Keith McDonald

Conference MC & Director of Communications, GOOD Board of Directors

Keith is best known for his work in Open Data with the City of Toronto (Open Data Lead 2008 – 2016). He founded the Open News Network and its sister operation, literacyAI, in 2017 to house a series of investigations and presentations on AI, Digital Rights, Privacy, Open Data and Open Government. For the last three years, he has worked with the Toronto Public Library providing a series of ketihCHATS on these subjects for general audiences – including parents and teens. His background is in education, presentations, speaker coaching and communications having worked with Centennial College, TVOntario, the Ministry of Education, Municipal Governments and numerous corporate and not-for-profit clients. Keith tweets @literacyAI and is on Linkedin.