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A couple weeks ago, Katherine Hague came to town to speak at the Blueprint to Success for Entrepreneurship at both the Lakehead University and Confederation College campuses, to help spur on entrepreneurship in both institutions.

She shared her story of how as a university graduate she started Shoplocket, an ecommerce company that allowed businesses to easily sell their products online. She then sold her company to PCH and now works with them as Vice President of The Blueprint; a site that provides educational resources for the hardware innovation industry. I am not sure if Katherine even sleeps regularly, because on top of starting a successful company she is also listed as one of Canada’s top 7 tech stars and one of the 5 women to watch in wearable technology.

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  • 2/18/2015 1:57:46 PM
  • Kendall Kerbashian

Community Data Sharing

We all know that data is an important tool for organizational planning and decision making. With organizations devoting countless resources to the collection, storage, and dissemination of data, it has become something to be hoarded, guarded and amassed.  Individual businesses are becoming silos of valuable knowledge.  However, within these silos the use of data is limited by the scope of the business itself. In contrast, the use of data becomes almost unlimited when removed from the context of one specific business. So why aren’t more organizations, specifically those in the public sector, sharing data? There is the obvious concern over sharing private client information, but this concern can be eliminated by the fact that client data is just as useful when aggregated by postal code, eliminating identifying information. Secondary concerns as displayed in the table below are often outweighed by the potential benefits that can be reaped through data sharing. 

Motivators and Barriers for Interorganizational GIS Data Sharing Initiatives[i]

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  • 4/22/2013 11:45:41 AM
  • Jaquelyn Holm

What's with GIS?

What’s with GIS? Who needs it and who cares? Well, the fact is that most people use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology on a regular basis without even realizing it.

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  • 3/31/2015 2:11:11 PM
  • George Lysenko