of Mastodon is to build a friendly collection of communities, not an attention leeching hate mill.” escapingtech.com/tech/opinio…
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30 Nov 2022
Really interesting read on how infrastructure impacts experience. My 2c is that as I (slowly) connect with folks on #Mastodon, my experience keeps getting better.
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23 Nov 2022
VA’s new mobile app just passed 1 million downloads, with a 4.8 App Store rating. @DeptVetAffairs is quietly delivering one of the government’s biggest tech success stories. How’d we do it? 🧵
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18 Nov 2022
Love seeing this thoughtful analysis of how #network connections seem to work on #Mastodon. It’s hard to figure out all the social and practical implications of the #Fediverse. Thanks!
On the #AcademicTwitter migration to Mastodon. Framing it in terms of network of networks localization problem (A.K.A. social bubbles) can help finding ways to avoid the ivory tower trap. A preliminary 🧵
Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
17 Nov 2022
What are the things that you most wish people knew about Covid?
The absolute top essentials?
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Chris Allison 🇨🇦 retweeted
15 Nov 2022
We need more agitation in government. Don't let things around you get too comfortable. If something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't. And you're probably not the only one who feels it. Speak up. Ask why. Push for better. Question authority. Build alliances for change.
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