Item - 2021.AA14.4

Tracking Status

This item was considered by Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee on October 22, 2021 and was adopted with amendments.

AA14.4 - Digital Infrastructure Plan: Considerations Related to Bias, Discrimination, and Indigenous Data Governance

Decision Type:: Presentation

Status:: Amended

Wards:: All

Committee Decision

The Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee:

1. Requested the Chief Technology Officer to incorporate the Committee's feedback into the work on the Digital Infrastructure Plan.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Alice Xu, Manager, Connected Community, and Hamish Goodwin, Management Consultant, Technology Services, gave a presentation to the Committee.

Summary

The Manager, Connected Community, Technology Services, and the Management Consultant, Technology Services, will give a presentation on the Digital Infrastructure Plan, which will guide the use of data and technology by the City of Toronto. Special attention in the presentation will be paid to bias and discrimination, and First Nations Data Sovereignty considerations, as it relates to digital infrastructure. Public consultations on the Digital Infrastructure Plan started in September and continue into October.

Background Information

Presentation from the Manager, Connected Community, Technology Services, and the Management Consultant, Technology Services on Toronto�s Digital Infrastructure Plan: Bias, Discrimination, and Indigenous Data Governance Consideration
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2021/aa/bgrd/backgroundfile-171936.pdf

Motions

Motion to Amend Item moved by Pamela Hart (Carried)

That the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee:

1. Request the Chief Technology Officer to incorporate the Committee's feedback into the work on the Digital Infrastructure Plan.