Sean McDonaldA Digital Neutrality of CommissionThe digital exodus from Russia has revealed a lot of politics, perhaps the most important of which is that technology’s idea of neutrality…Apr 27, 2022Apr 27, 2022
Sean McDonaldBuilding a Multi-Step Plan for Canada’s Long Road AheadBianca Wylie and Sean McDonaldJun 15, 2020Jun 15, 2020
Sean McDonaldSidewalk Labs, the CandidateNormally when we convey open-ended power over public spaces and policies, we do so to candidates through democratic election. In the…Aug 13, 2019Aug 13, 2019
Sean McDonaldA Tale of Two “Smart” Cities“In short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good…Jun 28, 2019Jun 28, 2019
Sean McDonaldinThe StartupMIDP: the Data Governance ProposalMonday, Waterfront Toronto publicly released Sidewalk Labs’ much-anticipated Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP)— essentially…Jun 26, 2019Jun 26, 2019
Sean McDonaldinDigitalPolitik NewsletterDigitalPolitik (№4)A newsletter on states, markets, and their digital intersection by Sean McDonald and An Xiao MinaJan 31, 2019Jan 31, 2019
Sean McDonaldinDigitalPolitik NewsletterDigitalPolitik (№ 2)DigitalPolitik is a twice-monthly newsletter on states, markets, and their digital intersection. We started calling the phenomenon…Dec 5, 2018Dec 5, 2018
Sean McDonaldToronto, Civic Data, and TrustYesterday, Sidewalk Labs proposed using a Civic Data Trust as a governance vehicle to manage data collection and use in the proposed smart…Oct 17, 2018Oct 17, 2018
Sean McDonaldCommunity Data OrganizingAdvocates, communities, and vulnerable populations are starting to use data trusts to build a new form of activism.May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
Sean McDonaldYour Chief Data Governance OfficerA job description for your newest C-Suite hire.May 21, 2018May 21, 2018