[Advisors] a "digital strategy" for Canada

[Brian Beaton]

Gareth ... Maybe one thing to do is to be lobbying these different
conference organizers to begin using ICTs to effectively  include people and
communities in a meaningful and respectful way in these events. Instead of
always being left out on the edges in online events, it is possible for the
folks in remote and rural to be included as presenters and participants in
any gathering.

Drawing everyone to the cities to fill their hotels, airports, taxis,
restaurants, stores is just another expensive strategy to take care of the
cities and keep everything centralized. Getting people from the cities to
travel to and understand the realities of remote and rural communities,
especially First Nations, has always been a challenge.

Brian Beaton, KO-KNET Coordinator
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
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-----Original Message-----
From: advisors-admin@tc.ca [mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of Gareth
Shearman
Sent: February-23-13 4:23 PM
To: TC Advisors
Subject: [Advisors] a "digital strategy" for Canada

I would like to pose a couple of questions:

1. What can TC do to promote and assist the advent of a bottom up "digital
strategy" - from the "grass roots" shall we say?

2.  Many of us on this list support the concept of municipally owned and
controlled networks - both wired and wireless.  How can we best engage
community in actively supporting this concept?

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