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            <td>Please share -- #NWTDigitalDivide Campaign</td>
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            <td>Thu, 10 Sep 2020 12:41:09 -0600</td>
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            <td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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            <td>Rob McMahon <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA"><rdmcmaho@UALBERTA.CA></a></td>
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            <td><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA">FIRSTMILE@LISTSERV.UNB.CA</a></td>
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        <div>Today <a href="http://www.DigitalNWT.ca"
            moz-do-not-send="true">DigitalNWT</a> 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 <a href="http://www.cira.ca"
            moz-do-not-send="true">Canadian Internet Registration
            Authority</a> (CIRA), Internet speeds in these northern and
          remote communities are among the slowest in Canada.</div>
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        <div>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.</div>
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          Despite everyone knowing about the problem, there is <a
href="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"
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            user-level connectivity services in these communities</a>.
          This makes it difficult for policymakers and researchers to
          identify which communities — and which homes and organizations
          inside those communities — are facing these challenges.<br>
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        <div>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.</div>
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        <div><b>To learn more about DigitalNWT and test your internet
            performance, visit: <a href="http://www.DigitalNWT.ca"
              moz-do-not-send="true">www.DigitalNWT.ca </a></b><br>
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        <div><b>Please see attached press release for more information
            on #NWTDigitalDivide.</b></div>
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          <div><b>Suggested FB and Twitter messaging:</b></div>
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          <div>Tired of slow, expensive Internet in NWT communities?
            Take the CIRA speedtest and enter the draw today!<font
              color="#ff0000"> </font><a href="https://bit.ly/2R7M9ss"
              target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">bit.ly/2R7M9ss</a> #nwtdigitaldivide
            #digitalnwt</div>
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                                  and Technology Studies<br>
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                                  of Political Science </div>
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                                  of Alberta</div>
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                                  780-248-1110<br>
                                  Email: <a
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                                      Treaty 6 territory, traditional
                                      lands of First Nations and</span><span
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