Mike Gifford, CPWA
LightNews LightNews
banner
ox.ca
Mike Gifford, CPWA
@ox.ca
3.1K followers 7K following 790 posts
Open Standards & Practices lead at @CivicActions.com | #Drupal #Accessibility | Digital Services Coalition Board | @w3c Invited Expert #SustainableWeb #ARRM | http://ox.ca | #SolarPunk #Quaker #Feminist #Canadian #WebAlmanac #IAAPCPWA

#UNOpenSourceWeek
Posts Replies Media Videos
ox.ca
Great episode. So important to hear your experience of #security in the #government - Thanks!
November 9, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ox.ca
Love this quote by Hillary Ronen "What is the problem you're trying to solve? And why is AI the best way to solve this problem?"

I love her critique of government policymaking. Thanks to #themaybe for another interesting episode of #ComputerSaysMaybe

www.themaybe.org/podcast/loca...

#Podcast #AI
The Maybe
www.themaybe.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
📖 Read the full Q&A with Traci: medium.com/civicactions...

#DITAP #DigitalGovernment #GovTech #CivicTech #Product #DigitalTransformation #PublicService #FOSS
"Headshot of Traci Walker with the text: “By embedding product thinking into acquisition training, participants don’t just learn a new framework — they practice it.” -Traci Walker on the DITAP Refresh adaptation, DITAP for Product Thinking and Acquisitions"
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
Looking for a great place to get started contributing to the Digital Commons this #OpenNovember?
Check out this short demo on how to contribute to a Drupal module.

Share this video with the open community to grow contributions to the digital commons!

vimeo.com/1132633409

#FOSS #Drupal
How to Contribute to a Drupal Module
This #OpenNovember, learn to contribute to a Drupal Module.
vimeo.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ox.ca
Great presentation this morning at #FWD50 from Jesse Samasuwo on #gov adoption of #AI. I love the leadership that Jesse and the folks at @apolitical.bysk.social bring to #government. @fwd50conf.bsky.social is one of my favorite conferences. #Apolitical
Jesse presenting to the FWD50 crowd.
November 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ox.ca
@digitalsovereignty.ca So who is behind this and what are the goals?
November 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
fwd50conf.bsky.social
Workshop Alert!

Public Digital's Simon Foot wants you to focus on outcomes to make it clear what you need to achieve, drive ambition and empower teams.

📍 Nov 3rd
📍Rogers Centre, Ottawa

Register here: bit.ly/4dzaC37 or if you're part of ESDC, SSC, TBS, DND see if you can grab a ticket!
October 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
ox.ca
On Friday the Government of Canada released this position paper on Digital Sovereignty.

www.canada.ca/en/governmen...

I would love to know what people think.

#DigitalSovereignty #Canada #GovTech #DataSovereignty
Digital Sovereignty: A Framework to improve digital readiness of the Government of Canada - Canada.ca
www.canada.ca
November 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
ox.ca
“The camera never lies… but you can take a thousand different pictures of the same scene.” ~~ Author Hector Macdonald
November 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
ox.ca
Excited about going to my first #W3C #TPAC in Kobe Japan. I will be co-hosting a breakout group on Web Sustainability Guidelines #WSG — November 12th, 08:30 JST
www.w3.org/events/meeti...

More about the WSG here:
w3c.github.io/sustainablew...

#sustainability #GreenWeb #WebSustainability
12 November 2025 | Sustainable Web IG Update for the Web Sustainability Guidelines | Calendar
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international community where Member organizations, a full-time staff, and the public work together to develop Web standards.
www.w3.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 PM
ox.ca
I am looking forward to going to the #W3C's #TPAC in Kobe Japan. I will be hosting a breakout group on #ARRM — Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping — November 12th, 16:15 JST www.w3.org/events/meeti...

More about ARRM here:
www.w3.org/WAI/planning...
Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) · Issue #2 · w3c/tpac2025-breakouts
Session description A discussion about Accessibility Roles and Responsibilities Mapping (ARRM) and its role in helping accessibility evaluation. Slack Session goal Review progress thus far and look...
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
ngicommons.bsky.social
Did you know the EU is launching the Digital Commons EDIC to boost Europe’s digital sovereignty? 🇪🇺

Launch set for Dec 2025! Learn more & join the Digital Commons Policy Summit.
commons.ngi.eu/2025/10/30/d...
#DigitalCommons #DigitalSovereignty #NGICommons
October 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
ox.ca
Interesting podcast episode on Climate Adaptation www.climateone.org/audio/adapta...
Adaptation: When Prevention Isn’t Enough
This episode features a field piece by David Condos, who originally reported the story for KUER in Salt Lake City, Utah. So much of the conversation about the climate crisis focuses on prevention. But...
www.climateone.org
October 30, 2025 at 11:11 AM
ox.ca
I started a little python project to take my ~20 years of #Flickr photos, categorize them and analyze the content using #ollama locally. So far the results are pretty good. Some hallucinations, but mostly useful content.
October 29, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
In his latest post on Drupal.org, CivicActioner @ox.ca Mike Gifford explores how Drupal’s long-standing commitment to accessibility continues to lead the way.

www.drupal.org/association/...
Home
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.
Drupal.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
“When executives model ‘fail fast, learn faster’ and remove bureaucratic friction instead of adding approval layers, that’s when transformation accelerates. This is at the heart of DITAP Strategy for Executive Leaders.” - Jaime Gracia

medium.com/civicactions...
DITAP Refresh: Executive Strategy in Action with Jaime Gracia
We recently spoke with Jaime Gracia, Acquisition Leader and Director of The Wolverine Group, Inc., former procurement executive at the IRS…
medium.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
ox.ca
I wrote this with a bunch of good folks in the #Drupal community

A New Era of Digital #Accessibility: The #EAA and its Implications for Drupal www.drupal.org/association/...

/c @drupalassociation.bsky.social
A New Era of Digital Accessibility: The EAA and its Implications for Drupal
The following is a guest post from Drupal Accessibility Working Group maintainer Mike Gifford. The digital world is becoming increasingly regulated, and for good reason. New legislation like the Europ...
www.drupal.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
ox.ca
Teams can't be trusted.. People maybe, but definitely not MS Teams.
October 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ox.ca
Great @intelligence2.bsky.social episode with @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy

I loved his call for #DigitalSovereignty. It is great how #FOSS provides countries to provide a viable alternative. Interoperability & being able to reverse engineer the products is key.

open.spotify.com/episode/2DoE...
Why Does It Feel Like Everything is Getting Worse? With Cory Doctorow
open.spotify.com
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
So great to see CivicActioners Kelly Smith and Dave Pickett on this episode of Talking Drupal! #FOSS

Listen now: talkingdrupal.com/525
Talking Drupal #525 - Drupal for Designers | Talking Drupal
talkingdrupal.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ox.ca
"I can't help but believe that in the future we'll see in the United States and throughout the Western World an increasing trend toward the next logical step: employee ownership. It's a path that benefits a free people." — Ronald Reagan 1987

www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...

#EmployeeOwnership
Remarks on Receiving the Report of the Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice
080387a
www.reaganlibrary.gov
October 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ox.ca
"Employee ownership that re-centres capital with workers… where automation is embraced not as a threat to the future of the company but as a way to improve its performance because the workers who are the owners have confidence that they will not be the victims but the beneficiaries." — Jason Kenney
October 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
In her new blog post, Kelly Smith shares how our designers balanced learning and collaboration to sharpen their skills and strengthen how we partner with engineers.

medium.com/civicactions...

#CivicActions #Drupal #Design #ProfessionalDevelopment #DigitalTransformation #FOSS
Design to Drupal: Bridging the Handoff
By Kelly Smith, Senior UX Strategist
medium.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
civicactions.com
🌍 CivicActions is at #DrupalCon Vienna!

Our own @ox.ca Mike Gifford is in town — meeting with the community, representing CivicActions, and leading a Birds of a Feather (BoF) on web #sustainability

Proud to see important conversations on #FOSS, #DigitalCommons, and #a11y happening!
Mike Gifford and Kristen Pol smiling at the camera in a conference setting. People seated in a semi-circle in a conference room with a presentation screen displaying "The Board of Drupal Association."
October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Mike Gifford, CPWA
drupalassociation.bsky.social
Dries Buytaert just delivered a DriesNote at DrupalCon Vienna 2025 that marks a true turning point for #Drupal. We’re not just adapting to AI, we’re accelerating straight into it. 🚀

🔗 Missed attending the session? Check out our latest blog www.drupal.org/blog/drupals...

#DrupalConVienna #AI
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 PM