Pecha Kucha pronounced pe-cha-ku-cha (with the same emphasis on every syllable) has been an ongoing (and somewhat un-pronounceable) event for almost two years. Edmonton’s NextGen Commitee hosted the first Pecha Kucha in Western Canada back in May of 2008 (Vancouver and Calgary followed soon afterwards with their own events). Pecha Kucha, (for all those wondering [...]
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I don’t think I’m as good a neighbour as I could be. Sure, when I was relaxing in my living room a while back and heard tires spinning, I went outside to help push a neighbour’s car out of the snow. On the other hand, however, I’ve noticed that a new family has moved onto [...]
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The City of Edmonton recently won an award in Copenhagen for our environmental initiatives around climate change. The award was presented by some of Canada’s most noted environmental groups. We’re proud of this award which recognizes the leadership role the City of Edmonton has taken in developing programs that preserve and sustain our environment. One [...]
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It’s hard to pinpoint the moment when my interest in Open Data first came into being. My work on collaboration technology here at the City must have sparked it, as I started to really appreciate the incredible capacity, creativity and value of both the global and local community. So what does this have to do [...]
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