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Mission Statement
- To ensure that all Canadians are able to participate in community-based communications and electronic information services by promoting and supporting local community network initiatives.
- To represent and promote the Canadian community networking movement at the national and international level.
February 2011: Canada's Community Access Program (CAP)
- CAP section Index
- January 2008 - Canada's Community Access Program (CAP): Success Stories
- TC and CAP: historical collaboration
September 2010 - CRTC intervention
TC supports CACTUS at CRTC
Telecommunities Canada (www.tc.ca) intervention re: Broadcasting notice of consultation CRTC 210-623 -- Call for comments on contributions by broadcasting distribution undertakings to local expression. TC supports the renewed proposal by the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations (CACTUS) to use the 0.5% of cable gross revenues that would become available under the CRTC's proposal in 2010-623 for the establishment of a Community-Access Media Fund to which independent non-profit community-run access channels could apply. [RTF 19KB]
January 2010 - National Strategy for Digital Inclusion
Updated January 19, 2010
- Towards a National Strategy for Digital Inclusion [text 11KB] [PDF 76KB]
2009 - The Future of the Internet
Open Internet Town Halls make their way to the east coast!
After hosting Open Internet Town Hall events in Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto, Telecommunities Canada (www.tc.ca) and SaveOurNet.ca are pleased to announce yet another exciting event, this time in Halifax.
On October 26th, the Dalhousie Student Union and along with the Chebucto Community Network (www.chebucto.ns.ca) will host a town hall titled "Who is Shaping your Digital Future?" Keynote speaker will be Laura Murray, Queen's University Professor and digital copyright expert. This will be followed by a panel of local experts who will explore topics such as net neutrality and the digital divide.
The event goes from 7:00p.m. to 9:30 pm, Monday, October 26th at the McInnes Room of the Dalhousie University Student Union Building. For more information please see: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/townhall/ and http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/news/ and http://thearcadianrecorder.blogspot.com/2009/10/who-is-shaping-your-digital-future.html
2009 - Report from Vancouver ICT Summit
A community discussion
At the 2009 ICT Summit, TeleCommunities Canada sponsored a community discussion on the need for a national strategy on the uses of the Internet for socio-economic development. The statement that emerged from this discussion suggests that on-line assets are among the social indicators that determine our health as a nation. It calls for a strategy guided by a national multi-stakeholder council - a cohesive single voice that reflects the diversity of our society: [HTML 4.8KB] [MSWord 34KB]
June 10 2009 - The Future of the Internet
Access, Openness and Inclusion - A Town Hall Discussion (Ottawa)
ACCESS, OPENNESS AND INCLUSION IN MEDIA are essential to a robust democracy and a healthy economy. The Internet is a basic component of our society and essential to every aspect of our lives. Strengthening the infrastructure of Canada's Internet is therefore crucial to the prosperity of citizens socially, economically, and politically, and the country as the whole.
Ottawa's open Internet Town Hall took place at the Ottawa Public Library, June 10, 7-9 pm. Introduction by Steve Anderson - co-founder, http://SaveOurNet.ca/ with speakers: Michael Geist - Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, Charlie Angus - MP Timmins James Bay, and Rocky Gaudrault - CEO, Teksavvy Solutions Inc.
Presented by: Campaign for Democratic Media, Telecommunities Canada, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, SaveOurNet.ca, InternetForEveryone.ca.
This event was made possible through the generous support of the National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) and the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
- This document presents the issues, objectives and focus of discussions: [PDF 65KB] [MSWord 318KB]
- Report on the event: [HTML 13KB] [MSWord 55KB]
- Poster [PDF 339KB]
Community Networking Advocacy
February 2009 - TC represents NARALO for ICANN
- Gareth Shearman, Telecommunities Canada president, has been appointed as one of two individuals to represent the North American Regional At Large Organisation (NARALO) (st.icann.org/naralo/) on the At Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) (www.atlarge.icann.org). ALAC is an advisory committee to the board of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) (www.icann.org). See also: TC and ICANN.
January 2009 - Social and Economic Development
- January 25, 2009 - Communications for Social and Economic Development -- A National Inclusion Strategy for Broadband Connectivity and Effective Public Use. Proposal to the 2009 Alternative Federal Budget Process (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives). Above all, this program must be community-driven - with communities defining their requirements and the strategy needed to support them. A process of on-going and wide-ranging consultations with local stakeholders will ensure that all regions, rural, remote and urban, are connected and receive the support needed to make effective use of broadband connectivity. [HTML 12KB] [MSWord 53KB]
January 2009 - Infrastructure on [the] line
- January 22, 2009 - Infrastructure on [the] line. Telecommunities Canada letter to the Globe and Mail. Like roads, bridges and sewers, broadband should be public infrastructure allowing products, services and applications to evolve in the marketplace of innovation and ideas. [HTML 2KB]
Talking about social change in a digital age
In our digital age, what kind of society do we want? Although still rare, participatory forums to address this question are beginning to occur at the community-level. In the hope of seeding more of them, we intend to use these web pages to share some examples of community-based dialogue on this important public policy issue.
