📍 Windsor Hackforge (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Join Doug Sartori for a demonstration of digital cartography techniques for regular people. He’ll show you how to make digital map data from satellite photos and visualize a map from the data you made. Bring your laptop and pre-install QGIS if you want to work...
📍 Gateway Park (meet at the corner of Riverside and Cameron)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Join us on April 22, 2025, for a hands-on Field Mapping Event in Gateway Park! No mapping experience? No problem! We’ll guide you through the process of improving local maps using simple mobile apps and OpenStreetMap. 📱 What You Need:✅...
📍 Windsor Hackforge (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Windsor-Essex tech enthusiasts, IT pros, and eco-conscious innovators are invited to join us for a community-driven Swap Meet! Dedicated to network infrastructure equipment, this free, public event is a great way to clear out your closet and desk. Bring your routers, servers, switches,...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave., Unit 210)👥 In Person Only💲 Free This month, LUG will be hosting a Linux install party. If you're interested in trying out Linux, then this is the event for you! Members will be available to help you with installing Linux on your laptop, onto a virtual machine, or any...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free In this event for experienced data practitioners, Doug Sartori covers the nuts and bolts of Canadian election data, and demonstrates a technique for fine-grained evaluation of election results across elections, accounting for unstable geography and identifiers. 📆 Date: May 20, 2025🕦Time: 6pm-8pm📍Location: Hackforge...
📍Discord💻Virtual Only💲 Free Come join us as we nerd out about Linux at this month's Hackforge Linux User Group Virtual Social! What to Expect: This virtual social event provides an excellent opportunity to connect with fellow Linux enthusiasts, learn, and have fun! Hope to see you all there! 📆 Date: Friday, May 22nd🕦Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00...
📍 Hackforge HQ (300 Ouellette Ave, Unit 210) & Online💻👥 Hybrid💲 Free Windsor is a city with immense potential — yet it continues to face deep-rooted challenges, including the highest unemployment rate among major Canadian cities and persistently high poverty rates that disproportionately affect people with disabilities, racialized communities, and children. As part of National...
📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Join us for an engaging virtual session during National Accessibility Week, featuring Ioana Gandrabur, Peer Trainer with the Centre for Equitable Library Access (CELA). Focused on accessible reading technologies, this session will explore: ⭢ CELA’s services for people with print disabilities - who can access them and how to get started⭢ What...
📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free For this year's National AccessAbility Week programming, Hackforge is teaming up with some brand new partners! During this special event, we'll be exploring how we can increase connections between people with disabilities and opportunities in the Canadian tech ecosystem. Join us on Wednesday, May 28th for a free lunchtime round table featuring...
📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Accessibility Standards Canada (ASC) develops national accessibility standards to help build a barrier-free Canada — by and for people with disabilities. As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly evolves, ASC is working to ensure accessibility and equity are built into these emerging technologies. In May 2024, ASC released a technical guide on accessible and...
📍Zoom💻Virtual Only💲 Free Join us for an engaging and interactive conversation with Dr. Jutta Treviranus, Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre at OCAD University and a global leader in digital inclusion. As part of Hackforge's National AccessAbility Week programming, this session will explore how artificial intelligence can both empower and marginalize — and why...
📍 Assisted Living Southwestern Ontario (1100 University Ave W, Windsor)👥 In Person Only💲 Free Join us on Saturday, May 31st for a thoughtful and engaging solo workshop that explores how we can build more inclusive and compassionate communities. Facilitator Evelina Baczewska offers a space to reflect on the ways our experiences, identities, and systems intersect...