OUR VISION
We act as a catalyst to organizations who are ready to make best use of their data, to tell their story to a broad audience, or to assist with decision-making and policy development. We help to build a pathway to better knowledge by creating user-friendly data to build a wiser1, kinder2 world.
1 Wiser because your data is presented in a uniquely extensive and interconnected framework.
2 Kinder because when people are given the tools to help them find answers easily and gain real insight, they are more likely to interact from a co-operative rather than a confrontational place.
Our Catalyst Projects Offer:
Innovative, transformative data visualization
We conceptualize, structure, and implement transformative projects using design-centric data visualization as a data culture change agent.
Unprecedented opportunities for
pan-organizational teamwork
By pulling together teams that include insiders and outsiders, we not only create a team committed to telling your story visually, we build an institutional understanding that working co-operatively to create well-planned and designed data can result in insights at every level.
Policy development to support digital innovation
We partner with forward thinkers to formulate and propose policies that ensure data is used to facilitate decisions and empower citizens.
PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS
MMSD Data Visualization Pilot
Read the Newest Canadian Statistics
Advisory Annual Reports
Data Visualization Initiative
CER - Final Report
Canadian Statistics Advisory
Annual Reports
ANNETTE HESTER
Annette Hester heads TheHesterView Inc., focusing on making data more approachable and effective. Her projects reflect an innovative approach, bringing together experts in their fields to form teams that deliver excellence in data structuring and visualization, notable for high-quality design.
Ms. Hester brings decades of experience to her advisory and strategic policy services. She recently advised the president of Petrobras on the geopolitics of energy transition and innovation in energy and environmental data. She is a member of the Canadian Statistics Advisory Council and region head for data governance and policy for Oxford Analytica. In 2023 she completed a data project with Natural Resources Canada. Previously, she coordinated multi year projects at the Canada Energy Regulator and the Inter-American Development Bank, developing an interactive, data-rich website detailing different information from the organizations.
In 2012, she served as a senior strategic advisor to the Deputy Minister of the Executive Council and the Premier Policy Director in the Government of Alberta, Canada.
Ms. Hester has a master’s degree in economics and was the founding director of the Latin American Research Centre at the University of Calgary. She has extensive experience as a consultant in the data and energy sectors, working with leading companies, governments, and multilateral institutions across the Americas.
Throughout her career, she has written for newspapers, multilateral institutions, academic publications, and think tanks. She was a frequent contributor to Oxford Analytica and has authored numerous articles in policy and energy journals.
Currently, she is exploring new opportunities with organizations focused on women’s issues.
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