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    <p>Hello advisors. A share from Rob McMahon. Probably there is
      someone on this list who would benefit from this.</p>
    <div class="moz-forward-container">Marita<br>
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          <div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message
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            From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Maureen
              James</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a
                href="mailto:Maureen.James@cira.ca"
                moz-do-not-send="true">Maureen.James@cira.ca</a>></span><br>
            Date: Tue, Mar 2, 2021 at 11:19 AM<br>
            Subject: Please Share: CIRA's 2021 Grants Call Open Today -
            till April 14th 2PM ET<br>
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              <p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Today
                </span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:black">at CIRA
                </span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">we’ve opened our
                  annual grant application period</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:black">,</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d"> We’ll be granting
                  over $1 million to Canadian non-profits, charities,
                  and researchers leading projects to improve Canada's
                  internet - especially for projects that benefit
                  northern, rural, and Indigenous communities, and
                  students (K-12, and post-secondary). You’ll find all
                  the details here: <a href="https://cira.ca/grants"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://cira.ca/grants</a>
                  and we’re offering a
                  <a
                    href="https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9105322284109444622"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">webinar on
                    March 9<sup>th</sup> 1PM ET</a> to orient people to
                  the application process.</span><span
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                  UI",sans-serif;color:black">
                </span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">The application
                  period will be
                  <b>open until April 14 at 2PM ET</b></span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif"></span></p>
              <p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white"><strong><span
                    style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                    UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Below you’ll find
                    sample social media posts.</span></strong><span
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                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d"></span></p>
              <p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Here are the <a
                    href="https://cira.ca/improving-canadas-internet/grants/what-we-fund"
                    target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
                      style="color:#0052cc">types of projects</span></a> we
                  will be funding:</span></p>
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                <span
                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#172b4d"><span>·<span
                      style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
                    </span></span></span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Internet
                  infrastructure</span></p>
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                <span
                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#172b4d"><span>·<span
                      style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
                    </span></span></span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Digital literacy</span></p>
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                <span
                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#172b4d"><span>·<span
                      style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
                    </span></span></span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Cybersecurity</span></p>
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                <span
                  style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:#172b4d"><span>·<span
                      style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">      
                    </span></span></span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Community
                  leadership</span></p>
              <p
style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px"><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">We found in our <a
                    href="https://cira.ca/unconnected" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true">research on digital funding</a>
                  that there's limited funding for groups working to
                  promote a trusted internet. That's why we're funding
                  these initiatives across the country and, given your
                  organization’s work, your network and followers on
                  social media are the right audience for it.</span></p>
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                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Thank you,
                </span><span
                  style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Segoe
                  UI",sans-serif;color:black">and all the best,</span><span
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                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d"></span></p>
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                  UI",sans-serif;color:#172b4d">Maureen</span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Maureen
                    James,
                  </span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Community
                  Investment Program Manager</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"
                  lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Canadian
                  Internet Registration Authority (CIRA)</span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"
                  lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"
                  lang="EN-CA">Tel: +1 (613) 668-3228  | 
                  <a href="http://www.cira.ca/" target="_blank"
                    moz-do-not-send="true"><span style="color:blue">www.cira.ca</span></a></span><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black"
                  lang="EN-CA"></span></p>
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