The Hester View – DATA + INNOVATION = INSIGHT

Data + Innovation = Insight

Creating user-friendly data to build a wiser, kinder world

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.

WHAT WE DO

Working in collaboration with our clients, we:

Identify concepts, issues and challenges related to data, information and knowledge
Conceptualize potential solutions using leading edge tools such as interactive visualizations, natural language extraction applications, and others
Act as project lead and work with other contractors
Bring teams together to create and implement the solutions we recommend

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.

EXPLORE OUR MAJOR PROJECTS

Canadian Minerals &
Metals Statistics

Inter-American Development
Bank Energy Database

Incidents at CER-Regulated
Pipelines and Facilities

Exploring Canada’s
Energy Future

Canada Energy Imports
and Exports

Conditions on
CER-Regulated
Energy Projects

PUBLICATIONS & REPORTS

Superpower? Oil could make Stephen Harper a Superhero
Jennifer Welsh and Annette Hester, Globe & Mail, March 12, 2009

READ THE ARTICLE

Emerging Energy Superpower
Canadian Defence & Foreign Affairs Institute

READ THE REPORT

MMSD Data Visualization Pilot

Read the Report

Read the Newest Canadian Statistics
Advisory Annual Reports

2024 Annual Report Download the PDF

Data Visualization Initiative
CER - Final Report

READ THE REPORT READ THE POWER POINT

Canadian Statistics Advisory
Annual Reports

2023 2022 2021 2020

Government and Digital Engagement Technologies:
The Elusive Search for Consensus

How Data Visualization in
Government Can Empower Dialogue

Lesson Plans for the Museum of Science & Technology

Data Visualization:
A Primer

ANNETTE HESTER

Annette is known for building and leading expert, multidisciplinary teams that deliver excellence in data structuring, visualization, and digital enablement. Her projects are recognized for their thoughtful design and practical impact—unlocking insights that were previously buried in static formats or siloed systems.

She brings decades of experience to her advisory and strategic policy work, having worked with national governments, multilateral institutions, and leading corporations across the Americas. Most recently, she served as senior advisor to the president of Petrobras, focusing on the geopolitics of the energy transition and the strategic use of energy and environmental data. She also completed a digital transformation project with Natural Resources Canada and served as region head for data governance and policy at Oxford Analytica.