Wintertime & the living is slushy. Despite the brutal barren wilderness & chill Canuckistan climate, hearts are warm in the centre of the universe for all things governmental/transparent/politicin’…
First things first - Event Plugs:
Wednesday, January 21st - The Churchill Society for the Advancement of Parliamentary Democracy is hosting a free Citizen Forum called “Parliament 2009: What Kind of Country Will We Have?” at the University of Toronto Munk Centre. Event details can be found here (on Facebook, natch) & here (on our org’s website). The panel is stellar, the conversation will be oh-so-timely & a grand time will be had by all. I’m encouraged to see many, many newbies already RSVPing - many from TO’s lively tech scene. Cross-pollenation of these communities is vital & shows a genuine enthusiasm brewing to discuss our parliamentary processes, public policies & - most importantly - developing solutions to increase citizen engagement.
The timing of the CSAPD event couldn’t be better, serving as the bass-heavy-rumbling thunder before the eye-catching-crackly lightening of ChangeCamp. Originally assembled via Twitter, word-of-mouth & email blasts, we’ve now settled nicely into a GoogleGroup nest & would love to have you on board as a volunteer, donor or participant. 
Saturday, January 24th - ChangeCamp will be rockin’ the MaRS Centre across from Queen’s Park in crunchy unconference style. Please do join us for a full day of positive, creative & thoughtful chats about Government & Governance in the age of Participation.
Tomorrow I hope to have a more content-y piece on the trends & activities behind the creation & popularity of these events…hopefully…darn it all to heck it’s been a lil’busy up in here.
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