About
Mike Gifford is the Open Standards & Practices Lead at CivicActions and a thought leader on digital accessibility in the public sector. He is also a W3C Invited Expert and recognized authoring tool accessibility expert.
Previously, he was the Founder and President of OpenConcept Consulting Inc., a web development agency specializing in building open source solutions for the open web. OpenConcept was an impact driven company and Certified B Corporation. Like CivicActions, OpenConcept worked extensively with the Drupal CMS. Mike was also part of the Government of Canada's Open Source Advisory Board.
Mike has spearheaded accessibility improvements in Drupal since 2008, and has served as a Drupal Core Accessibility Maintainer in 2012.
As a long-term environmentalist, Mike has found ways to integrate his passions for the web and the planet. His most significant contributions have been in the development of the Sustainable Web Manifesto and adding an open source perspective to Tim Frick’s book Designing for Sustainability.
Articles by Mike
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ChatGPT Experiment on Predictions and the Sustainable Web
ChatGPT Experiment on Predictions and the Sustainable Web
By Mike Gifford, CPWA
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How to make the federal workforce more inclusive and representative
How to make the federal workforce more inclusive and representative
By Mike Gifford, CPWA
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HEART: Ensuring government digital services accessibility
HEART: Ensuring government digital services accessibility
By Mike Gifford, CPWA
Contributions
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🌍 The Design System .italia story is now available in English on OpenSource.net, a non-profit platform for sharing knowledge, perspectives and…
🌍 The Design System .italia story is now available in English on OpenSource.net, a non-profit platform for sharing knowledge, perspectives and…
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In this episode of Equalify Snippets, we highlight the importance of labeling form elements for web accessibility. Learn practical solutions and tips…
In this episode of Equalify Snippets, we highlight the importance of labeling form elements for web accessibility. Learn practical solutions and tips…
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We’re excited to share our first session for the upcoming Drupal 4 Gov Drupal GovCon! Bixal’s director of software engineering, Ray Estrada will…
We’re excited to share our first session for the upcoming Drupal 4 Gov Drupal GovCon! Bixal’s director of software engineering, Ray Estrada will…
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Experience
Licenses & Certifications
Publications
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How to Improve the Government of Canada’s Accessibility
Canadian Government Executive
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How To Bake Layers Of Accessibility Testing Into Your Process
Smashing Magazine
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Sustainable Drupal: 10 ways to save energy by speeding up your CMS
Opensource.com
Ways that Drupal site builders can improve the efficiency of their websites to reduce their impact on the planet.
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Green LAMP: Save energy and the environment by optimizing your website
Opensource.com
Steps systems administrators can take to reduce their environmental footprint.
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Measuring the Internet's environmental footprint
Ottawa Business Journal
The Internet is driven by vast data centers that consume a surprising amount of electricity. This has a huge impact on the environment, especially climate change. We can do things to reduce our consumption, but a greater awareness and effort is required.
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It's time for an open Canada.ca
The Hill Times
Impact on the migration of Canada.ca to a proprietary CMS hosted in the USA. Challenges to outsourcing innovation and impacts on Canadian business.
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Tips for a Sustainable Drupal 7 & 8 Website
OpenConcept Consulting Inc.
A culmination of approaches to make your Drupal site more sustainable.
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Drupal Security Best Practices - A Practical Guide
OpenConcept Consulting Inc.
OpenConcept developed this best practices guide to provide a starting point to look at when thinking about the security of your website. Much of the information required to secure Drupal is common across most web servers, so even if you are not currently using the Drupal CMS, this document may be useful. There is of course a technical element, but many of the principals are things which need to be understood clearly by everyone.
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Drupal 8's accessibility advantage
Opensource.com
Addressing the accessibility improvements that are being built into Drupal 8 and the advantages this will give over other content frameworks.
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The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7
Apress
The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 accelerates people along the Drupal learning curve by covering all aspects of building web sites with Drupal: architecture and configuration; module development; front end development; running projects sustainably; and contributing to Drupal's code, documentation, and community.
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The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7
Apress
The Definitive Guide to Drupal 7 accelerates people along the Drupal learning curve by covering all aspects of building web sites with Drupal: architecture and configuration; module development; front end development; running projects sustainably; and contributing to Drupal's code, documentation, and community.
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Projects
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Drupal Association
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Thanks very much for the overview. I’m looking forward to talking with people about my candidacy and very much hope I can earn your vote!
Thanks very much for the overview. I’m looking forward to talking with people about my candidacy and very much hope I can earn your vote!
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It was a pleasure and a privilege to run this course for the second edition in 2024! To many more and congrats to all graduates 💚
It was a pleasure and a privilege to run this course for the second edition in 2024! To many more and congrats to all graduates 💚
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Friends, peers & colleagues in Vilnius: next week Tuesday is my last talk of the year in Lithuania, in collaboration with magazine Lamų slėnis on…
Friends, peers & colleagues in Vilnius: next week Tuesday is my last talk of the year in Lithuania, in collaboration with magazine Lamų slėnis on…
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Mobomo is excited to present at #DrupalGovCon! Join them for Navigating Geographic Data: Simple Interactive Maps for Drupal as they showcase how to…
Mobomo is excited to present at #DrupalGovCon! Join them for Navigating Geographic Data: Simple Interactive Maps for Drupal as they showcase how to…
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Holiday reading from opposite ends of the spectrum!!! Or are they?... Building Green Software from O'Reilly https://lnkd.in/eScn8i4c & Utopia Five…
Holiday reading from opposite ends of the spectrum!!! Or are they?... Building Green Software from O'Reilly https://lnkd.in/eScn8i4c & Utopia Five…
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Disappointing to see major brands continuing to peddle this total nonsense. The reality is that #AWS will never ever be 99% more sustainable…
Disappointing to see major brands continuing to peddle this total nonsense. The reality is that #AWS will never ever be 99% more sustainable…
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I really like how Mark Conroy has been documenting his contributions to Drupal. It makes sponsoring him more appealing to organizations and…
I really like how Mark Conroy has been documenting his contributions to Drupal. It makes sponsoring him more appealing to organizations and…
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#DrupalGovCon is a week away, and we have so many fantastic sessions on offer, like Unlocking Transparency: "Open Data Management and Metadata…
#DrupalGovCon is a week away, and we have so many fantastic sessions on offer, like Unlocking Transparency: "Open Data Management and Metadata…
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I'm a big fan of Russ Stoddard's Godspeed newsletter, and this week's is one of my favourites. Beautifully sharing the story of environmental…
I'm a big fan of Russ Stoddard's Godspeed newsletter, and this week's is one of my favourites. Beautifully sharing the story of environmental…
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Design Systems Week is terug dit jaar! 📅 Save the date: van 14 tot 17 oktober organiseren we weer Design Systems Week. Dagelijks hebben we drie…
Design Systems Week is terug dit jaar! 📅 Save the date: van 14 tot 17 oktober organiseren we weer Design Systems Week. Dagelijks hebben we drie…
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I am part of a panel discussion at the upcoming Drupal GovCon 2024. The topic is on how we can revitalize the drupal community across the world…
I am part of a panel discussion at the upcoming Drupal GovCon 2024. The topic is on how we can revitalize the drupal community across the world…
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