From 563d8926bf38d9f1105494ba272ab9073ef443d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jordyarms Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:22:22 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] removing description field and moving text to content where applicable --- _projects/Book Club.md | 3 +-- _projects/COVID Connect.md | 3 ++- _projects/Canadian SaaS.md | 10 +++++----- _projects/Civic Dashboard.md | 3 ++- _projects/Civic Hall Toronto.md | 3 ++- _projects/Civic Spark.md | 1 - _projects/Civic Tech Toolkit.md | 1 - _projects/Climate Voting Records Toronto.md | 3 ++- _projects/Councilmatic Toronto.md | 6 +++--- _projects/Danforth Dad.md | 4 ++-- _projects/Democracy Distributed.md | 4 ++-- _projects/Democracy Kit.md | 2 +- _projects/Free the Electorate.md | 5 ++++- ...- Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI).md | 2 ++ _projects/Health Atlas.md | 6 ++++-- _projects/HousingNowTO.md | 5 +++-- _projects/Know Your Vote T.O..md | 4 +++- _projects/Missing Persons Project.md | 3 ++- _projects/Open Cabinet.md | 2 ++ _projects/Parks and Rec Bot.md | 3 ++- _projects/Planning Applications.md | 4 +++- _projects/Police Tech Audit.md | 3 ++- _projects/Potential locations for public wi-fi.md | 3 ++- _projects/Rate the Landlord.md | 3 ++- _projects/Tabs Toronto.md | 3 ++- _projects/TaxGPT.md | 3 ++- _projects/Technologists for Democracy.md | 1 - _projects/The Carded.md | 3 ++- _projects/The Grocery Tracker.md | 3 ++- _projects/Toronto Lobbying Report.md | 3 ++- _projects/Toronto Meshnet.md | 3 ++- _projects/Toronto Tech Mentoring.md | 3 ++- _projects/Toronto Tree Inequities.md | 3 ++- _projects/TorontoBot.md | 4 +++- _projects/Torontoverse.md | 4 +++- _projects/Weather Report Card.md | 3 ++- _projects/Women and Color.md | 2 ++ _projects/itsneerby.md | 3 ++- _projects/proj-library-passport.md | 3 ++- _projects/tRacket - Noise Meter Project.md | 3 ++- _projects/time2reach Transit Map.md | 2 ++ _projects/tobus.ca.md | 4 ++-- 42 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/_projects/Book Club.md b/_projects/Book Club.md index a0fb81a6..b6c529ae 100644 --- a/_projects/Book Club.md +++ b/_projects/Book Club.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Book Club excerpt: Civic Tech Toronto reading and discussing books together. -description: Civic Tech Toronto reading and discussing books together. dateActiveFirst: 2019-12-03 date: 2025-12-16 tags: @@ -29,4 +28,4 @@ Book Club has read: - 2020 February: The Sustainable City by Steven Cohen - 2019 December: Smart Enough City by Ben Green -Join in on slack! \ No newline at end of file +Join in on slack! diff --git a/_projects/COVID Connect.md b/_projects/COVID Connect.md index cb4bbafc..2d9e670f 100644 --- a/_projects/COVID Connect.md +++ b/_projects/COVID Connect.md @@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ categories: dateActiveFirst: 2020-01-01 date: 2020-01-01 --- -Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. \ No newline at end of file + +A lightweight process to match design and technology volunteers to existing COVID-19 initiatives and mutual aid projects that need digital support diff --git a/_projects/Canadian SaaS.md b/_projects/Canadian SaaS.md index ab4e5bf4..47fb08f7 100644 --- a/_projects/Canadian SaaS.md +++ b/_projects/Canadian SaaS.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Canadian SaaS excerpt: Discover software built right here in Canada -description: Canadian SaaS is an open-source project that enables Canadians to discover Canadian software while also increasing transparency around how data is stored, processed, and tracked. dateActiveFirst: tags: - type/project @@ -16,9 +15,10 @@ meetups: team: date: 2026-02-12 --- -Canadian SaaS is an open-source project that enables Canadians to discover Canadian software while also increasing transparency around how data is stored, processed, and tracked. -Our mission: +Canadian SaaS is an open-source project that enables Canadians to discover Canadian software while also increasing transparency around how data is stored, processed, and tracked. -- Support the Canadian software industry by listing homegrown companies Canadians can use and build careers with. -- Map the dependencies behind Canadian digital services so Canadians can better understand sovereignty risks and data privacy implications. \ No newline at end of file +Our mission: + +- Support the Canadian software industry by listing homegrown companies Canadians can use and build careers with. +- Map the dependencies behind Canadian digital services so Canadians can better understand sovereignty risks and data privacy implications. diff --git a/_projects/Civic Dashboard.md b/_projects/Civic Dashboard.md index c781650c..78aaa500 100644 --- a/_projects/Civic Dashboard.md +++ b/_projects/Civic Dashboard.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Civic Dashboard excerpt: Figuring out how to make city council's activity accessible! -description: It shouldn't take 3 hours and a political science degree to understand City Council and how to meaningfully engage with it. We make it take a few minutes. social: website: https://www.civicdashboard.ca slack: https://civictechto.slack.com/archives/C06KU3DHEKV @@ -27,3 +26,5 @@ categories: - meta/feature image: https://civicdashboard.ca/toronto.jpg --- + +It shouldn't take 3 hours and a political science degree to understand City Council and how to meaningfully engage with it. We make it take a few minutes. diff --git a/_projects/Civic Hall Toronto.md b/_projects/Civic Hall Toronto.md index 9fb521aa..c907d145 100644 --- a/_projects/Civic Hall Toronto.md +++ b/_projects/Civic Hall Toronto.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Civic Hall Toronto excerpt: Civic Hall Toronto aims to create a hub for civic innovation in the city. -description: Civic Hall Toronto aims to create a hub for civic innovation in the city. Operated by Code for Canada and in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Centre for Social Innovation, Civic Hall Toronto will enable government innovators, entrepreneurs and civic technologists to share, learn and build solutions together. tags: - type/initiative - type/project @@ -23,6 +22,8 @@ categories: Civic Hall Toronto connects government innovators with entrepreneurs, technologists and residents so they can collaboratively address civic challenges. +Operated by Code for Canada and in partnership with the City of Toronto and the Centre for Social Innovation, Civic Hall Toronto will enable government innovators, entrepreneurs and civic technologists to share, learn and build solutions together. + Our programming and events **foster a culture of collaboration** across sectors and fields,  provide a supportive and collaborative space for **learning, creating, and testing new ideas**, and **encourage greater resident involvement** in the design of public services and policy. Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. diff --git a/_projects/Civic Spark.md b/_projects/Civic Spark.md index 447fa019..6f51386b 100644 --- a/_projects/Civic Spark.md +++ b/_projects/Civic Spark.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Civic Spark excerpt: A two-day gathering for organizers, innovators, and community builders working toward a better future of public life. -description: A two-day gathering for organizers, innovators, and community builders working toward a better future of public life. dateActiveFirst: 2025-02-23 tags: - type/project diff --git a/_projects/Civic Tech Toolkit.md b/_projects/Civic Tech Toolkit.md index f75bd145..fb855db2 100644 --- a/_projects/Civic Tech Toolkit.md +++ b/_projects/Civic Tech Toolkit.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Civic Tech Toolkit excerpt: Equiping contributors with patterns and mindsets to drive impact collaboratively. -description: Equiping contributors with patterns and mindsets to drive impact collaboratively. tags: - type/project - topic/civic-tech-enablement diff --git a/_projects/Climate Voting Records Toronto.md b/_projects/Climate Voting Records Toronto.md index f322c84d..ddf8cfd5 100644 --- a/_projects/Climate Voting Records Toronto.md +++ b/_projects/Climate Voting Records Toronto.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Climate Voting Records Toronto excerpt: To track and show how climate-related items are being voted on within Toronto City Council. -description: The Climate Voting Records Toronto website is your go-to interactive tool for tracking how Toronto City Council votes on crucial climate and environmental policies. The website helps create more transparency on City Council decisions, enabling Torontonians to hold Council members accountable for their votes. tags: - type/project - topic/climate @@ -24,6 +23,8 @@ organization: - "[[ClimateFast]]" --- +The Climate Voting Records Toronto website is your go-to interactive tool for tracking how Toronto City Council votes on crucial climate and environmental policies. The website helps create more transparency on City Council decisions, enabling Torontonians to hold Council members accountable for their votes. + ### Get Involved If you’re interested in learning more about the project or want to get involved, please reach out to us at any time! diff --git a/_projects/Councilmatic Toronto.md b/_projects/Councilmatic Toronto.md index 5f4fc33e..7668c7ff 100644 --- a/_projects/Councilmatic Toronto.md +++ b/_projects/Councilmatic Toronto.md @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ --- title: Councilmatic Toronto -description: tags: - type/project - topic/democracy @@ -10,7 +9,8 @@ social: github: https://github.com/tor-councilmatic categories: - status/inactive -dateActiveFirst: +dateActiveFirst: date: 2018-07-17 --- -Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. \ No newline at end of file + +Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. diff --git a/_projects/Danforth Dad.md b/_projects/Danforth Dad.md index 7760bb43..5e4a5e23 100644 --- a/_projects/Danforth Dad.md +++ b/_projects/Danforth Dad.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Danforth Dad -description: Toronto playground map and reviews +excerpt: Toronto playground map and reviews tags: - type/project - topic/public-parks @@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ meetups: - "[[436]]" --- -Awaiting further content from the community's archivist. +Toronto playground map and reviews diff --git a/_projects/Democracy Distributed.md b/_projects/Democracy Distributed.md index 58f5c8c9..21815e8d 100644 --- a/_projects/Democracy Distributed.md +++ b/_projects/Democracy Distributed.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Democracy Distributed excerpt: We’re building an open platform where anyone can document and understand how organizations work — from a small community group to a city government. -description: We’re building an open platform where anyone can document and understand how organizations work — from a small community group to a city government. tags: - type/project - topic/democracy @@ -13,10 +12,11 @@ categories: - status/active - contributors/open --- + We’re building an open platform where anyone can document and understand how organizations work — from a small community group to a city government. Our goal is to bring clarity and transparency to structure, finances, laws, and decision-making, so members can participate more effectively and the public can easily see how things are working. Think of it as a SimCity-style tool for governance, with core modules for elections, finance, and community decision-making. -We’re early in the journey and open to feedback. If you’re interested in civic tech, government operations, or community-driven systems, let’s connect. \ No newline at end of file +We’re early in the journey and open to feedback. If you’re interested in civic tech, government operations, or community-driven systems, let’s connect. diff --git a/_projects/Democracy Kit.md b/_projects/Democracy Kit.md index 1f356ddc..7d54529f 100644 --- a/_projects/Democracy Kit.md +++ b/_projects/Democracy Kit.md @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ organization: - "[[Open Democracy]]" --- -Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. +A not-for-profit startup working to open the democratic process by publishing a shared campaign resource package for councillor and trustee races. diff --git a/_projects/Free the Electorate.md b/_projects/Free the Electorate.md index 0e357f6a..747137b8 100644 --- a/_projects/Free the Electorate.md +++ b/_projects/Free the Electorate.md @@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ categories: dateActiveFirst: 2016-01-01 date: 2016-01-01 --- -Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. \ No newline at end of file + +Make elections results more accessible outside of media cycles. + +Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. diff --git a/_projects/Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI).md b/_projects/Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI).md index 7f965244..38721915 100644 --- a/_projects/Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI).md +++ b/_projects/Guerilla Archiving - Environmental Data Gathering Initiative (EDGI).md @@ -21,4 +21,6 @@ team: - "[[Matt Price]]" --- +Coordinating tech talk about the Guerilla Archiving Event to support Internet Archive's End of Term harvesting project. + Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. diff --git a/_projects/Health Atlas.md b/_projects/Health Atlas.md index 762599f0..bd71e257 100644 --- a/_projects/Health Atlas.md +++ b/_projects/Health Atlas.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Health Atlas excerpt: Mapping project for Mississauga Halton Health Integration Network -description: In partnership with Civic Tech Toronto and the Mississauga Halton Health Integration Network (LHIN), we have produced a map to investigate supply and demand of health care resources. tags: - type/project - topic/public-health @@ -16,4 +15,7 @@ categories: dateActiveFirst: 2016-07-26 date: 2018-08-16 --- -Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. \ No newline at end of file + +In partnership with Civic Tech Toronto and the Mississauga Halton Health Integration Network (LHIN), we have produced a map to investigate supply and demand of health care resources. + +Awaiting further content from the community's oral historians. diff --git a/_projects/HousingNowTO.md b/_projects/HousingNowTO.md index 0af118b9..96a35102 100644 --- a/_projects/HousingNowTO.md +++ b/_projects/HousingNowTO.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: HousingNowTO excerpt: "Monitoring Progress & Activity on Twenty-One (21) sites proposed under the Mayor's #HousingNow plan for creating new Affordable-Rental units" -description: Toronto is moving toward the creation of more affordable housing through the identification of 21 city-owned surplus property sites that could be used to build a range of lower-cost homes. tags: - type/project - topic/housing @@ -16,4 +15,6 @@ categories: - status/unknown --- -Aanalyzing and advocating for affordable housing using civic tech and open data. +Toronto is moving toward the creation of more affordable housing through the identification of 21 city-owned surplus property sites that could be used to build a range of lower-cost homes. + +Analyzing and advocating for affordable housing using civic tech and open data. diff --git a/_projects/Know Your Vote T.O..md b/_projects/Know Your Vote T.O..md index 0d0f1276..4b9a8c21 100644 --- a/_projects/Know Your Vote T.O..md +++ b/_projects/Know Your Vote T.O..md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Know Your Vote T.O. -description: Know Your Vote T.O. is a municipal election candidate civic learning website developed by the Toronto Public Library. +excerpt: Know Your Vote T.O. is a municipal election candidate civic learning website developed by the Toronto Public Library. tags: - type/project - topic/elections @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ organization: categories: - status/unknown --- + +Know Your Vote T.O. is a municipal election candidate civic learning website developed by the Toronto Public Library. diff --git a/_projects/Missing Persons Project.md b/_projects/Missing Persons Project.md index 49b4a5b1..20cb05e0 100644 --- a/_projects/Missing Persons Project.md +++ b/_projects/Missing Persons Project.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Missing Persons Project excerpt: facilitates the identification of missing persons by comparing physical characteristics and personal information with unidentified remains. -description: This application facilitates the identification of missing persons by comparing physical characteristics and personal information with unidentified remains. This application streamlines the identification process, reducing manual cross-referencing and time-consuming searches. tags: - type/project - topic/public-safety @@ -21,3 +20,5 @@ team: - "[[Isaac McAuley]]" - "[[Dyl Lavoie]]" --- + +This application facilitates the identification of missing persons by comparing physical characteristics and personal information with unidentified remains. This application streamlines the identification process, reducing manual cross-referencing and time-consuming searches. diff --git a/_projects/Open Cabinet.md b/_projects/Open Cabinet.md index 9b5db742..b0c7290b 100644 --- a/_projects/Open Cabinet.md +++ b/_projects/Open Cabinet.md @@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ meetups: team: - "[[Alex Lougheed]]" --- + +Info on what cabinet is doing in Ottawa can be hard to find and use. We’re trying to make it easy. diff --git a/_projects/Parks and Rec Bot.md b/_projects/Parks and Rec Bot.md index 552928d0..d8acb746 100644 --- a/_projects/Parks and Rec Bot.md +++ b/_projects/Parks and Rec Bot.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Parks and Rec Bot excerpt: a bot for Toronto Parks and Rec -description: I used ChatGPT to train a custom bot using open Parks and Rec data -- facilities, locations, programming, hours of operation -- to train a custom Toronto Parks and Rec Bot. Ask it a question, like "I have two kids, 5 and 12, and I want them to both take swimming on Saturdays" and get help finding the right classes. tags: - type/project - topic/public-parks @@ -14,3 +13,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[425]]" --- + +I used ChatGPT to train a custom bot using open Parks and Rec data -- facilities, locations, programming, hours of operation -- to train a custom Toronto Parks and Rec Bot. Ask it a question, like "I have two kids, 5 and 12, and I want them to both take swimming on Saturdays" and get help finding the right classes. diff --git a/_projects/Planning Applications.md b/_projects/Planning Applications.md index b6951d23..68abc1dc 100644 --- a/_projects/Planning Applications.md +++ b/_projects/Planning Applications.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Planning Applications -description: Project to collect City of Toronto planning development applications +excerpt: Project to collect City of Toronto planning development applications tags: - type/project - topic/open-government @@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ date: 2016-01-01 meetups: - "[[20]]" --- + +Project to collect City of Toronto planning development applications diff --git a/_projects/Police Tech Audit.md b/_projects/Police Tech Audit.md index 25844672..0f8d104b 100644 --- a/_projects/Police Tech Audit.md +++ b/_projects/Police Tech Audit.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Police Tech Audit excerpt: Technology Audits of Law Enforcement Agencies such as the Toronto Police Services. -description: Technology Audits of Law Enforcement Agencies such as the Toronto Police Services. Parsing through long PDF Agendas and Minutes of Meetings. Also using AI and ML to match strings of text. Intent to match Systems to other databases e.g. AIAAIC. tags: - type/project - topic/public-transparency @@ -16,3 +15,5 @@ dateActiveFirst: 2024-07-02 team: - "[[Ushnish Sengupta]]" --- + +Technology Audits of Law Enforcement Agencies such as the Toronto Police Services. Parsing through long PDF Agendas and Minutes of Meetings. Also using AI and ML to match strings of text. Intent to match Systems to other databases e.g. AIAAIC. diff --git a/_projects/Potential locations for public wi-fi.md b/_projects/Potential locations for public wi-fi.md index ae5ccbab..5eca2ab1 100644 --- a/_projects/Potential locations for public wi-fi.md +++ b/_projects/Potential locations for public wi-fi.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Connect TO excerpt: Potential locations for public wi-fi -description: The City of Toronto has been expanding its public Wi-Fi program in spaces such as community centres and community housing. As the City looks to further implement its free Wi-Fi program, interviews with community stakeholders have emphasized the need for Wi-Fi connectivity in third spaces, such as public parks. tags: - type/project - topic/internet-access @@ -13,3 +12,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[447]]" --- + +The City of Toronto has been expanding its public Wi-Fi program in spaces such as community centres and community housing. As the City looks to further implement its free Wi-Fi program, interviews with community stakeholders have emphasized the need for Wi-Fi connectivity in third spaces, such as public parks. diff --git a/_projects/Rate the Landlord.md b/_projects/Rate the Landlord.md index 9d617e80..f648249a 100644 --- a/_projects/Rate the Landlord.md +++ b/_projects/Rate the Landlord.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Rate the Landlord excerpt: We are a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote landlord accountability. -description: We are a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote landlord accountability. tags: - type/project - topic/housing @@ -12,3 +11,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[402]]" --- + +We are a community platform that elevates tenant voices to promote landlord accountability. diff --git a/_projects/Tabs Toronto.md b/_projects/Tabs Toronto.md index 831ac95e..9e7f2fea 100644 --- a/_projects/Tabs Toronto.md +++ b/_projects/Tabs Toronto.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Tabs Toronto excerpt: Tabs sends email alerts for new Toronto city council/committee agenda items. -description: Tabs sends email alerts for new Toronto city council/committee agenda items. tags: - type/project - topic/open-government @@ -19,3 +18,5 @@ team: - "[[Gabe Sawhney]]" image: /assets/thumbs/events/hacknight_341-690-96ae99ad0.webp --- + +Tabs sends email alerts for new Toronto city council/committee agenda items. diff --git a/_projects/TaxGPT.md b/_projects/TaxGPT.md index 574f9419..45872fad 100644 --- a/_projects/TaxGPT.md +++ b/_projects/TaxGPT.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: TaxGPT excerpt: TaxGPT generates answers based on publicly information from the Canada Revenue Agency website. -description: TaxGPT generates answers based on publicly information from the Canada Revenue Agency website. It uses the ChatGPT’s AI model to return information about Canada’s tax system, and is intended for a beginner audience. The intent is to provide a friendly and approachable way to start learning about taxes, not to solve for complex scenarios. tags: - type/project - topic/tax @@ -13,3 +12,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[386]]" --- + +TaxGPT generates answers based on publicly information from the Canada Revenue Agency website. It uses the ChatGPT’s AI model to return information about Canada’s tax system, and is intended for a beginner audience. The intent is to provide a friendly and approachable way to start learning about taxes, not to solve for complex scenarios. diff --git a/_projects/Technologists for Democracy.md b/_projects/Technologists for Democracy.md index 29ac7034..385606d4 100644 --- a/_projects/Technologists for Democracy.md +++ b/_projects/Technologists for Democracy.md @@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ tags: - topic/volunteerism title: Technologists for Democracy excerpt: We are a diverse group of Canadians who aim to make sure that government agencies and tech companies are held accountable to the public. -description: We are a diverse group of Canadians who aim to make sure that government agencies and tech companies are held accountable to the public. social: website: https://techfordemocracy.ca slack: https://civictechto.slack.com/archives/C0913G0SHS6 diff --git a/_projects/The Carded.md b/_projects/The Carded.md index f9292232..9208e41d 100644 --- a/_projects/The Carded.md +++ b/_projects/The Carded.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: TheCarded.ca excerpt: provide user-friendly resources for youth and people affected by racial profiling. -description: Our vision for The Carded is to provide user-friendly resources for youth and people affected by racial profiling. We welcome collaboration with people from all walks of life, whether you're a parent, teacher, frontline worker, activist, psychologist, artist, designer, journalist or civic professional. We hope to connect you with other concerned citizens and organizations that have crucial information on “carding”. tags: - type/project - topic/police @@ -17,3 +16,5 @@ meetups: team: - "[[Sharmarke Noor]]" --- + +Our vision for The Carded is to provide user-friendly resources for youth and people affected by racial profiling. We welcome collaboration with people from all walks of life, whether you're a parent, teacher, frontline worker, activist, psychologist, artist, designer, journalist or civic professional. We hope to connect you with other concerned citizens and organizations that have crucial information on “carding”. diff --git a/_projects/The Grocery Tracker.md b/_projects/The Grocery Tracker.md index c733b1b6..128c22f2 100644 --- a/_projects/The Grocery Tracker.md +++ b/_projects/The Grocery Tracker.md @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ --- title: The Grocery Tracker -description: As we are all painfully aware, the cost of living in this country has increased. As a result, stories focused on the necessities of life (food, shelter, health) have become even more important. That's why we're so proud to present the live beta of The Hoser's Grocery Tracking Project. With this dashboard, you'll be able to find the cheapest grocery stores in the city. As we work towards that goal, we thought we'd provide you with the data we are tracking from grocery stores across the city. tags: - type/project - topic/mutual-aid @@ -14,3 +13,5 @@ social: organization: - "[[The Hoser]]" --- + +As we are all painfully aware, the cost of living in this country has increased. As a result, stories focused on the necessities of life (food, shelter, health) have become even more important. That's why we're so proud to present the live beta of The Hoser's Grocery Tracking Project. With this dashboard, you'll be able to find the cheapest grocery stores in the city. As we work towards that goal, we thought we'd provide you with the data we are tracking from grocery stores across the city. diff --git a/_projects/Toronto Lobbying Report.md b/_projects/Toronto Lobbying Report.md index 31faa716..2077a26f 100644 --- a/_projects/Toronto Lobbying Report.md +++ b/_projects/Toronto Lobbying Report.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Toronto Lobbying Report excerpt: database about lobbyist activities in Toronto -description: This database contains information about lobbyist activities in Toronto, including subject matters, registrants, beneficiaries, firms, communications, and more. Use this tool to explore relationships between lobbyists, their clients, and government officials. tags: - type/project - topic/lobbying @@ -13,3 +12,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[457]]" --- + +This database contains information about lobbyist activities in Toronto, including subject matters, registrants, beneficiaries, firms, communications, and more. Use this tool to explore relationships between lobbyists, their clients, and government officials. diff --git a/_projects/Toronto Meshnet.md b/_projects/Toronto Meshnet.md index a0aeb299..26e9e216 100644 --- a/_projects/Toronto Meshnet.md +++ b/_projects/Toronto Meshnet.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Toronto Meshnet excerpt: We help communities create better networks with open source and peer-to-peer technologies that promote digital literacy and privacy. -description: Meshnets are highly distributed, redundant intranet networks. A series of nodes, usually fashioned from cannibalized routers, emit signals that create a free self-contained and self-reliant network that’s accessible to any internet capable devices within range. We are dedicated to the growth of free-to-use wireless Internet access in Toronto’s public and publicly accessible spaces. tags: - type/project - topic/internet-access @@ -24,3 +23,5 @@ team: - "[[Ethan Wilding]]" - "[[Henry Wilkinson]]" --- + +Meshnets are highly distributed, redundant intranet networks. A series of nodes, usually fashioned from cannibalized routers, emit signals that create a free self-contained and self-reliant network that’s accessible to any internet capable devices within range. We are dedicated to the growth of free-to-use wireless Internet access in Toronto’s public and publicly accessible spaces. diff --git a/_projects/Toronto Tech Mentoring.md b/_projects/Toronto Tech Mentoring.md index a62e93f5..80751a05 100644 --- a/_projects/Toronto Tech Mentoring.md +++ b/_projects/Toronto Tech Mentoring.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Toronto Tech Mentoring excerpt: Aims to help homeless and at-risk youth escape the cycle of poverty by helping them to use tech skills. -description: Formerly the Accelerator Project tags: - type/project - topic/homelessness @@ -20,3 +19,5 @@ meetups: team: - "[[Dilini Kurukulaarachchi]]" --- + +Formerly the Accelerator Project diff --git a/_projects/Toronto Tree Inequities.md b/_projects/Toronto Tree Inequities.md index 7b9f58da..8cf63374 100644 --- a/_projects/Toronto Tree Inequities.md +++ b/_projects/Toronto Tree Inequities.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Toronto Tree Inequities excerpt: relationship between Toronto neighbourhoods' street tree density, income, and visible minority population, utilizing spatial autoregression methods -description: An analysis of the relationship between Toronto neighbourhoods' street tree density, income, and visible minority population, utilizing spatial autoregression methods. tags: - type/project - topic/environment @@ -14,3 +13,5 @@ meetups: categories: - status/unknown --- + +An analysis of the relationship between Toronto neighbourhoods' street tree density, income, and visible minority population, utilizing spatial autoregression methods. diff --git a/_projects/TorontoBot.md b/_projects/TorontoBot.md index b6227a15..044a480e 100644 --- a/_projects/TorontoBot.md +++ b/_projects/TorontoBot.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: TorontoBot -description: TorontoBot is a tool for querying Toronto Open Data. It answers questions either on the command line or as a Discord bot. +excerpt: TorontoBot is a tool for querying Toronto Open Data. It answers questions either on the command line or as a Discord bot. tags: - type/project - topic/open-government @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[404]]" --- + +TorontoBot is a tool for querying Toronto Open Data. It answers questions either on the command line or as a Discord bot. diff --git a/_projects/Torontoverse.md b/_projects/Torontoverse.md index 575dd617..28a9d752 100644 --- a/_projects/Torontoverse.md +++ b/_projects/Torontoverse.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ --- title: Torontoverse -description: We’re a new kind of news publisher using innovative, cutting-edge technology to tell honest, local stories. We’re using data, code, and even a little AI to do something completely fresh. +excerpt: We’re a new kind of news publisher using innovative, cutting-edge technology to tell honest, local stories. We’re using data, code, and even a little AI to do something completely fresh. tags: - type/project - topic/arts-and-culture @@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[365]]" --- + +We’re a new kind of news publisher using innovative, cutting-edge technology to tell honest, local stories. We’re using data, code, and even a little AI to do something completely fresh. diff --git a/_projects/Weather Report Card.md b/_projects/Weather Report Card.md index 22779c79..f6c52303 100644 --- a/_projects/Weather Report Card.md +++ b/_projects/Weather Report Card.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Weather Report Card excerpt: grading calculations based on how well the previous forecasts were -description: Using open data from http://weather.gc.ca we are making grading calculations based on how well the previous forecasts were. We take the previous 5 day forecast, the current conditions and split the grading into categories. tags: - type/project - topic/open-data @@ -12,3 +11,5 @@ date: 2027-02-29 categories: - status/inactive --- + +Using open data from http://weather.gc.ca we are making grading calculations based on how well the previous forecasts were. We take the previous 5 day forecast, the current conditions and split the grading into categories. diff --git a/_projects/Women and Color.md b/_projects/Women and Color.md index cb79a7da..88df91c2 100644 --- a/_projects/Women and Color.md +++ b/_projects/Women and Color.md @@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ team: - "[[Sheau Lih Vong]]" - "[[Sharon Kennedy]]" --- + +An online community of talented women and people of color available for speaking opportunities at tech-related events. diff --git a/_projects/itsneerby.md b/_projects/itsneerby.md index 3a234d54..3d5c22c8 100644 --- a/_projects/itsneerby.md +++ b/_projects/itsneerby.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: itsneerby excerpt: Discover things you didn’t know about the city’s past with a photo web map. -description: Discover things you didn’t know about the city’s past with a photo web map. Using over 33,000 photos sourced* from the City of Toronto Archives, Toronto Public Library, and community members will be displayed on a web map, free for anyone to view and interact with. Any users can navigate to any park or neighbourhood using an open-source map tool, offering block-by-block browsing of historic Toronto photographs and community submissions. tags: - type/project - topic/arts-and-culture @@ -18,3 +17,5 @@ date: 2023-03-05 meetups: - "[[383]]" --- + +Discover things you didn’t know about the city’s past with a photo web map. Using over 33,000 photos sourced\* from the City of Toronto Archives, Toronto Public Library, and community members will be displayed on a web map, free for anyone to view and interact with. Any users can navigate to any park or neighbourhood using an open-source map tool, offering block-by-block browsing of historic Toronto photographs and community submissions. diff --git a/_projects/proj-library-passport.md b/_projects/proj-library-passport.md index 07c481ca..a8d74f61 100644 --- a/_projects/proj-library-passport.md +++ b/_projects/proj-library-passport.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: Library Passport excerpt: Explore libraries, check in, and track your journey with your kids. -description: Explore libraries, check in, and track your journey with your kids. The interactive app for parents, children, and beyond, connecting book lovers to a world of knowledge—one library at a time." tags: - type/project - topic/library @@ -12,3 +11,5 @@ categories: - status/abandoned date: 2023-11-21 --- + +Explore libraries, check in, and track your journey with your kids. The interactive app for parents, children, and beyond, connecting book lovers to a world of knowledge—one library at a time." diff --git a/_projects/tRacket - Noise Meter Project.md b/_projects/tRacket - Noise Meter Project.md index 356a6a0b..c820851e 100644 --- a/_projects/tRacket - Noise Meter Project.md +++ b/_projects/tRacket - Noise Meter Project.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: tRacket - Noise Meter Project excerpt: We’re making it easy and affordable to collect data about noise -description: Urban noise isn’t just annoying - it has well-know negative effects on your physical and mental health. social: website: https://tracket.info slack: https://civictechto.slack.com/archives/C05LHL4L8MD @@ -30,6 +29,8 @@ meetups: image: https://tracket.info/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Frame-2915.png --- +Urban noise isn’t just annoying - it has well-know negative effects on your physical and mental health. + Our mission with tRacket is to put a number to this issue and make it easy and affordable to monitor urban noise, to empower individual, communities, advocates and government agencies to understand harmful noise in our cities and to eventually reduce it within our communities. Our project has been running since Fall 2023, and we have designed and deployed a number of devices across Ontario that are accessible through our online dashboard. diff --git a/_projects/time2reach Transit Map.md b/_projects/time2reach Transit Map.md index c5c3deaa..bddadfb9 100644 --- a/_projects/time2reach Transit Map.md +++ b/_projects/time2reach Transit Map.md @@ -13,3 +13,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[411]]" --- + +time2reach is an interactive map that lets you see how far you can go just using public transit. diff --git a/_projects/tobus.ca.md b/_projects/tobus.ca.md index 0b0d4469..62029f2c 100644 --- a/_projects/tobus.ca.md +++ b/_projects/tobus.ca.md @@ -1,8 +1,6 @@ --- title: tobus.ca excerpt: A extremely fast and simple website, parsing TTC's ETA data. -description: | - See your buses, streetcars & subway's arrival times without app downloads, ads nor limits. Also doubles as a data explorer. tags: - type/project - topic/transportation @@ -16,3 +14,5 @@ categories: meetups: - "[[409]]" --- + +See your buses, streetcars & subway's arrival times without app downloads, ads nor limits. Also doubles as a data explorer. From cc5064275723487cd8ff14869b9098a73469645f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jordyarms Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:22:51 -0500 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] correcting the project template --- utilities/templates/template-project.md | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/utilities/templates/template-project.md b/utilities/templates/template-project.md index dbc7f020..8c22b7b8 100644 --- a/utilities/templates/template-project.md +++ b/utilities/templates/template-project.md @@ -1,7 +1,6 @@ --- title: excerpt: -description: dateActiveFirst: tags: - type/project