Jean-Noé Landry

Jean-Noé Landry is a digital governance and climate data leader with over 25 years of experience advancing open technology, collaborative research, and democratic innovation in Canada and internationally. He serves as Director of the Federated Data Hub at the Institut de la résilience et de l’innovation urbaine (IRIU), where he leads a cross-sector partnership of public, private, academic, and civic actors to build interoperable, trust-by-design data infrastructure supporting climate resilience and evidence-informed decision-making.

He previously served as Executive Director of Open North (2014–2021), scaling the organization from a civic tech start-up into an internationally recognized nonprofit advancing open data, open government, and responsible digital transformation across more than 200 communities. He is a co-founder of Montréal Ouvert and Québec Ouvert, early civic tech communities that helped catalyze Québec’s open data and civic tech movements. He co-led the development of the Canadian Open Government Forum as part of Canada’s participation in the Open Government Partnership.

Internationally, he has worked with the National Democratic Institute across Europe, Africa, and Eurasia, designing research, public opinion, and citizen engagement initiatives to strengthen democratic institutions and participatory governance.

Jean-Noé holds a bachelor’s degree from the College of Humanities at Carleton University and a master’s degree in philosophy from Trinity College Dublin. He was a Fellow in Community Leadership in Justice at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Law, Technology and Society. He is an Obama Scholar (Columbia University, 2021–2022), a Senior Fellow (Climate Data and Governance) with the Canadian Urban Institute, and co-coordinated the international Obama Climate Leaders alumni network.

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