Chief Data Officer Public Health Agency 🇨🇦 | #data #leadership #creativity #OpenSource #Python #Rust #Golang #Geek #Storyteller (He/Him) @Toferc@noc.social
ottawa, ontario
Joined August 2011
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I'm totally jazzed to announce that effective July 26, I'll be joining Public Health @GovCanHealth as Chief Data Officer and director general of Data Management, Analysis and Innovation. Like many of you, I've been watching the public health and data space for the past few years.
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In the 1970s, Dutch cities like Amsterdam were full of traffic and air pollution.
Now they are models of sustainable urban planning.
Here's the story of how the Netherlands started building their cities for humans, not cars.
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The e-Binder is a great resource for finding the talent you need while supporting your department’s accountability for diversity and inclusion as well as the Clerk's Call to Action. 2/
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The long awaited Black Executives Network e-Binder with professional profiles of Black federal public servants ready for career advancement along with new opportunities and challenges is finally available! #BlackPublicServantsMatter #InclusiveStaffing 1/ linkedin.com/posts/benren-go…
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🚨New version of Blawx (v1.4.0-alpha) released!🚨
Changes how the code deals with true / false values, and completely revises the scenario editor fact interface to increase its ability to express general, false, and uncertain facts.
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GE's departure for an amazing opportunity leaves a big hole in our team: get in touch if you think you have what it takes ;) Portfolio includes outcomes database major IT project, data linking for GBA+, n4p data utilization capacity, etc. Team overview: xitter.cf/Jason_PE/status/140085…
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Add to the fact that a) we’ve trained the AI on peoples art without attribution or compensation and b) that future iterations will also be trained on the morass of AI generated art, the future of art will be a derivative swamp void of meaning. That has trouble with fingers…
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On #Dec6 first, we mourn
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz
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Look, if everyone is worried about students cheating on essays for AI, instructors can just cheat right back.
I asked OpenAI to give me an essay question & make a rubric for grading. I had GPT-3 actually write the essay.
I then had the OpenAI grade the essay & give comments. ✅
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Nobel Peace Prize winner @mariaressa says social media has “come in and used free speech to stifle free speech.”
#Colbert
“Mastodon is not an ad-driven platform. There is absolutely zero incentives to let awful people run amok in the name of engagement. The goal of Mastodon is to build a friendly collection of communities, not an attention leeching hate mill.” escapingtech.com/tech/opinio…
Really interesting read on how infrastructure impacts experience. My 2c is that as I (slowly) connect with folks on #Mastodon, my experience keeps getting better.
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VA’s new mobile app just passed 1 million downloads, with a 4.8 App Store rating. @DeptVetAffairs is quietly delivering one of the government’s biggest tech success stories. How’d we do it? 🧵
Love seeing this thoughtful analysis of how #network connections seem to work on #Mastodon. It’s hard to figure out all the social and practical implications of the #Fediverse. Thanks!
On the #AcademicTwitter migration to Mastodon. Framing it in terms of network of networks localization problem (A.K.A. social bubbles) can help finding ways to avoid the ivory tower trap. A preliminary 🧵
