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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Great stuff everyone and thanks Susan. A truly inspiring story of a very small very isolated northern indigenous community putting in their own fibre!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>M<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Susan O'Donnell [mailto:susanodo@unb.ca] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2013 11:30 AM<br><b>To:</b> michael gurstein; cracin-canada@vancouvercommunity.net; advisors@tc.ca<br><b>Cc:</b> Fernando Oliveira<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [First Mile] First Mile team on CBC radio (Yukon) this morning at 10:40 Eastern time<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Mike,<br><br>Thanks for circulating this info more widely. For anyone who wants more info on the CRTC intervention by the First Mile team, here's the info on the First Mile website:<br><a href="http://meeting.knet.ca/mp19/mod/resource/view.php?id=4076">http://meeting.knet.ca/mp19/mod/resource/view.php?id=4076</a><br><br>Re the CBC radio interview this morning, it's a great 6-minute overview of what the First Mile team is doing in Whitehorse this week.<br>Here’s a recording: <a href="http://firstmile.ca/zfiles/crtc_hearings_cbc_interview_20june2013.mp3" target="_blank" title="http://firstmile.ca/zfiles/crtc_hearings_cbc_interview_20june2013.mp3"> http://firstmile.ca/zfiles/crtc_hearings_cbc_interview_20june2013.mp3</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>(thanks Fernando for posting this so rapidly)<br><br>Susan<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Susan O'Donnell, Researcher and Adjunct Professor <br>Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick<br>First Nations Innovation Project <a href="http://www.fn-innovation-pn.com" target="_blank">http://www.fn-innovation-pn.com</a><br>First Mile Project <a href="http://firstmile.ca" target="_blank">http://firstmile.ca</a><br>PO Box 104, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 4Y2<br><a href="mailto:susanodo@unb.ca" target="_blank">susanodo@unb.ca</a><br>Office: 1-506-444-0374</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:firstmile-admin@lists.knet.ca">firstmile-admin@lists.knet.ca</a> [<a href="mailto:firstmile-admin@lists.knet.ca">mailto:firstmile-admin@lists.knet.ca</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Susan O'Donnell<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:36 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:fninnovationpn@lists.knet.ca">fninnovationpn@lists.knet.ca</a>; <a href="mailto:firstmile@lists.knet.ca">firstmile@lists.knet.ca</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [First Mile] First Mile team on CBC radio (Yukon) this morning at 10:40 Eastern time</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi everyone,<br><br>In case you missed this <a href="news:" target="_blank">news:</a> A team from First Mile including Rob McMahon, Heather Hudson, Brian Beaton and Norm Leach, plus Lyle Fabian from Katlodeeche First Nation made a formal presentation yesterday to the CRTC. We will be posting their written submissions plus the audio recording later on the First Mile site: <a href="http://firstmile.ca" target="_blank">http://firstmile.ca</a> Later today they will be presenting their replies to the other CRTC submissions.<br><br>This morning some of the team will be interviewed live on CBC radio Yukon at 7:40 Pacific time. Here's the link to the live stream, hope it's the right station:<br><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/liveradio/popup/index.html?networkKey=cbc_radio_one&programKey=whitehorse" target="_blank">http://www.cbc.ca/liveradio/popup/index.html?networkKey=cbc_radio_one&programKey=whitehorse</a><br><br><br>Also, the Globe and Mail covered the CRTC hearings yesterday and their article included some of Lyle Fabian's presentation:<br><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/northwestel-rivals-pitch-telecom-projects-at-crtc-hearings/article12693108/" target="_blank">http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/northwestel-rivals-pitch-telecom-projects-at-crtc-hearings/article12693108/</a><br><br>Congrats everyone for making this significant contribution to bringing the First Mile / First Nation local ownership of broadband message to a new and important audience!<br><br>Susan </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>Dr. Susan O'Donnell, Researcher and Adjunct Professor <br>Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick<br>First Nations Innovation Project <a href="http://www.fn-innovation-pn.com" target="_blank">http://www.fn-innovation-pn.com</a><br>First Mile Project <a href="http://firstmile.ca" target="_blank">http://firstmile.ca</a><br>PO Box 104, Fredericton, NB, Canada E3B 4Y2<br><a href="mailto:susanodo@unb.ca" target="_blank">susanodo@unb.ca</a><br>Office: 1-506-444-0374</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>