awesome-gc

A curated list of awesome Government of Canada open source policies, frameworks, libraries, software and events.

Table of Contents

• Events
• Initiatives
• Resources

Events

• Drupal GovCon - Drupal-oriented event featuring prominent figures from around the world.
• FWD50 - Use technology to make society better for all.
• Open First Day - Open First Day is to highlight open source (free software) approaches to IT in the Government of Canada.

Initiatives

• BC Dev Exchange - Better ways for government and developers to work together.
• GC Dev Exchange - Enabling collaboration on open source digital solutions.
• Open Resource Exchange - Explore how Canadian public administrations (federal, provincial, territorial and municipal) creates greater transparency, accountability, increases citizen engagement, and drives innovation and economic opportunities through open Standards, open source software, open data, open information, open dialogue and open Government.
  • Open Government - Open Government is about making government more accessible to everyone. Participate in conversations, find data and digital records, and learn about open government.
    • About Open Government - Explore Canada’s open government commitments, discover open government programs across Canada, and learn more about the Open Government Licence.
    • Open Data - Search Government of Canada data, learn how to work with datasets, see what people have done with our data.
    • Open Dialogue - Interact with open government experts and enthusiasts and share your ideas for new innovative approaches to open government.
    • Open Information - Search Government of Canada digital records, completed access to information request summaries, and contracts over $10,000.
  • Open Source Code - Search Canadian public administrations open source projects and code repositories, get access to code and software, and contribute to ongoing development.
  • Open Source Software - Search open source software used by Canadian public administrations, promote collaboration and reuse of preferred solutions.
• Open Source Advisory Board - Discussions and recommendations around effective open source adoption in the Government of Canada.

Resources

• Digital Playbook - Provides practical and measurable guidance to assist individual projects with becoming more agile, open and user-focused.
• GCcollab Message - GCcollab Message is based on the open source platform, Rocket Chat, which organizes discussions into public rooms, private chats, or direct messages with other users.
  • GCcollab: Channel Directory - A list of channels where you can discover what topics are being discussed.
  • GCcollab: Digital First - Discussions around the Digital First initiative.
  • GCcollab: Open Government - Discussions around the Open Government initiative.
  • GCcollab: Open Source Group - Discussions around the use of Open Source Software within the Government of Canada.
• GitHub - Canadian Government Accounts - A list of GitHub accounts used by different Canadian government groups.
  • GC GitHub - Public repositories provided by the Government of Canada.
  • GC Tools GitHub - Public repository of tools used by the Government of Canada.
• Open First Whitepaper - A whitepaper to pull together the thinking on how to shift government to an “Open” approach.
• Open Government Canada Twitter - Raising awareness and sparking dialogue about Open Government efforts.
• Web Experience Toolkit - An award-winning front-end framework for building websites that are accessible, usable, interoperable, mobile friendly and multilingual.