Dr. Lauriault is a Research Associate with the ERC funded Programmable City Project, under the Directorship of Professor Rob Kitchin, based at the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA), Naynooth University.  She is also Associate Professor of Critical Media Studies and Big Data in the Department of Journalism and Communications, Communication Studies, at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.  Between September 2013 and June 2015 she was a Postdoctoral Researcher on the Programmable City Project.

She continues her research in the area of Political Arithmetic, Territorial Geometry and Programmed Cities which entails ongoing case study work on the following topics in relation to Work Package 2: How are digital data materially and discursively supported and processed about cities and their citizens?

1. Re-Ontologizing the City, focusing on the transition from a cartographic database (Prime) to an object oriented database (Prime 2) which is a technological transformation for Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi)
2. Measuring Openess in the City, critically examining open data from a genealogical perspective in Dublin, Ottawa, Montreal and Boston.
3. The making of homeless people and calculating homelessness, studying the making up of homeless people by studying shelter intake systems, street counts and official census taking of the homeless in Dublin, Ottawa and Boston.

In addition, she is doing a study on the making of the Irish small area file.  Along with conducting theoretical and empirical research, she was also involved, in an advisory capacity in a number of public sector committees and participated in a number civil society activities, most notably the following:

• National Public Bodies Working Group on Open Data (PBWG), led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (D/PER)
• Dublin Region Housing Executive, Research and Data Advisory Committee (DRHE-RDAC)
• Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland
• International Research Data Alliance Legal  Interoperability Interest Group,
• Natural Resources Canada Canada (NRCan) Roundtable on Geomatics Legal and Policy Interest Group.

Her research focus is part of the a new field entitled Critical Data Studies, and her areas of interest are Data, Infrastructures and Geographical Imaginations, spatial data infrastructures, open data and the preservation and access to research and geomatics data and Big Data. She is also actively engaged in public policy research as it pertains to data and their related infrastructures.

As a citizen, she is engaged in the promotion of evidence-informed decision-making as part of democratic deliberation and is actively engaged in advancing those issues within civil society organizations, academic institutions and government. This includes activities related to open data and open government in Canada, Ireland and internationally.

Prior to coming to Ireland she was a researcher with the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, at Carleton University, in Ottawa where she investigated the archiving and preservation of geospatial data; legal and policy issues associated with geospatial, administrative and civil society data; and cybercartography which includes atlases and olfactory cartography.

Publications:

Peer Reviewed Papers/Chapters:

Kitchin, R. and Lauriault, T. P. (Forthcoming 2015). ‘Towards Critical Data Studies: Charting and Unpacking Data Assemblages and Their Work’. In Eckert, J., Shears, A. and Thatcher, J. (eds) Geoweb and Big Data. University of Nebraska Press. [Pre-Print Paper].

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P., and McArdle, G. (Forthcoming 2015) Smart cities and the politics of urban data.  In Marvin, S., Luque-Ayala, A. and McFarlane, C. (eds.) Smart Urbanism: Utopian Vision or False dawn?  Routledge, London.

Kitchin, R. and Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Small Data in the Era of Big Data’, GeoJournal, Berlin, Springer.

Kitchin, R., Lauriault T. P. and McArdle, G. (2014) ‘Knowing and Governing Cities through Urban Indicators, City Benchmarking, and Real-Time Dashboards’, Regional Studies, Regional Science, Journal of the Regional Studies Association, Oxford, Taylor & Francis. (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. and D. R. F. Taylor, 2012, The Map as a Fundamental Source in the Memory of the World, UNESCO Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation, Vancouver, BC. (OPEN ACCESS)

Saunders, A.,  Scassa T.and Lauriault, T. P. (2012) ‘Legal Issues in Maps Built on Third Party Base Layers’, Geomatica, 66(4), Ottawa, ON, Canadian Institute of Geomatics, pp. 279-290, 10.5623/cig2012-054.

Lauriault, T. P., Pulsifer P. L. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2010) ‘The Preservation and Archiving of Geospatial Digital Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Cartographers’. In Jobst, M. (ed) Preservation in Digital Cartography: Archiving Aspects, Lecture Notes in GeoInformation and Cartography, New York, Springer-Verlag, Ch. 2, pp. 25-55. (Available here)

Lauriault, T. P., Craig, B., Pulsifer, P. L. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2008) ‘Today’s Data are Part of Tomorrow’s Research: Archival Issues in the Sciences’, Archivaria, 64, Ottawa, ON, Association of Canadian Archivists, pp. 123-179.

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2007) ‘Geospatial Data Infrastructure for the Sustainable Development of East Timor’. In GSDI-9 Research and Theory in Advancing Spatial Data Infrastructure Concepts, Redlands, CA, Esri Press, Ch. 12, pp. 175-199. (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. and Lindgaard, G. (2006) ‘Scented Cybercartography: Exploring Possibilities’, Cartographica, 41(1), Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, pp. 73-92.

Lauriault, T. P. and Welch, D. (2003) ‘Community Mapping and New Possibilities for Building Democracy: The Changing Faces of Ottawa’, Canadian Journal of Social Policy, No 52, Edmonton, AB, University of Alberta, pp. 9-32.

Books:

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T. P. and Wilson, M. (eds) (Fortcoming 2016) Understanding Spatial Media. Sage.

Taylor, D. R. F. (ed) and Lauriault, T. P.  (associate ed) (2014). Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography: Applications and Indigenous Mapping, 2^nd Edition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier.

Book Chapters:

Lauriault, T. P. (Forthcoming 2016), Open Spatial Data. In Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (eds) Understanding Spatial Media, Sage.

Lauriault, T. P. and Francoli, M. (Forthcoming 2016) Openness, transparency, participation. In Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (eds) Understanding Spatial Media, Sage.

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (Forthcoming 2016) Introduction. In Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (eds) Understanding Spatial Media, Sage.

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (Forthcoming 2016) Spatial media now and in the future. In Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T.P. and Wilson, M. (eds) Understanding Spatial Media, Sage.

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Pilot Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness’. In Taylor, D. R. F. and Lauriault, T. P. (eds) Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, Ch. 12.

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2014) ‘Archiving and Preserving Cybercartography.’ In Taylor, D. R. F. and Lauriault, T. P. (eds) Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, Ch. 21.

Taylor, D. R. F. and Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Conclusion and the Future of Cybercartography’. In Taylor, D. R. F. and Lauriault, T. P. (eds) Further Developments in the Theory and Practice of Cybercartography, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, Ch. 22.

Landry, J.-N. et Lauriault, T. P. (2013) ‘Les données ouvertes : la matière première du nouvel engagement citoyen’ dans L’État du Québec 2013-2014, L’institut du nouveau monde, Montréal, QC, Les éditions du Boréal, pp. 104-113.

Lauriault, T.P., Pulsifer, P. L. And Taylor, D. R. F. (2011) The Preservation and Archiving of Geospatial Digital Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Cartographers. In M. Jobst (ed.), Preservation in Digital Cartography, Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-12733-5_2. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.

Lauriault, T. P. and McGuire, H. (2010) ‘Data Access in Canada: civicaccess.ca‘. In Fitzgerald, B. (ed) Access to Public Sector Information: Law, Technology and Policy: Vol.1, University of Sydney, NSW, Sydney University Press, Ch.14, pp. 278-284. (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. and Wood, J. (2009) ‘GPS Tracings – Personal Cartographies’, The Cartographic Journal: ICA Art & Cartography Special Issue, Vol. 46(4), The British Cartographic Society, Leeds, UK, Maney Publishing, pp. 360-365.

Roeder, J., P. Eppard, Underwood W. and Lauriault, T. P. (2008) ‘Part 3 – Authenticity, Reliability and Accuracy of Digital Records in the Artistic, Scientific, and Governmental Sectors‘. In Duranti, L. and Preston, R. (eds) InterPARES 2: Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records, Rome, Italy, Associazione Nazionale Archivistica Italiana, pp. 1-53.

Lauriault, T. P., Hacket, Y. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2008) ‘InterPARES 2, Case Study 06, Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica: Part 1 – Case and General Studies in the Artistic, Scientific and Governmental Sectors Focus Task Force’. In Duranti, L. and Preston, R. (eds) InterPARES 2: Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records, Rome, Italy, Associazione Nazionale Archivistica Italiana, pp. 24-38.

Lauriault, T. P. and Craig, B. (2008) ‘General Study 10 Preservation Practices in Scientific Data Portals: Part 1 – Case and General Studies in the Artistic, Scientific and Governmental Sectors Focus Task Force‘. In Duranti, L. and Preston, R. (eds) InterPARES 2: Experiential, Interactive and Dynamic Records, Rome, Italy, Associazione Nazionale Archivistica Italiana.

Lauriault, T. P., Taylor, D. R. F. and Pulsifer, P. L. (2008) ‘Will Today’s Internet Maps be Available Tomorrow?  How Action Research is Leading to the Preservation of the Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica‘. In Peterson, Michael P. (ed) International Perspectives on Maps and the Internet, New York, NY Springer-Verlag, Ch. 14, pp. 417-436.

Taylor, D. R. F. and Lauriault, T. P. (2006) ‘Future Directions for Multimedia Cartography‘. In Cartwright, W. et al (eds) Multimedia Cartography, 2^nd Edition, New York, NY, Springer-Verlag, Ch.35, pp. 505-522.

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2005) ‘Cybercartography and the New Economy: Collaborative Research in Action‘. In Taylor, D. R. F. (ed) Cybercartography: Theory and Practice, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, Ch.8, pp. 181-210.

Working Papers, Reports & Submissions:

Lauriault, T. P. (2015) Submission to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), Government Reform Unit Open Data Licences Consultation Paper, Programmable City Working Paper, SSRN, (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. and Mooney, P. (2014) Crowdsourcing: A Geographic Approach to Public Engagement, The Programmable City Working Paper 6 SSRN (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) Observations and Recommendations: on the Republic of Ireland Open Data Strategy, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland, National Institute for Regional and Spatial Analysis (NIRSA). The Programmable City, October SSRN (OPEN ACCESS).

Kitchin, R. and Lauriault, T. (2014) ‘Towards critical data studies: Charting and unpacking data assemblages and their work’.  The Programmable City Working Paper 2 SSRN (OPEN ACCESS).

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Working Paper Big Data Series: Critical Analysis of the Irish Big Data Skills Report’. Programmable City Working Paper, SSRN, (OPEN ACCESS)

Kitchin, R. and Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Small Data in the Era of Big Data. The Programmable City Working Paper 1 SSRN (OPEN ACCESS)

Lauriault, T. P. and Kennedy, E. (2014) Geospatial Data Preservation Primer, Science & Technology Policy Research and Analysis Resource Team Report for Natural Resources Canada (NRC), Hickling, Arthur and Low Inc., Ottawa, ON, NRC. (OPEN ACCESS).

Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) and the Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) (2013) Traditional Knowledge Licencing: Final Consultation Report, Joint Study with University of Ottawa Centre for Technology Policy and Law, Ottawa, ON, CIPPIC and GCRC.

Lauriault, T. P. and Kennedy, E. (2012, March) Geospatial Data Archiving and Preservation, Science & Technology Policy Research and Analysis Resource Team Report for Natural Resources Canada (NRC), Hickling, Arthur ad Low Inc., Ottawa, ON, NRC. (OPEN ACCESS) [Also available in French] Email author for the full report.

Lauriault, T. P. (2011, June) Mapping to Assess Health Inequity at the Local Level, Acacia Consulting and Research Report to the Local Action First Sub-Committee, Ottawa, ON, Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2009) Final Report of the Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness Pilot Project, Report to the Homelessness Knowledge Development Program, Homelessness Partnering Secretariat, Ottawa, ON, Human Resources Skill Development Canada (HRSDC).

Bryne Potter, A., Lauriault, T. P., McIntyre N. and Clement, A. (2008) Toward an Online Interactive Broadband Atlas for Ontarians, Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project (CWIRP) Report (Faculty of Information, University of Toronto) to the Ministry of Government and Consumer Services of Ontario Program: Toward a Broadband Research Agenda for Ontario, Toronto, ON, Government and Consumer Services of Ontario, Government of Ontario.

Frojmovic, M. and Lauriault, T. P. (2008) Trends and Issues in Affordable Housing and Homelessness, Acacia Consulting and Research Report to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Ottawa, ON, FCM.

Lauriault, T. P. and Frojmovic, M. (2001-2011) Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Quality of Life Reporting System (QOLRS), Acacia Consulting and Research Final Report on indicator development, coordination of data collection with 24 FCM QoLRS Communities, Ottawa, ON, FCM, [Latest QoLRS indicators available HERE]

Frojmovic, M. and Lauriault, T. P. (2009) Mapping the Relationships between Neighbourhoods, Poverty and Population Health: Toward Building a Community Based Geospatial Data Infrastructure, Acacia Consulting and Research Report for the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) and the GeoConnections Program, Ottawa, ON, CCSD. (OPEN ACCESS)

Lauriault, T. P. and Craig, B. L. (2007) General Study 10 – Preservation Practices of Scientific Data Portals, Final Report for the InterPARES 2 Project, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, Vancouver, BC, UBC. (OPEN ACCESS)

Lauriault, T. P. and Hackett, Y. (2006) Case Study 06 – Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica, Final Report for the InterPARES 2 Project, SLAIS, Vancouver, BC, University of British Columbia. (OPEN ACCESS)

Lauriault, T. P. (2004) Cybercartography is an Organization of Interdisciplinary Research and Knowledge Creation in Action?  Proposed Method to Study the Cybercartography and the New Economy Project, Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) Report, Ottawa, ON, Carleton University.

Lauriault, T. P. (2004) Senses and Sustainability: An Exploration into the Applicability of Olfactory, Auditory and Tactile Data Representations Study for the Cybercartography and the New Economy Project, GCRC Report, Ottawa, ON, Carleton University.

Lauriault, T. P. (2003) Collaboration, GCRC Research Report, Ottawa, ON, Carleton University.

Lauriault, T. P. (2001) Spatial Analysis of the Client Base of the Ottawa Laundry Cooperative (report and maps), Ottawa, ON, Laundry Coop and the Centretown Community Health Centre.

Lauriault, T. P. (2001) Food Security In Ottawa: A Community Profile City of Ottawa and the Ottawa Food Security Group (a series of maps on Food Security and Insecurity in Ottawa), (Maps available HERE ).

Lauriault, T. P. (2000) Study on the distribution of programs/services for children aged 0~6 years, Maps and Data for Community Inventory and Gap Analysis, Social Planning Council of Ottawa.

Book Reviews

Lauriault, T. P. (2008) ‘Review of  The State of the Middle East: An Atlas of Conflict and Resolution, by Dan Smith’, Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Visualization. V.42, No.3, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, pp. 144-146.

Lauriault, T. P. (2005) ‘Review of  The Gay and Lesbian Atlas, by G. J. Gates and J. Ost’, Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Visualization, V.40 No. 3, Toronto, ON, University of Toronto Press, pp.121-123.

Conferences:

Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Data, Infrastructures and Public Policy’, at the Dublinked Open Data Summit, Dublin, May 07. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Critique and Reflections on Open Data Initiatives‘, at the National Economic and Social Council (NESC) Environmental Data: Priorities and Innovation Conference, Wood Quay, Dublin, April 24. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. (2015) Invited Panelist, ‘Investigating the complex relationship between government, academia, citizens, and media’ Session at the Toronto Open Data Day – Via Skype, Toronto, Ontario, February 20.

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Research Data Alliance Case Studies‘ Presentation, Legal and Policy Interest Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 18.

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Geospatial Data Insfrastructures, Cybercartography and Open Data: The Need for Geomaticians’, keynote at GEO: The Big 5, Association of Geographic Information (AGI) Belfast, NI, May 13. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Information Libre: Impacte sur la recherche et le rayonnement de nos chercheurs’, 13e Journée de la recherche, Informations Libres Impacts et Enjeux, Via Skype, 29 Mai.

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘A genealogy of Open Data Assemblages’, paper presented at the Programmable City Project Launch, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland, March 25. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. (2013), With data comes responsibility – Irish Data Forum, Putting the ‘I’ back in IT, Silicon Republic, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, November 22. Invited Panelist. (VIDEO)

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Geospatial Data Insfrastructures, Cybercartography and Open Data: The Need for Geomaticians’, keynote at GEO: The Big 5, Association of Geographic Information (AGI) Belfast, NI, May 13. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. and Kitchin, R. (2014) ‘A Genealogy of Data Assemblages’, Proceedings of the 46th Conference of Irish Geographers, University College Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, May 8-10.

Lauriault, T. P. and Kitchin, R. (2014) ‘A genealogy of data assemblages: tracing the geospatial open access and open data movements in Canada’, paper presented at the Data-based Living – Peopling and Placing Big Data Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 8-12.

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T. P. and McArdle, G. (2014) ‘Urban indicators, city benchmarking, and real-time dashboards: Knowing and governing cities through open and big data’, paper presented at the Thinking the Smart City: Power, Politics and Networked Urbanism Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 8-12.

Kitchin, R., Lauriault, T. P. and Pergn, S.-Y. (2014) ‘Smart Cities and the Politics of Urban Data’, paper presented at the Thinking the Smart City – Power, Politics and Networked Urbanisn Session, Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, April 8-12.

Lauriault, T. P. and Mooney, P. (2014) ‘Crowdsourcing: A Geographic Approach to Identifying Policy Opportunities and Challenges, presented at the Bi-Annual Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2014, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, September 25-26.

Evans, L. Lauriault T. P. and Maalsen, S. (2014) ‘Introduction to the Programmable City Project’, paper presented at 3Dcamp 2014, University of Limerick, Republic of Ireland, May 17.

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘A genealogy of Open Data Assemblages’, paper presented at the Programmable City Project Launch, National University of Ireland Maynooth, Maynooth, Republic of Ireland, March 25. (SLIDES).

Scassa, T., Taylor, D. R. F., Lauriault, T. P., Engler, N. J. and Fewer, D. (2013) ‘Ethical Mapping of Traditional Knowledge Through Template Licences’, paper presented at the Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, April 9-13.

Scassa, T., Taylor, D. R. F., Engler, N. and Lauriault, T. P. (2012) ‘Challenges of Managing Data on Traditional Knowledge: A Case Study from the Canadian North’, paper presented at the 23^rd International CODATA (Committee on Data for Science and Technology) Conference on Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet, Academy of Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, October 28-31. [Presented by Lauriault]’

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2012) ‘The Map as a Fundamental Source in the Memory of the World’, Proceedings of the UNESCO Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation Conference, Vancouver, BC, September 26-28. (SLIDES).

Lauriault, T. P. (2012) ‘Open Sesame: Open Data, Data Liberation and Opportunities for Librarians’, paper presented at the Canadian Library Association (CLA) National Conference, Ottawa, ON, May 31-June 2.

Lauriault, T. P. (2011) ‘Census 2011: Who Are We?  The Canadian Census Used to Tell Us’, paper presented at the Canadian Library Association (CLA) National Conference, Halifax, NS, May 25-28.

Lauriault, T. P. (2010) ‘The Census Comes Alive’, keynote address at the Canadian Library Association (CLA) National Conference, Ottawa, ON, September 27.

Lauriault, T. P., Craig, B., Pulsifer, P. L. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2009) ‘The Preservation and Archiving of Geospatial Digital Data: Challenges and Opportunities for Cartographers’, paper presented at the S33 Cartography and Spatial Data Session of the Canadian Association of Geographers portion of the SSHCR Congress, Ottawa, ON, May 30.

Lauriault, T. P., Caquard, S., Homuth, C. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2009) ‘The Pilot Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness’, paper presented at the W36 Urban Geography II – Social Session of Canadian Association of Geographers of the SSHCR Congress, Ottawa, ON, May 30.

Lauriault, T. P., Caquard, S., Homuth, C. and Taylor, D. R. F. (2009) ‘Pilot Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness in Canada’, paper presented at the National Conference: Growing Home – Housing and Homelessness in Canada, Calgary, AB, February 18-20.

Lauriault, T. P. (2007) ‘Accessing Scientific Data in the Future: Do Data Portals, Repositories, and Catalogues Preserve or Archive Their Data?’, presented at Session 306 – Preserving Electronic Records in the Sciences, Conference of the Society of American Archivists (SAA), Chicago, IL, October 30.

Taylor, D. R. F., Lauriault, T. P. and Pulsifer, P. L. (2007) ‘The Preservation and Archiving of Geospatial Digital Data’, Cambridge Conference, July.

Taylor, D. R. F., Lauriault, T. P. and Pulsifer, P. L. (2007) ‘Archiving and Preserving Cartographic Data: The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica’, International Cartographic Association (ICA) Conference, Moscow.

Lauriault, T. P. (2007) ‘La Préservations des documents d’archives numériques: Le Projet InterPARES 2’, XXXVIe Congrès : D’hier à demain : Quarante ans de théories et de pratiques archivistiques au Québec – quelles pistes pour l’avenir? de L’Association des archivistes du Québec (AAQ), Sainte-Adèle, June.

Lauriault, T. P. and Taylor, D. R. F., (2006) ‘Geospatial Data Infrastructure for the Sustainable Development of East Timor’, GSDI 9, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure, Conference, Santiago, August.

Lauriault, T. P.  and Craig, B., (2006) ‘Do Data Access Portals, Repositories, and Catalogs, Preserve or Archive Geospatial and Science Data?’ Geotec 2006, Ottawa, June.

Lauriault, T. P.  and Taylor, D. R. F., (2005), ‘Geospatial Information and the Information Society: A Leadership Role for Canada, Session VI –The Information Society in Action’, World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, Winnipeg, Canada.

Lauriault, T. P., Pulsifer, P. L. and Taylor, D. R. F., (2004), ‘CS06-Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica Case Study’, InterPARES 2, Creation and Maintenance of Scientific Records, Electronic College and University Records (ECURE), Phoenix, Arizona, April.

Taylor, D. R. F., and Lauriault, T. P., (2004), ‘The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica, Related Issues’, 19th International CODATA Conference: The Information Society: New Horizons for Science, Berlin, Germany, November.

Taylor, D. R. F., Lauriault, T. P., Liu, X., Pulsifer, P. L., Woods, B. and Zhou, Y. (2004), ‘The Cybercartographic Atlas of Antarctica, Related Archival Issues’, CODATA Conference, Berlin.

Taylor, D. R. F., and Lauriault, T. P. (2003), ‘L’atlante cibercartografico di Antartica: un esempio di documento scientifico, Persi nell’interazione?’ La conservazione dell’identita’, integrita’ e accessibilita’ dei documenti prodotti dalle arti, le scienze e e-governments in sistemi digitali dinamici, edited by InterPARES 2, Bologna, Italy.

Taylor, D. R. F., and Lauriault, T. P. (2003), ‘New Frontiers – GIS, Life, the Universe and Everything’, International Association of Social Science Information Service and Technology (IASSIST) Strength in Numbers Conference, Ottawa, University of Ottawa (Keynote).

Lauriault, T. P.  and Klodawsky, F. (2002) ‘Visualizing Mapping: Using mapping for social analysis and beyond…’, at Placing Gender/Making Policy International Geographical Union Gender and Geography Commission Workshop, University of Toronto, May-June.

Lauriault, T. P. and Welch, D. (2001) ‘GIS Mapping: to Visualize Social Exclusion and Inclusion’, 10th Biennial Conference on Canadian Social Welfare Policy in Calgary, June.

Articles, Academic Blog Articles, Interviews

Podcast Interview, (2014), Open Data Institutional Memory, Open Government Podcast with Richard Pietro. (PODCAST) ] (8 December)

Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Republic of Ireland’s Open Data Strategy: Observations and Recommendations’, Programmable City Project, (October BLOG Article).

Lauriault, T, P. (2014) ‘Sketching the Open Data Landscape in Ireland,’ Programmable City Project (August BLOG Article).

Lauriault, T, P. (2014) ‘Preservation of Geospatial Data Primer’ Programmable City Project. (August BLOG Article).

Lauriault, T, P. (2014) ‘Mapping Openness and Transparency’ Programmable City Project (June BLOG Article).

Lauriault, T, P. (2014) ‘Big Data Series: Critical Analysis of the Irish Big Data Skills Report’Programmable City Project  (May BLOG Article).

Lauriault, T. P. (2013) ‘Open Data Jurisdictions & Initiatives in Ireland’ Programmable City Project (November BLOG Article).

Interview about the G8 Open Data Charter and the New Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada Open Data Portal for CTV National News, June 18, 2013.

Interview about the release of the National Household Survey by Statistics Canada for CBC The National TV and Radio news, May 8, 2013.

Interviewed for the Ontario Library Association (OLA) Access Bulletin on the topic The Importance of Being Counted: Justice by the Numbers, 2012, Vol.18 (3), Summer.

Interview on CBC Radio program All in a Day, hosted by Alan Neal about open data and the City of Ottawa, March 2, 2010.

Interviewed about access to public data by the Ottawa Sun in the article City mulls ‘open data’ for mobile phone apps and Le Droit in the article La Ville d’Ottawa compte devenir plus transparente, March 2, 2010.

The Fall 2009 Newsletter of the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation, National Housing Research Committee featured the Pilot Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness in the article Online Atlas Offers an Interactive Look at the Risk of Homelessness, p.10 & L’atlas en ligne : présentation interactive des risques d’itinérance, p.10.

World Changing Canada featured an article about Lauriault’s ChangeCamp Ottawa: Open Data and Open Access.  May 23, 2009 (BLOG Article).

Appeared in Michael Geist and Dan Albehany’s Documentary, Why Copyright?  Canadian Voices on Copyright Law, 2008, (VIDEO).

The Trends and Issues in Affordable Housing and Homelessness, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), Quality of Life Reporting System (QOLRS) are featured on the CBC Passionate Eye program The Devil Plays Hardball, 2008.

Pilot Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness Media Results: Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences article Carleton University researchers launch groundbreaking project to determine the risk of homelessness; Metro article Carleton duo launches atlas to ID risk of homelessness and D. R. F. Taylor and T. P. Lauriault appear on CBC Radio’s All in a Day hosted by Adrian Harewood, May 27, 2009.

The Multisensory work of D. R. F. Taylor, T. P. Lauriault and G. Brauen appears in a Globe & Mail article written by Science writer Anne Mcilroy, Planning your next vacation, with dollars and scents, Page A4 of the paper version, Feb. 26, 2008.

Lauriault, T. P. and McGuire, H. (2008, February) ‘Data Access in Canada: CivicAccess.ca’, Open Source Business Resource, (OPEN ACCESS).

Mapping Peace article about Lauriault’s research appears in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science News, October 2, 2006.

Earl, C., and Lauriault, T. P. (2003) ‘Some Thoughts on Digital Archiving’, Cartouche Newsletter of the Canadian Cartographic Association, 50 (OPEN ACCESS).

Web Publications, Portals, Online Atlases and Lists

• Community Data Program,  (2010-2011), web content development.
• Community Data Portal, Team Leader.
• Pilot Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness,Lauriault, T. P., Caquard, S., Homuth, C. and Taylor, D. R. F. (Published 2009)
• DataLibre.ca, Lauriault, T. P. and McGuire, H. (2007-Present)
• Citizens Access to Civic Data and Civicaccess.ca list, Lauriault, T. P., Lenczner, M., Guidon, S. and Dinnen, P. (2005-Present) , first Open Data list in Canada.
• Lauriault, T. P., Lenczner, M., Guidon, S. and Dinnen, P. (2005) Citizens Access to Civic Data and Information Wiki, (retired).
• Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre Internet Site, Lauriault, T. P. and Hayes, A. (2004-2013).
• Lauriault, T. P., Watanabe, W. and Hayes, A. (2005) Cybercartography and the New Economy wiki, (retired).
• Lauriault, T. P. and Hayes, A. (2004) Cybercartography and the New Economy Online Forum, (retired).
• Lauriault, T. P. (2003) Cybercartography and the New Economy Knowledge Network, SSHRC, (retired).
• Lauriault, T. P. (2001) Community Information Exchange on Homelessness (CIEH) Project and Maps for City of Ottawa End & Prevent Homelessness, (retired).
• Community Information Mapping Systems, Lauriault, T. P. (2000-2001)

Advisory and Research Committees

• Public Bodies Working Group on Open Data, Department of Public Expenditures and Reform. (November 2014-Present)
• Working group on Census 2016 homeless count methodology, Central Statistics Office and Homelessness Agencies
• Research and Data Advisory Committee (RDAC) to the Dublin Regional and Homelessness Executive, (March 2014-Present)
• Research Data Alliance (RDA) CODATA Quality of Life Indicator Working Group, (September 2013-Present).
• Research Data Alliance (RDA) CODATA Legal Interoperability Interest Group, (May 2013-Present).
• Science of Data Project Committee, under the leadership of John ApSimon, Carleton University. (Spring of 2013-August of 2013).

Public Consultations

• Programmable City Submission to the Open Data Licence Consultation Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) (18 March 2015)
• Invited Member, Republic of Ireland Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) Public Sector Open Data Working Group (September 2014).
• Programmable City Submission to the Open Data Plan of the Republic of Ireland, DPER, Observations and Recommendations: on the republic of Ireland Open Data Strategy (October 2014).
• Invited Participant, Republic of Ireland DPER Civil Society Consultation on the launch of the Open Data Plan (September 2014).
• Invited Participant, Government of Ireland DPER Public Sector Consultation on the launch of the Open Data Plan (July 2014).
• Invited Participant, Government of Canada Canada’s Action Plan on Open Government 2.0 in Ottawa led by the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (June 2014).
• Interviewed by Mary Francoli, Canadian Researcher, for the Open Government Partnerhship Independent Review Mechanism (IRM) (2013).
• Irish Co-Editor, Open Knowledge Foundation Open Data Census and Index (2013).
• Canadian Co-Editor, Open Knowledge Foundation Open Data Census and Index (2013).
• Invited Expert and Member, Canadian Geomatic Round Table – Legal and Policy Dimension Task Team, led by Natural Resources Canada, (May 2013-present).
• Invited Participant, Open Data Round Table in Ottawa led by the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada (May 2013).
• Submission, Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada, Open Data and Open Government (January 2012).
• Invited Expert with Written Submission, A View from Local Community and University Based Research, Government of Canada, Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics, Study on Open Government, (February 2011). (Submission also available in French).
• Submission, Industry Canada, Digital Economy Strategy: Open Access to Canada’s Public Sector Information and Data, (voted second in popularity), June 2010.
• Contributor, City of Ottawa, Open Data Report at the City of Ottawa: Information Technology Sub-Committee, (March 2010).
• Submission, Government of Canada, House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology Committees Directorate, Study on Canadian Science and Technology, (2008).
• Advisory Committee Member, Library and Archives Canada, Canadian Digital Information Strategy, (2007-2008).
• Drafting Committee Member, UNESCO, World Summit on the Information Society, Tunis Communiqué from Canadian Civil Society, (Winnipeg 2005).

Academic Panels, Seminars and Workshops

• Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Data: Activism, Access, Open‘, S06011A, Research methods advanced seminar, NUIM, Maynooth, May 08. (SLIDES)
• Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Political Arithmetic, Territorial Geometry and Programmed Cities‘, Seminar to visiting Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) New media and changing communities class, Maynooth, April 2. (SLIDES)
• Seminar Lecture, 2015, Evidence-Informed Decision Making – Indicators, BU3561: Services and Information Management School of Business Trinity College Dublin, March 23rd.
• Lauriault, T. P. (2015) ‘Evidence Informed Activism – Data based deliberations’, Provisional University, Dunlop Oriels House, Dublin, March 4.  (SLIDES)
• Lauriault, T.P. & Kitchin, R. (2015) ‘What can be done with Open Data‘, D/Public Expenditure and Reform, Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin. February 11. (SLIDES)
• Seminar Lecture, 2014,  Big Data. GY610 Mapping, GIS and Critical Spatial Data Week 10: Session 10: Thursday 2.00 – 4.00 pm, Geography Library; Physical Geography Lab, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, December 4.
• Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Thinking about Classifications & Making up Spaces‘, ESRI Ireland HQ, Ashtown Gate Dublin, December 1. (SLIDES)
• Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘The Risk of Homelessness, to the Dublin Regional Housing Executive‘, Research and Data Advisory Committee, at the Housing Agency, Dublin, November 27.  (SLIDES)
• Lauriault, T. P. (2014) ‘Programmable City and the DRI‘, Digital Repository of Ireland, The Odessa Club, Dublin, August 16.
• Lauriault, T. P., Seminar Lecture, 2014, ‘Political Arithmetic and Programmed Cities: How society and space are shaped by data and infrastructure assemblages’.  University College Cork MSc in GIS & Remote Sensing Seminar, February 19.
• Lauriault, T. P. (2013) ‘An Open Data Story‘, Programmable City Seminar 1, NUIM, Maynooth, November 15 (SLIDES) (VIDEO)

• Participant (2014), The Transparency Paradox, Department of Anthropology Workshop, Maynooth, November 24.
• Participant (2014), Technology for Resilience: The Humanitarian Application of Emerging Technologies in Disaster Management Workshop by the International Red Cross, Dublin, November 3.
• Interest Group Meeting, (2014), Legal and Policy Interoperability IG, Research Data Alliance 4^th Plenary, de Meervaart Conference Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 22-24.
• Working Group Meeting, 2014, Quality of Life Indicator Working Group, Research Data Alliance 4^th Plenary, de Meervaart Conference Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 22-24.
• Participant and Co-Covener, 2014, Code and the City Workshop, Programmable City Project, National University of Ireland Maynooth, September 3,4 amd 5 [Program available at http://progcity.maynoothuniversity.ie/2014/05/workshop-code-and-the-city-3-4-september/].
• Invited Panelist, 2014, Information Libre: Impacte sur la recherche et le rayonnement de nos chercheurs, 13e Journée de la recherche, Informations Libres Impacts et Enjeux, 29 Mai.
• Interest Group Meeting, 2014, Legal and Policy Interoperability IG, Research Data Alliance 3^rd Plenary, The Data Sharing Community: Playing YOUR part, Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, March 26-28.
• Seminar Lecture, 2014, Political Arithmetic and Programmed Cities: How society and space are shaped by data and infrastructure assemblages.  University College Cork MSc in GIS & Remote Sensing Seminar, February 19.
• Invited Participant, 2014, Demography and Economy Workshop at ICLRD conference ’14, International Centre for Local and Regional Development Conference Cross Border Economic Development and the Border Development Zone Concept, Calan, Ireland. January 30-31.
• Invited Participant, 2014, Data Protection Issues for Trusted Digital Repositories: Challenges and Solutions, Digital Repositories of Ireland (DRI) Advisory Board Meeting, Dublin, January 1.
• Convener and Presenter, 2013, Open Data and Evidence Based Decision Making Seminar, National University of Ireland Maynooth, November 13.
• Participant, 2013, Workshop on ‘Bodies of Evidence’, Department of Anthropology, National University of Ireland at Maynooth, December 10.
• Seminar Convener and Speaker, 2013, An Open Data Story, Programmable City Project: Open Data and Evidence Informed Decision Making’ seminar, National University of Ireland at Maynooth, November 15.
• Interest Group Meeting, 2013, Legal and Policy Interoperability IG, Research Data Alliance 3^rd Plenary, National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC, US, (Participated online), September 17.
• Guest Speaker, 2013, Data, Maps, Location and Law, CIPPIC Summer Series Talks, University of Ottawa, May.
• Guest Speaker, 2013, Open Data Policy in Canada, Digital Odyssey 2013: Big Data Small World Conference, Ontario Library and Information Technology Association, Toronto Reference Library, June 7.
• Moderator and Convener, 2012, Mapping The Legal Boundaries of Digital Cartography Workshop: Surveying the legal terrain and charting the course, workshop with Centre for Law, Technology and Society (CLTS), the Geomatics, Cartographic Research Centre (GCRC) and Canadian Internet Public Policy and Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), University of Ottawa, November 14, [https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/x/KoCL].
• Keynote, Lauriault, T. P., 2012, Open Access Research and Citizen Engagement, Inaugural Right to Know Week Conference, University of New Brunswick, St-John, October.
• Panelist, 2012, How civil society can (and already does) use open data, Civicuss, Montreal, September.
• Guest Speaker, 2012, Opening Research Data, Creative Commons Salon hosted by The Creative Law Society and Canadian Internet Public Policy Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) to re-launch Creative Commons Canada, University of Ottawa.
• Guest Speaker, 2012, Data, Maps, Location and Law, CIPPIC Summer Series Talks, University of Ottawa, May.
• Guest Speaker, 2012, A Conversation about Research Data, School of Information Studies, University of Ottawa, March.
• Guest Speaker, 2011, Open Data and Why it Matters to Librarians, University of Toronto Library Open Access events, October.
• Keynote, 2011, The Big Picture: What is New in the Data World / L’image globale: Qu’est-ce qu’il y a de neuf dans le monde des données, Data Liberation Initiative (DLI) Training Day / Atelier national de formation Initiative de démocratisation des données (IDD), Vancouver, May.
• Panelist, 2011, L’Open Data au Canada: Government 2.0 and Access to Information: Recent Developments in Proactive Disclosure and Open Data in Canada @LegalIT Conference, Montreal, April.
• Panelist, 2010, Survol du mouvement des données ouvertes au Canada et au Québec, Salon du Logiciel Libre, Ville de Québec, décembre.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, The Real Census Informs Neighbourhood Research in Canada, GIS Day, Carleton University Library, Ottawa, November.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, Open Data Initiatives in Canada: One part of the Open Government Conversation, Open Access Week 2010, Carleton University, October.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, OpenData & Public Research, Open Access Week, Apps4Ottawa Showcase, University of Ottawa, October.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, The Real Census Informs Neighbourhood Research in Canada, Statistical Society of Ottawa 8th annual seminar – Our Statistics Community, University of Ottawa, October 25.
• Panelist, 2010, Access to Public & Research Data: From Principle to Practice – Enhancing Access in the Public Service, Right To Know Week – Accessing Democracy Conference, Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University, September.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, Research Data and Maps, CIPPIC Summer Series Talks, University of Ottawa.
• Presenter, 2008, Developing Research Collaboration between GCRC and CentroGeo, One-week workshop CentroGeo, Mexico City.
• Co-Presenter with Pulsifer, D.R.F. Taylor, A. Hayes and  J.P. Fiset, 2007, Archiving Cybercartography Presentation, Open Geospatial Consortium; Data Preservation Working Group, Ottawa, April.
• Participant, 2007, Community Wireless Infrastructure Research Project (CWIRP) Workshop, Toronto, November.

Workshops, Webinars and Seminars for Government, NGOs and Private Sector

• Kick-off Lecture, 2015, ‘‘Evidence Informed Activism – Data based deliberations’ as part of the Shaping Dublin: a seminar series on the contemporary city by the Provisional University, Dublin, March 4.
• Master of Ceremony, 2014, Launch of the Dublin Dasboard, Dublin City Council, September, 19.
• Invited Guest, 2014, Spatial Big Data Roadshow, Ordinance Survey of Ireland and 1Spatial, Guinness Storehouse, September 17.
• Participant, 2014, Open Government Partnership European Region Meetings, Dublin Castle, May 8-9.
• Participant, 2014, 3rd Administrative Statistics Seminar, Dublin City Castle. February 20.
• Seminar Participant, 2014, Access+Evidence: Information for Policy, A Government Libraries Section Seminar, Bedford Suite, Bedford Tower, Dublin Castle, January 31.
• Invited Panelist, 2013, With data comes responsibility – Irish Data Forum, Putting the ‘I’ back in IT, Silicon Republic, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, November 22. (VIDEO & Article)
• Webinar presenter and co-author, 2013, Le savoir traditionnel et la cybercartographie, GeoConnections, Natural Resources Canada, December 12
• Webinar presenter and co-author, 2013, Traditional Knowledge and Cybercartography, GeoConnections, Natural Resources Canada, December 10.
• Guest Speaker, 2013, Open Data, Ontario NonProfit Network (ONN) Conference 2013 (Via Skype), October 3. (Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOyP04xdpw).
• Panelist, 2013, Thinking Infrastructurally, Future Avenues for Open Data, Open Data Exchange (ODX13), Montreal, Jeanne Sauvé House, McGill University, April 6.
• Webinar presenter, 2013, Geospatial Data Archiving and Preservation, GeoConnections, Natural Resources Canada, March.
• Panelist, 2011, Opening Doors to Data in Government, Research and Community, Cybera Summit 2011, Banff Centre, October.
• Panelist, 2011, Open Government Panel, Municipal Information Systems Association (MISA) Ontario, Ottawa, September.
• Facilitator and convener, with M. Frojmovic, 2011, Community Data Fest, Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) Community Data Consortium, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) and Public Health and Statistical Agencies in Canada, Toronto, March.
• Guest speaker, 2011, Open Data, Ottawa Girl Geek Dinner, March.
• Co-presenter with M. Frojmovic, 2010, Data for the Community, HRSDC meeting of Homelessness Homeless Individuals and Families Information System, Community Coordinators, Gatineau, November.
• Guest Speaker, 2010, The Secret Life of Data, Canadian Association of Science Writers, Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, June.

Civic Engagement

• Note Taker, 2015, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Open Data Public Consultation, February 19, 2015.
• Poster Session Judge, 2014, 8th Irish Earth Observation Symposium, Maynooth, 30-31 October, 2014.
• Volunteer Enumerator, 2014, Dublin City Council, Dublin Regional Housing Executive, Rough Sleeper Counte, Dublin, April 14.
• Participant, 2014, Open Knowledge Foundation Charity Hackday, Dublin, July 26.
• Participan, 2014, Open Knowledge Foundation, Open Government Partnership Plan Jam, June 25.
• Participant, Open Data Ireland Public Hackthon, Code for Ireland, Facebook Head Quarters, February 2014.
• Participant, Open Data Ireland Public Hackthon, Open Knowledge Foundation Ireland, T-Cube September 2013.
• Citizen data collector, for the Regroupement activistes pour l’inclusion Québec (RAPLIQ), accessibility audit and mapping project in Montreal, July 2012.
• Participant, Code{4}Lib meetup in Ottawa, June 2012.
• Wrote the winning civil society proposal for the Canadian Council on Social Development (CCSD) to attend the 1^st Open Government Partnership (OGP) Meetings in Brazil and lead the Canadian civil society consultations in preparation for the meeting, March-April 2012.
• Canadian Researcher for the Swiss based Bruno Manser Fond, investigating land registry, tenure and corporate investments of the Chief Minister of Sarawak’s daughter residing in Canada.
• Co-founder and Advisor, Geographic and Numeric Information Systems Group (GANIS) of the Social Planning Network on Ontario (SPNO), 2001-present.
• Citizen Advisor, for the City of Ottawa Open Data policy, formed the Terms of Use (licencing) Working Group of the G4 + 1 Cities (Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton + Montreal) which led to the CIPPIC open data licensing report for Canada, 2010-Present.
• Graduate Student Representative, Carleton University Senate Library Committee, 2009-2011.
• Member & Blogger, the National Coalition to Save the Census of Canada Campaign, http://datalibre.ca/census-watch/, media liaison, the datalibre.ca became the focal point for the media and documented Canadian actions, June 2010-present.
• Judge, App4Ottawa Contest, City of Ottawa, October-January 2010-2011.
• Participant, GovCamp Ottawa, University of Ottawa, 2010.
• Session Host & Moderator, ChangeCamp Ottawa, Open Data & Terms of Use, July 2010.
• Participant, Ottawa Open Data Hackfest, Ottawa City Hall, 2010.
• Participant and Team Member, Towards a Canadian Community Data Collaborative at Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, May 11-14, 2010.
• Session Host & Moderator, First Ottawa Open Data Session at ChangeCamp, and most read overall blog post on World Changing Canada, May 2009.
• Invited Participant, Blue Sky Meeting on Social Innovation, Carleton University Research and International, February 2009.
• Blogger, Datalibre.ca a CivicAccess.ca inspired Blog and the first Canadian blog dedicated to open data, 2007-Present.
• Advisory Committee Member, Strategic Planning for an Online Mapping Portal To Monitor Neighbourhood Level Population Health, Social Planning Council of Ottawa, 2007.
• Co-founder, Alliance communauté sans fils, all of the community wireless groups in Québec, 2006.
• Launch, co-founder and active member, Citizens for Open Access to Civic Information and Data in Canada – CivicAccess.ca, First national open data list in Canada, 2005-Present.
• Co-founder and Secretary, Ottawa-Gatineau WiFi (ogWiFi.ca) a Community Wireless Infrastructure Network, 2005-Present.

Recognition, Awards and Distinctions

Women Invent: Silicon Republic and Intel, Top 100 Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM), Republic of Ireland, 2014.