Jean-Noé Landry
Jean-Noé Landry is an Obama Scholar 2021-2022 and social entrepreneur who uses innovative data and technology solutions to build scalable, evidence-informed and issue-based initiatives that redefine power relations among community stakeholders across sectors.
He joined the Obama Scholars 2021-2022 program at Columbia University where he is actively involved in the Climate School's community of researchers and volunteering with environmental justice organizations.
Between 2015 and 2021, Jean-Noé served as the Executive Director of Open North, a Montreal-based organization that advises communities and governments of all sizes on data governance and literacy, digital transformation and open technology strategies. During that time, Open North grew from a civic tech start-up into a leading international multidisciplinary, multi-sector open government nonprofit. His applied research approach confronts systemic socioeconomic issues and has been published in international publications.
Prior to his work with Open North, Jean-Noé was a field-based staff member at the National Democratic Institute and the United Nations, where he worked alongside civic and political pro-democracy leaders in the Balkans, Afghanistan, Russia, Kenya, Tunisia, and Ukraine. Jean-Noé holds a bachelor’s degree in the humanities from Carleton University in Canada, and a master’s degree in philosophy from Trinity College Dublin. He was also a Community Leadership in Justice Fellow at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Law, Technology and Society. Jean-Noé is currently engaged in a number of intersectoral data collaboratives that bridge climate science, action, and justice.