OpenCon 2016 Toronto

At IntersectTO, we're envisioning an affordable, accessible community skill-sharing space and workshop series for people of colour in (and interested in) technology in Toronto. We're starting with some co-design sessions to evaluate what community needs and interests are.  Inspired by the Color Coded project in LA, we're hoping that this can be a space for learning tech skills (e.g. web development, digital design), executing projects, as well as a space for critical discussion, talks, and workshops on how technology affects BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of colour) communities and those at the margins.

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Open approaches to scholarship and research are crucial for removing barriers to education and moving towards more transparent, equitable, and efficient communication between researchers, the academic community and the public. Join us for a day of discussion about how Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education can transform the scholarly community at our OpenCon satellite event in downtown Toronto. Our event is being held in partnership with the main international OpenCon 2016 meeting in Washington, DC this November.  

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The day will include sessions by a diverse set of talks by local speakers, including: Introduction to Open Access Keynote: Leslie Chan (Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough, signatory to the Budapest Open Access Initiative) Beyond Free: Harnessing the resonant value in open educational practices for public good - David Porter (CEO, eCampus Ontario) An Open Approach to Huntington's Disease: Rachel Harding (post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto) Textbook Commons - a Tool for Fiinding Public Domain Course Materials: Wes Kerfoot (Founder of the Guerilla Open Access League, McMaster University alumnus) Open Access in the Creative Disciplines: Chris Landry (Scholarly Communications Librarian at OCADU) Social Media & Academic Labour: Alessandro Delfanti (Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Toronto; author of Biohackers. The politics of open science)  Student Participation in the Open Access Movement & Mental Health: Karen Young (University of Toronto alumnus)  
 A full agenda will soon be made availalbe online at: <A HREF="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.opencon2016.org%2Fopencon_2016_toronto&h=PAQFxnejP&enc=AZMrghEg7Vq7fza2XzUN-ZXVuzaskPJvVwmdwAGSfAhZgcTfWvcoyjASXdaaL44o73Y&s=1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.opencon2016.org/opencon_2016_toronto</A>

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 The day will include a light lunch.  We encourage you to register early to reserve your spot, as tickets will be limited! Registration will open on Friday, October 21.  We are grateful to TWG for lending us their event space for the day, and for Ryerson University Library & Archives, University of Toronto Libraries, and eCampus Ontario for sponsoring the event.

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SPEAKER HIGHLIGHTS & ABSTRACTS 
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