OpenData Public Research, University of Toronto, Open Access Week, 25/11/2011

OpenData & Public Research
Tracey P. Lauriault

Open Access Events: The Case for Open Data, Why you
should Care
Map & Data Library - 5th Floor Robarts Library, University of Toronto
Thursday, Oct. 25 from 10:00-12:00

Informed Decision Making

1. Citizen participation in decision-making is fundamental to
democracy
2. Good decisions are made by informed citizens
3. Quality civic data and information are key to keeping
citizens & public institutions informed; and
4. Citizen projects using civic data generate innovative
solutions to social, economic and environmental problems.
5. We all benefit from better and more open consultations
using public data.

Court Action - access to data

Mine tailings near the abandoned Little Bay copper mine in
north-central Newfoundland. (Photo courtesy DFO)

Citizen Action to Access a Report

http://datalibre.ca/

RNCan / NRCan

http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/

http://www.geobase.ca
http://geodiscover.cgdi.ca

http://www.geoconnections.org/fr/resou
rcelibrary/keyStudiesReports

IPY – Research funding and data management

http://www.ipy-api.gc.ca/pg_IPYAPI_052-eng.html

Canadian Institute for Health Information

Policy on Access to Research Outputs
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/34846.html

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/35664.html

Open Government

http://www.infocom.gc.ca/fra/rp-pr-ori-ari_2010_1.aspx

Licenses

CIPPIC has a dual mission:
1) to fill voids in public policy debates on technology law issues, ensure balance in policy and law-making
processes, and provide legal assistance to under-represented organizations and individuals on matters
involving the intersection of law and technology; and
2) to provide a high quality and rewarding clinical legal education experience to students of law.

http://www.cippic.ca/open-licensing/

Global Map

ISCGM: http://www.iscgm.org/cgi-bin/fswiki/wiki.cgi
Data Use Agreement: http://www.iscgm.org/agreement.html
GCRC & Global Map: https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Global+Map

GEOSS – Global Earth Observation System of
Systems

GEOSS: http://www.earthobservations.org

Scientific Committee on
Antarctic Research (SCAR)

http://scadm.scar.org/

GRCR Research Centre Funding
• SSHRC
• Initiative on the New Economy (INE)
• Government of Canada
Major Collaborative Initiative Grant  HRSDC - Data Development Projects on
• Image, Text, Sound and Technology Homelessness Program
(ITST) Strategic Grant  Heritage Canada - Gateway Fund
• INE Outreach Grant & Standard  Statistics Canada, Geography Division
Research Grants  Department of Foreign Affairs and
• International Polar Year International Trade Grant
Canada  Natural Resources Canada
• NSERC
• Indian & Northern Affairs • Canada Foundation for
• Canadian International Polar Year Innovation (CFI)
Secretariat Office
• Government of Nunavut • Scientific Committee on
• Inuit Heritage Trust Antarctic Research
• Kitikmeot Heritage Society • Inukshuk Wireless
(NPO)
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Overview

Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness
– Partnership Data Sharing
Data & Software
- Nunaliit
Cybercartographic Atlas
Framework ( BSD)
- Data Liberation Intiative
(DLI) Statistics Canada
(Restricted use)
- FCM QoLRS (Viewing only)
- City Neighbourhood
framework data files
(Viewing only)
- Toronto Community
Housing (Viewing only)

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Atlases

ISIUOP – Participatory Data Collection

Data & Software
- Nunaliit Cybercartographic Atlas Framework (BSD)
- Geogratis Framework & Topographic Data (Unrestricted terms of use)
- Flow lines collected by different hunters (Shared rights)
- More sensitive data – e.g. Bear Dens, sacred sites, environmentally
sensitive data are for viewing & use by the community only
- Data will become part of IPY Canada

https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/ISIUOP/Inuit+Sea+Ice+Use+and+Occupancy+Project+(ISIUOP)

Data – Uncertain & Restrictive
Cybercartographic atlases are created with:
• Restricted Data
 Library and Archives Canada – Maps & Photographs
 Statistics Canada, expensive due to Cost Recovery Policies also restrictive
licencing
• Uncertain Data Access
• atlascine.org Film Canada Year Book
• Alliance Atlantis
• Cinemaclock


Data - Open and Semi Open

Cybercartographic atlases are created with:
• Data accessed from open access sources
• GeoGratis (NRCan) - Landsat Mosaic - Unrestricted User License
• GeoBase (NRCan) - Framework Data - Unrestricted User License
• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) - Antarctic
Treaty System
• Data from semi open access sources
• Data Liberation Initiative, CU Library - Restricted to University
• Google Maps - Open APIs, useable but under terms

Atlases

Atlas of Arctic Bay
- Nunaliit
Cybercartographic
Atlas Framework (New
BSD)
- Google API (Semi
Open)

Atlas of Arctic Bay
- Nunaliit
Cybercartographic
Atlas Framework (New
BSD)
- Geogratis Framework
Data (Unrestricted terms of
use)
- Statistics Canada
Trade Division Data
(Restricted use and $$$$$)


GCRC – Guiding Principles
• Products produced w/public funds belong to the public
 Whenever possible open access comes first
 BSD License
 Use data from open access sources
 Creative Commons
 Share as much as possible
 Publish in Open Access Journals
 Create and use open source software, tools, widgets, etc.
 Design for open source browsers
 Participate in open access, open data, open source fora
 Encourage these principles in public consultations
 Education & Capacity building
 Adhere to interoperability standards and specifications

Public Health Research - Provinces

Espace montréalais d'information sur la santé

http://emis.santemontreal.qc.ca/outils/atlas-sante-montreal/

EMIS Data Providers
Provider Type of data
AQPP Association québécoise des pharmaciens propriétaires
 Système d'information pour la gestion des organismes communautaires (SIGOC)
Agence  Inventaire des cliniques médicales
 Référentiel établissement de l'Agence de Montréal
DSP Dossier client informatisé - Maladies infectieuses (DCIMI)
CJM-Batshaw Fichier du centre jeunesse de Montréal et du centre jeunesse Batshaw
CGTSIM Défavorisation scolaire (CGTSIM)
DGA Contours des dépenses
SRA Hébergement
ISQ Projection de la population
 Recensement 2006 (Montréal) population totale selon l'âge et le sexe - territoires de
CLSC
 Recensement 2006 (Qc) - profil semi-personnalisé de la population - RSS (Qc),
territoires de CLSC (Mtl) Échantillon 100%
 Recensement 2006 (Qc) - profils semi-personnalisés cumulatifs - RSS (Qc),
StatCan
territoires de CLSC (Mtl), voisinage Échantillon 20%
 Recensement 2006 (RMR de Montréal) - profils standards cumulatifs - AD, SR et
SDR de la RMR de Montréal
 Stratégie d'accès communautaire aux statistiques sociales - Liste des tableaux
disponibles
Intégration-CLSC
RAMQ
Banque des données jumelées
Enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes - Fichier de microdonnées à
ESCC
grande diffusion (FMGD)
NIS Nationwide inpatient sample
Ville de Montréal Géobase de la ville de Montréal
CMM Orthophotos de la Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal
 Consommation et offre normalisées des services offerts par les médecins
 Découpage géographique - M34
 Données sur la clientèle hospitalière
 Performance hospitalière
 Personnel du réseau : salariés et cadres
 Rapports financiers des établissements
 Rapports statistiques annuels des centres jeunesse
 Rapports statistiques des centres de réadaptation
MSSS  Rapports statistiques des centres hospitaliers et de soins de longue durée
 Registre de la salle d'urgence
 Relevé quotidien de la situation à l'urgence et au centre hospitalier
 Fichier des tumeurs

CommunityView Collaboration - Saskatoon

http://www.communityview.ca/

Community Data Consortium

https://communitydata-donneescommunautaires.ca

Community Data Canada

http://cdc-dcc.info/mandate.php

Social Planning Council of Ottawa
Data & Software
- CIMS Infrastructure (Open Source)
- Health Districts(Viewing only)
- Community Social Data Strategy Data (Viewing
only)
- Geogratis Data (unrestricted use)
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Viewing
only)
- Community created data sets (Viewing only)
- City of Ottawa Ward Boundaries (OpenData)

Using Population Health Data to Profile the Health and Well-
Being of Children and Youth in Eastern Ontario
http://www.cims-scic.ca/CYHNEO_atlas

Community Information and Mapping System (CIMS)
http://www.cims-scic.ca/

City of Winnipeg

Source:
Consortium Member – Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
http://www.spcw.mb.ca

RM-Halton Geography Examples

Report Card Partners
• Halton Catholic District
School Board
• ROCK Reach Out Centre for
Kids
• Halton Children's Aid Society
• Halton District School Board
• Halton Region, Departments
of Health and Social &
Community Services
• Halton Regional Police
Services
• Transitions for Youth

Source:
Consortium Members – Halton Region - Our Kids Our Community Report Card
http://www.ourkidsnetwork.ca/about/partners.shtml

City of Hamilton

Source:
Consortium Member – Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton
http://www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca/CommunityMappingService.php

RM-Halton Geography Examples

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Source:
Consortium Member – Community Development Halton: Community Lens
http://www.cdhalton.ca/lens/index.htm

Sault Ste. Marie

Source:
Consortium Member Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre presentation entitled 2009 United Way
Donation and Socio-Demographic Maps

Apps4 – Climate Change

http://data.gov.bc.ca/index.html

http://apps4climateaction.gov.bc.ca/

App de participation
publique

http://fixmystreet.ca/

http://apps4ottawa.ca/en/apps

http://howdtheyvote.ca also see
http://datalibre.ca/2011/03/29/tools-for-the-elections/

Informed Elections
http://howdtheyvote.ca/votes.php?s=17

Random Hacks of Kindness

http://www.rhok.org/

WeHub

The Water and Environmental Hub (WEHUB) project is an open source web platform that aggregates, federates, and connects
water data and information with users looking to download, analyze, model and interpret water and environmental-based
information. By combining water expertise with an open web development approach and an entrepreneurial foundation, the
project will spur economic diversification and benefit both public users and the private sector by improving the access to water
data and tools for academia, government, industry, NGOs and the general public.

http://www.waterenvironmentalhub.ca/

Ornithologists

http://www.bsc-eoc.org/volunteer/cmmn/index.jsp?targetpg=index&lang=en

Waterly

http://blog.gov.bc.ca/livingwatersmart/2010/09/23/waterly-winner-of-best-made-in-bc-
apps-for-climate-action-contest-is-simply-watersmart/

SEAWA

The SEAWA Watershed Planning and Advisory Council (WPAC) was built on a foundation set by the
Citizens Water Study Group in 2006. This led to the establishment of the watershed stewardship group
Prairie River Stewards, and then to the Initiator’s Group, and in turn to SEAWA. The South East Alberta
Watershed Alliance (SEAWA) was formed in 2007, and incorporated as a non-profit Society in 2008.

http://www.albertawater.com/seawa/

Openness

The more open, accessible, interoperable, free and discoverable
public data the more innovation we will see, the more stories
we can tell about Canada from multiple points of view. Public
policy can also become more intelligent as citizens,
researchers, NGOs, business and other levels of government
when they too have access to the data they need to inform it.
These are the public's data after all!

That is why open data and open government matters.

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