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Mike Gifford, CPWA

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Open Standards & Practices lead at @CivicActions.com | #Drupal #Accessibility | Digital Services Coalition Board | @w3c Invited Expert #SustainableWeb #ARRM | ox.ca | #SolarPunk #Quaker #Feminist #Canadian #WebAlmanac #IAAPCPWA #UNOpenSourceWeek

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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dries Buytaert showed a Drupal innovating at a pace few platforms can match: simpler multilingual builds, React components, headless across five frameworks, and AI assistants connecting straight to your content. Full DriesNote recap: www.drupal.org/blog/driesno...
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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The Drupal Association team is heading to #DrupalConRotterdam 2026 next week and we have a packed schedule! 🤩 🎤 From panels and board meetings to exclusive gatherings, it's going to be a busy and exciting week. Plan your schedule now 👉️ www.drupal.org/association/... Photo credits: Matthew Saunders
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Lynn Stahl @msbtterswrth.altgov.info · 15/09/2026
Thousands of government sites run on USWDS. It's what makes them 508 compliant, trustworthy and easy to update. We're scrambling to make backups in case of catastrophe, but this will be a hugely time-consuming and costly mistake if they intend to rip it out and replace it with vibe coded trash.
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Aaron Freeman @aaronfreemanca.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is a great heads-up summary in The Energy Mix of what to expect at PM Carney's Canada' Investment Summit next week: 250 Elite Investors, 167 Pitches: Some Clean Economy Projects Make the Cut as Canada Investment Summit Convenes in Toronto www.theenergymix.com/250-elite-in...
theenergymix.com
250 Elite Investors, 167 Pitches: Some Clean Economy Projects Make the Cut as Canada Investment Summit Convenes in Toronto
With as many as 250 of the world’s top investors converging on Toronto next week for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Canada Investment Summit, news reports say pipelines, nuclear plants, railways, AI…
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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
⏰️ Haven't cast your vote for the 2026 Drupal Association At-Large Board Election yet? Voting closes on 14 August 2026 at 23:59 UTC. Don't let your voice go unheard. Check your inbox for the ballot email from ‘Helios Voting’ and make your vote count! 🔗 More details at www.drupal.org/association/...
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 07/08/2026
Day 2 of #FOSSY at #UBC in #Vancouver starting strong. Photos from the #Right2Repair panel & Elizabeth Barron of the @thephpf.bsky.social
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 02/08/2026
This is such a great weather/climate guide for Canada newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/202...
newsinteractives.cbc.ca
Is today’s weather normal? Search for your town or city to compare it to previous years
The CBC News Climate Dashboard tracks temperature and precipitation and compares them to historical trends. Check back daily to see breaking records and the forecast for where you live.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 29/07/2026
@cameronmahler.bsky.social any interest in community solar?
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 24/07/2026
"The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer" — Anthony Trollope's novel Phineas Redux (1873)
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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
🗳️ Check your inbox, Ripple Makers! Your ballot for the 2026 Drupal Association At-Large Board Election has been sent. Head to your email and cast your vote before August 14th! Get to know the candidates and find all the details you need on our Election page 👉 www.drupal.org/association/...
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 20/07/2026
@ecologyottawa.bsky.social I have a few too many ideas for a form for Steal These Ideas! Nice campaign btw www.ecologyottawa.ca/steal_these_... I do hope that others steal the idea too to push for good, green policies.
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Election candidates: Steal These Ideas!
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 15/07/2026
“The purpose of life is not to be happy at all. It is to be useful, to be honorable. It is to be compassionate. It is to matter, to have it make some difference that you lived." -- Leo Rosten
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 13/07/2026
Big ideas often sound unrealistic until they become inevitable. Shiv Malik explores why incremental thinking won't solve today's housing crisis, and what it would take to build a city for a million people. challengercities.substack.com/p/challenger... #Cities #Housing #UrbanPlanning #FutureCities
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Challenger Cities EP90: It Only Sounds Mad Because We Think Small with Shiv Malik
Listen now | A journalist, a few thousand pounds and forty people working for free want to build a city for a million people next to Cambridge. The maddest thing about it is how sane it is.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 12/07/2026
Installing #solar 1 house at a time leaves a lot of value on the table. What if neighbours planned together? How about #Ottawa & specifically #Centretown - Shared buying power - Lower costs - Better #battery options - More resilient communities - Less #CO2 mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...
mgifford.github.io
Neighbourhood Solar & Energy Initiative — Ottawa
A resident-led effort to make solar, battery backup, and home energy upgrades easier, cheaper, and more transparent in Ottawa, Ontario.
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mmorba-a11y.bsky.social @mmorba-a11y.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I´m still hoping for a new approach of an EU powered project, not wasting +2 millions for some not accessible PDF-Slides ;-( cordis.europa.eu/project/id/7... Or can´t Canada start something? Germany just proved yesterday, that no company will be harmed for EAA "Human rights violations".
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Web Accessibility Directive Decision Support Environment | WADcher | Project | Results | H2020 | CORDIS | European Commission
Deliverables, publications, datasets, software, exploitable results
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 30/06/2026
@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social this might be interesting too mgifford.github.io/accessible-b...
mgifford.github.io
Welcome to the Building Access Guide
A practical framework for communicating structured and transparent physical accessibility information.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 30/06/2026
@solarpunklitmag.bsky.social great monologs. Thought you would like mgifford.github.io/inclusive-em...
mgifford.github.io
Home | Resilience Comms: The Inclusive Emergency Blueprint
A practical guide for emergency managers and government teams to send accessible alerts that reach everyone — including people with disabilities.
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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 30/06/2026
In early June, we announced that we had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. (the German Institute for Standardization) to strengthen open source participation in international standards development. Photo: Peter-Paul Weiler
Adriana Groh and Christoph Winterhalter at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding shaking hands, sitting at a desk next to each other
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 28/06/2026
Simple quote seen at UN Open Source Week: "be the catalist that makes the world work better" #UNOSW #NYC #OpenSource
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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 26/06/2026
Final stretch at UN Open Source Week! 🏁 Today, we're joining the Community-Led Side Events organized by RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), @openforumeurope.org, @curiossorg.bsky.social, and Red Hat, hosted by IBM.
Community event with attendees listening to a speaker. Text announces: “Public Investment for Open Source Infrastructure: The Sovereign Tech Agency Model in a Global Ecosystem,” with partner logos at the bottom.
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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🏛️ Got insights on how government agencies can maximize #Drupal? Share them at #DrupalGovCon! The #CallForSpeakers is open until June 26, so lock in your topics today! ⏰ 📆 August 11–13, 2026 🏫 University of Maryland, College Park 🔗 Apply to speak here: sessionize.com/drupal-govco...
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 23/06/2026
Day 2 of UN Open Source Week! Focused on Open Source AI. Inspiring words from Adriana Groh & Thomas Jarzombek ("Public Money, Public Code"). Great to be with the #Drupal community, including Timothy Lehnen & Tiffany Farriss.👇 #UNOSW #OpenSource #FOSS
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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026
The second #Maintainathon at #UNOpenSourceWeek brought together more than 100 participants across two tracks and 15 sessions: maintainers, governments, NGOs, researchers, OSPOs, and open source communities speaking openly about what it actually takes to sustain critical digital infrastructure.
Tiffany Farriss hosting the session “Governance at Scale: What Actually Travels”Small group discussion in the capacity-building room.
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Drupal Association @drupalassociation.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
🇺🇳 United Nations Open Source Week 2026 has officially kickstarted today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York! The Drupal Association is honored to be part of this premier global forum. Stay tuned for more updates! 🌐✨ #Drupal #OpenSource #AI #UNOpenSourceWeek
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Sovereign Tech Agency @sovereign.tech · 22/06/2026
Two tracks are run in parallel: Technical Maintenance room brings maintainers together to share knowledge on the practice of open source maintenance. The Capacity & Stewardship room is focused on how organizations, institutions, and governments can better support critical open source technologies.
Erik Möller presenting in the Capacity & Stewardship room during the session, “How Sovereign Tech Agency invests in critical open source infrastructure — and what’s next”The full Capacity & Stewardship room, in the foreground is someone with a purple t-shirt reading “UN Tech Over Maintain-a-thon”The technical maintenance room at the 2026 maintain-a-thon during the first session with Thilo Borgmann “How to start your journey and get into open source”. It’s a full room with people sitting around a large oval table. View of the technical maintenance room at the 2026 maintain-a-thon, around 20 people are visible listening and working on ther laptopos
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 22/06/2026
If you can't be here in NYC for the UN's Open Source Week, you can still access the live feed online from Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Check out: www.unopensource.org#process #UNOpenSourceWeek #UNOSW #UnitedNations #OpenSource
unopensource.org
UN Open Source Week 2026 | United Nations Open Source Event
UN Open Source Week 2026 at the United Nations Headquarters, New York 22–26 June 2026. Explore open source, digital public infrastructure, AI sessions, community hackathon, and global collaboration.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 21/06/2026
I am in NYC for the UN Open Source Week! Anyone want to get together tonight for dinner? #UNOSW #UnitedNations
Me in Bryant Park
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 19/06/2026
This is about as uplifting as you would expect. Still a good listen www.themaybe.org/podcast/comp... #AI #Palestine #Israel
themaybe.org
Computer Says Kill: The Palestine Laboratory w/ Antony Loewenstein
Author of The Palestine Laboratory Antony Loewenstein explains that for Israel, precision warfare is just performative.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 18/06/2026
What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup & home electrification easier and more affordable? I'm exploring a community-led model for Ottawa that focuses on transparency, resilience & reducing costs through neighbourhood-scale adoption. mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...
mgifford.github.io
Neighbourhood Solar & Energy Initiative — Ottawa
A resident-led effort to make solar, battery backup, and home energy upgrades easier, cheaper, and more transparent in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 16/06/2026
What if neighbours worked together to make solar, battery backup, and home electrification easier and more affordable? I'm exploring a community-led model for Ottawa. No sales pressure. No exclusive vendors. Just transparency and shared learning. mgifford.github.io/neighbourhoo...
mgifford.github.io
Neighbourhood Solar & Energy Initiative — Ottawa
A resident-led effort to make solar, battery backup, and home energy upgrades easier, cheaper, and more transparent in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 11/06/2026
@kojordan.com I just archived this but you might be interested mgifford.github.io/eu-plus-gove...
mgifford.github.io
Scan Progress Report
Accessibility statement discovery and social media usage tracking for European (and allied) government websites.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 08/06/2026
How can societies balance innovation with the need for transparency, interoperability, and public oversight? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 08/06/2026
How can societies balance innovation with the need for transparency, interoperability, and public oversight? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 07/06/2026
What characteristics should critical digital infrastructure possess if it is to remain accountable to the communities that depend upon it? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 07/06/2026
How might the principles of good participation guide the design and governance of digital infrastructure? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 07/06/2026
What responsibilities do institutions have to avoid creating new forms of dependency in the digital age? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 06/06/2026
What are we building together that will strengthen community, deepen trust, and leave future generations with greater hope than we inherited? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 06/06/2026
When efficiency conflicts with dignity, relationship, or justice, what should guide our decisions? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 05/06/2026
How can data and technology be used to support human flourishing while ensuring that people are never reduced to data points, predictions, or commercial assets? #AIQ #Ai
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 05/06/2026
@mgifford@gandersocial.ca does this work?
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 04/06/2026
Who benefits from the concentration of technological power, and how might innovation be distributed more broadly so that communities everywhere can contribute to shaping the future? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 04/06/2026
If knowledge is a gift to be shared rather than a resource to be hoarded, what responsibilities do we have to ensure that access to knowledge remains open and equitable? #AIQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 04/06/2026
How might our institutions create space not merely for speaking, but for listening deeply enough that disagreement becomes a source of wisdom rather than division? #AiQ #AI
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 09/05/2026
What European governments still are using legacy social media? mgifford.github.io/eu-plus-gove...
mgifford.github.io
Social Media Scanning
Accessibility statement discovery and social media usage tracking for European (and allied) government websites.
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Adrian Roselli, pH0 @aardrian.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Available now. Today. “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech” Info: accessibilityethics.org Links to other sellers: adrianroselli.com/2025/11/pre-... (anchor) Add to your StoryGraph to-read pile: app.thestorygraph.com/books/42da2f... #DigitalAccessibilityEthics
Book cover with title and subtitle: “Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech.” Below is an abstract painting of yellow, orange, blue, turquoise, pink, and purple arcs; figures, circles, and building-like shapes are in the lower half. On the top left corner of the arcs are the words “Edited by Lainey Feingold, Reginé Gilbert, Chancey Fleet.” The publisher's name, “CRC Press / Taylor & Francis” appears in the bottom right corner.
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Mike Gifford, CPWA @ox.ca · 07/05/2026
I am thrilled to announce that I’ve contributed a chapter to the new book, Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech. Published earlier today! www.lflegal.com/book/digital... #DigitalAccessibilityEthics #Accessibility
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Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech
This book is a groundbreaking collection of 32 chapters written by 39 disabled and nondisabled authors from 10 countries and one commonwealth.
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Terence Eden @edent.tel · 01/05/2026
New blog post: NHS Goes To War Against Open Source shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-t… The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed …
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NHS Goes To War Against Open Source
The NHS is preparing to close nearly all of its Open Source repositories. Throughout my time working for the UK Government - in GDS, NHSX, i.AI, and others - I championed Open Source. I spoke to dozens of departments about it, wrote guidance still in use today, and briefed Ministers on why it was so important. That's why I'm beyond disappointed at recent moves from NHS England to backtrack on…
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CivicActions @civicactions.com · 14/04/2026
We are excited that CivicActioner Jonathan Bourland will be speaking at the Drupal AI Summit NYC 2026 on May 14th! We’re energized by the way our community continues to show up, share what’s working (and what’s not), and push Drupal AI forward together. 
🔗 new.drupal.org/ai/events/Dr...
new.drupal.org
Drupal AI Summit New York City 2026
Drupal is an open source platform for building amazing digital experiences. It's made by a dedicated community. Anyone can use it, and it will always be free.
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