Civic Tech Toronto: From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan
As the 2025 tariffs sparked a nationwide Buy Canadian movement, Maple Scan climbed to #4 on the App Store and helped thousands of Canadians make more informed shopping decisions. With over 700,000 products scanned, this talk tells the story of how a weekend project became a viral civic-tech app featured on major news networks, powered by community feedback, volunteers, and Canadians across the country working together to make product information more transparent. Topics: Digital sovereignty, Public empowerment.
Civic Tech Toronto: From Tariffs to Transparency: The Story of Maple Scan is listed for Tuesday, May 26, 2026 at Metro Hall.
As the 2025 tariffs sparked a nationwide Buy Canadian movement, Maple Scan climbed to #4 on the App Store and helped thousands of Canadians make more informed shopping decisions. With over 700,000 products scanned, this talk tells the story of how a weekend project became a viral civic-tech app featured on major news networks, powered by community feedback, volunteers, and Canadians across the country working together to make product information more transparent. Topics: Digital sovereignty, Public empowerment.
The listing is associated with Metro Hall.
Price information: Free / RSVP.
Organizer listed in the source data: Sasha Ivanov.
The original listing is from Civic Tech Toronto.
