[Advisors] Fwd: Please share -- #NWTDigitalDivide Campaign

[Marita Moll]

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Subject: 	Please share -- #NWTDigitalDivide Campaign
Date: 	Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:41:09 -0600
From: 	Rob McMahon <rdmcmaho at UALBERTA.CA>
Reply-To: 	Rob McMahon <rdmcmaho at UALBERTA.CA>
To: 	FIRSTMILE at LISTSERV.UNB.CA



Hello everyone,

Today DigitalNWT <http://www.DigitalNWT.ca> is launching an online 
campaign to raise awareness of connectivity in the Northwest 
Territories. Many residents of NWT communities face extremely slow and 
expensive Internet. According to Internet Performance Testing run by the 
Canadian Internet Registration Authority <http://www.cira.ca> (CIRA), 
Internet speeds in these northern and remote communities are among the 
slowest in Canada.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the digital divide between 
rural and urban communities in Canada, bringing more attention to the 
slow speeds, limited bandwidth, and high prices faced by Internet users 
living in rural communities in the Northwest Territories.

Despite everyone knowing about the problem, there is limited reliable 
information about user-level connectivity services in these communities 
<http://www.globenewswire.com/fr/news-release/2020/05/08/2030417/0/en/New-internet-performance-data-shows-the-staggering-scale-of-Canada-s-urban-rural-digital-divide.html>. 
This makes it difficult for policymakers and researchers to identify 
which communities — and which homes and organizations inside those 
communities — are facing these challenges.

To challenge the digital divide and encourage policy-makers and industry 
to close the digital divide, the DigitalNWT Project is launching a 
social media campaign to encourage NWT-based internet users to test 
their internet speeds using CIRA’s speed test - and share those results 
with the general public through the #NWTDigitalDivide hashtag.

*To learn more about DigitalNWT and test your internet performance, 
visit: www.DigitalNWT.ca <http://www.DigitalNWT.ca>*

*Please see attached press release for more information on 
#NWTDigitalDivide.*

*Suggested FB and Twitter messaging:*

Tired of slow, expensive Internet in NWT communities? Take the CIRA 
speedtest and enter the draw today!bit.ly/2R7M9ss 
<https://bit.ly/2R7M9ss> #nwtdigitaldivide #digitalnwt

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Associate Professor
Media and Technology Studies
Department of Political Science
University of Alberta
Phone: 780-248-1110
Email: rob.mcmahon at ualberta.ca <mailto:rob.mcmahon at ualberta.ca>
http://firstmile.ca
http://DigitalNWT.ca

The University of Alberta is located in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ 
(Amiskwacîwâskahikan) on Treaty 6 territory, traditional lands of First 
Nations and Métis people.
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