Publications
The IOG publishes both commissioned and uncommissioned work, including opinion articles, reports, thought pieces and discussion papers, analyses on opinion research, case studies, press releases, and academic journal articles.
System Integration for Access: Using Policy and Technology to Advance the Public Good of Accessible Transportation
The nature of accessibility in transportation is changing. With new and enhanced approaches to mobility becoming commonplace along with the growing needs for accessibility that come with an aging population, accessible transportation is of...
Here be Dragons: Lessons from China's AI Strategy
In 2017 Vladimir Putin boldly declared that “whoever leads in artificial intelligence will rule the world.” While perhaps overstated, there AI industries nonetheless hold a clear importance to global leadership in the 21st century. AI...
Talking the Talk: Turning the Language of Innovation into Practical Action
Governments around the world are now investing in strategies to build innovation skills and capacity of public servants to innovate solutions for the challenges of servicing citizens. Since 2000, Governments in Singapore, South Africa,...
Where is Canada's Strategy for Augmented Reality?
Augmented reality or “AR” is one of the fastest growing disruptive technologies out there. AR seeks to add additional layers to reality through software which people can interact with. Perhaps the most famous AR application so far has been...
Democracy and Public Service in Changing Times: Citizen Interaction with the Evolving Centre of Government
There are different theories about how “the centre” of government relates to other state and legislative institutions. The most popular comes from Donald Savoie, who suggests that a growing concentration of power at “the centre” detracts...
Adopting AI in Government : A Call for Calm
The recent study by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab paints a rather dismal picture of a government where artificial intelligence (AI) runs amuck. It specifically accuses the department for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship...