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Apr 13, 2021

The virtual intern: Working with the Toronto i-team during a global pandemic

Who am I? What do you get when you intersect professional communication and human-centered design? Hi, my name is Celina Chong. I am a current Master of Professional Communication student at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. My research specializes in food communication, critical race, age and gender studies and intersectionality…

I Teams

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The virtual intern: Working with the Toronto i-team during a global pandemic

Oct 30, 2019

Announcing Our Second Priority Project: Delivering Digital Services Residents Want to Use

While you are here, check out our survey on digital technology habits! 👇https://cotsurvey.chkmkt.com/digitaltechnologyhabits The City of Toronto understands that investments in technology are necessary to meet the needs of residents, businesses, and visitors to our City. …

Government

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Announcing Our Second Priority Project: Delivering Digital Services Residents Want to Use

Jul 15, 2019

Initiatives to increase civic engagement in Toronto

At its heart, innovation is about developing creative solutions that address people’s real, unmet needs. …

Civictech

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Initiatives to increase civic engagement in Toronto

Apr 9, 2019

Prioritizing Opportunities to Enhance Civic Engagement

Source: http://smithcom.ca/mining-reputation-challenge-opportunity Our philosophy at The Civic Innovation Office is that service and design challenges are opportunities to create innovative solutions. In this post, we’ll share some relevant findings connected to our research on local civic engagement. …

Civic Engagement

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Nov 29, 2018

Inclusive Civic Engagement in Focus

Our game plan when we first introduced ourselves to the world of Medium was to tackle a complex issue facing Torontonians in 2018 with a human-centered design approach. It’s been a big year for the Civic Innovation Office, one filled with a lot of collaboration with exceptional people, both residents…

Civic Engagement

3 min read

Sep 27, 2018

We’re hiring a Civic Design Strategist

We have some exciting news to share… At the Civic Innovation Office at the City of Toronto, we believe in the power of cities - and city government - to dramatically improve people’s lives. We also recognize the pool of world-class talent of service designers right here in Toronto. …

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Sep 19, 2018

26 People You’ll Want to Meet at Elevate Social Impact

First and foremost, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone who submitted their presentation idea to our open call for speakers to Elevate Social Impact. …

Toronto

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26 People You’ll Want to Meet at Elevate Social Impact

Aug 27, 2018

Calling All Civic Innovators!

We are very excited to announce that we are taking part in Elevate 2018 and will be hosting the Elevate Social Impact track on Wednesday, September 26 at the newly renovated North York Central Library. We’re in search of speakers for Elevate Social Impact who have a bold project or…

Civic Innovation

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Apr 20, 2018

Accessibility note: If you would like an accessible plain text version of this blog post, please…

Accessibility note: If you would like an accessible plain text version of this blog post, please email civicinnovation@toronto.ca. Hello World Last year, the City of Toronto founded its first ever Civic Innovation Office. …

Civictech

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