Data for Community Engagement: Research on Apps for Climate Change and the Green Communities Act
Presented by Karen Fung, Master’s Candidate in Urban Planning

This presentation will describe a research agenda and project in-progress exploring the Apps for Climate Action contest as a catalyst for collaborations between planners, municipal civil servants, private sector and individual citizens on the Green Communities Act. The project will focus on small and medium-sized municipalities sharing common concerns and needs that citizen-driven web applications can fill in multiple geographic contexts. Through collaboration with the Ministry of Community and Rural Development, this project will locate areas of common need, and explore assets and obstacles for citizens and government actors for open data projects going forward.