Published inPDS | DSH·Feb 9Q&A with Conseil SAM: On Using Data to Better Understand Food InsecurityInterview with Erika Salem, Conseil SAM program officer — Written by the DSH Team* Une version française de ce billet se trouve ici. The Data for Society Hub (DSH) team spoke with program officer Erika Salem about the collaboration between the DSH and the Conseil du Système alimentaire montréalais (Conseil SAM), Québec’s first food policy council. In a nutshell…Social Innovation5 min readSocial Innovation5 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Feb 2Les données au service de la diversité et de l’inclusion sociales à MontréalEntretien avec Janie Boucher du Service de la diversité et de l’inclusion sociale de la Ville de Montréal. — Écrit par l’équipe de coordination du PDS* An English version of this post will be available soon. L’équipe du Pôle d’analyse de données sociales (PDS) s’est entretenue avec Janie Boucher, représentante du Service de la diversité et de l’inclusion sociale (SDIS) pour en apprendre davantage sur son implication au sein…Data Science8 min readData Science8 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Dec 15, 2022Le Conseil SAM : mieux comprendre l’insécurité alimentaire par la donnéeEntretien avec Erika Salem, agente de programme pour le Conseil SAM — Écrit par l’équipe de coordination du PDS* An English version of this post will be published shortly. L’équipe du Pôle d’analyse de données sociales (PDS) s’est entretenue avec l’agente de programme Erika Salem au sujet de la collaboration entre le PDS et le Conseil du Système alimentaire montréalais (Conseil SAM)…Innovation Sociale5 min readInnovation Sociale5 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Nov 10, 2022All About That Use Case: Back to BasicsWritten by the DSH team* Une version française de ce billet sera bientôt disponible. This fall, the Data for Society Hub (DSH) aims to establish a use case. In this first instalment of our series “All About That Use Case”, the team speaks with project manager Esmaël Mourtaza and solutions…Use Case3 min readUse Case3 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Nov 8, 2022Enhancing our understanding of Montréal’s communities through the use of computer-assisted text analysisLooking back on the fifth Montréal in Common webinar — Written by Amélie Ducharme and Julien Vallières,* research assistant and coordinator for the Laboratory for Collective Narratives and Discourse Analysis On May 25th, 2022, the Laboratory for Collective Narratives and Discourse Analysis (LACONDA) team participated in the fifth Montréal in Common webinar, during which they presented their work within the…2 min read2 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Nov 8, 2022Data Governance: the Human Decisions that Drive Data and TechnologyWritten by the DSH Coordination Team* in collaboration with Samuel Kohn, Program Director at Open North Une version française de ce billet a été publiée ici. This is the first article in a collaborative series between the Data for Society Hub (DSH) and Open North (ON), Montréal in Common’s data…6 min read6 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Sep 23, 2022Combler l’écart entre les humains et la technologieEntretien avec Jonathan van Geuns — Écrit par l’équipe de coordination du PDS* An English version of this post was published here. L’équipe du Pôle d’analyse de données sociales (PDS) s’est entretenue avec le gestionnaire de conception et de gouvernance des données Jonathan van Geuns pour en apprendre davantage sur le travail qu’il a réalisé en…Montréal8 min readMontréal8 min read
Published inPDS | DSH·Sep 20, 2022CIRM’s Audray Fontaine and Nik Luka on the Project’s Transformative PotentialQ&A with Audray Fontaine and Nik Luka — Written by the DSH team* Une version française de ce billet sera bientôt disponible. The Data for Society Hub (DSH) team spoke with The Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montréal (CIRM)’s knowledge mobilization coordinator, Audray Fontaine, and associate director Nik Luka about the collaboration between CIRM and the DSH.Social Innovation7 min readSocial Innovation7 min read
Published inL’Urbanologue | The Urbanologist·Aug 24, 2022International Students in Montréal: The Impact of Covid-19 and the PEQ ReformWritten by Brant Moscovitch For all their differences, the two leading parties in Montréal’s 2021 municipal election agreed on one thing: that the city would benefit from attracting and retaining more international students. While Ensemble Montréal promoted Montréal as a “student city” and proposed tax credits to encourage graduates to…Montreal11 min readMontreal11 min read
Published inL’Urbanologue | The Urbanologist·Jul 16, 2022If you don’t build it, they won’t comeWritten by Ana Brandusescu Regardless of its utility, responsible artificial intelligence (Responsible AI) is a term that is here to stay — a response to technology that’s driven by private sector interests, opaque to many of its users. Declarations, guidelines, and frameworks are being co-created, launched and promoted across academia…Artificial Intelligence6 min readArtificial Intelligence6 min read
