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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Hi Brian. Nice to hear
from you and thanks for these thoughts. It was a link offered
during the workshop and the article is fairly short. I don't
know the authors although they seemed to be known to others in
that session. I could have done more research, I guess, but I
just thought it was a slightly different take on the usual
conversation around access. You are completely right about the
perspectives which are not there. We have so much work to do to
make sure our thinking around these issues remains inclusive and
properly considers the needs of all. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Thanks again for
chiming in. <br>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif">Marita</font><br>
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.. Thanks for all you do and share with us. I do appreciate
being a part of this discussion at this point in my life. The
2020 article shared, "The ‘digital divide’ is about equity,
not infrastructure", left me feeling uncomfortable for a
number of reasons. I will also add that I do agree that the
issue of equity is critical in any discussion about the
"digital divide" but equity comes in many forms missing in
this article .. in particular access to the necessary
connections to even participate in any effective manner in the
other equity issues discussed.</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">1. I
wondered about the authors and their experience in working and
serving remote and rural communities across Canada to take the
position they are taking in this article. </div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">2. The
article seems well positioned for those located in well-served
environments and looks to address the very important
"effective use" requirements for everyone to be able to access
online services and applications.</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">3.
Knowing that any community in Canada remains disconnected or
underserved from the necessary infrastructure required to
effectively access online services, applications and
opportunities makes the title and the discussion privileged,
colonial with some very systemic issues. </div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">4.
Stating that "Rights protects Canadians from discrimination"
and recognizing various marginalized groups in one sentence
without addressing systemic and environmental racism within a
very corporate-captured government and the telecom industry
across Canada is another issue I have with the article.</div>
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style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">5.
Lobbying for programs from positions of privilege to support
equitable access to services is great but I believe it
requires a level of sensitivity that avoids pitting one
marginalized group (those without infrastructure) against
others. We all have been involved in similar types of struggle
for far too long to ignore this one. </div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">Anyway,
I share these thoughts in the hope that the issues raised in
the article can be prioritized in such a way that when the
last community and every household in that community is able
to decide if they want or refuse to connect to
fibre-to-the-home, then the programs and support services
advocated for in this article.</div>
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<div class="gmail_default"
style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large">I hope
this reaction avoids offending anyone .. With all good
thoughts ..</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 2, 2021 at 2:28 PM
Marita Moll <<a href="mailto:mmoll@ca.inter.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">mmoll@ca.inter.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>Hello advisors. Just got off the Ryerson Leadership
workshop on digital access. It is thoroughly interesting
to see the amount of activity this topic is suddenly
generating -- after being dormant for so long. A bit of
déjà vu alright -- what is being discussed looks a lot
like the CAP program. It was lively discussion with lots
of input from libraries (Vancouver, Toronto), the Toronto
Digital Access Project and and a former colleague from the
days of the CRACIN SSHRC project (2001-2005) Michael
Lenzner who started the Montreal open wi-fi project called
Il sans Fil.</p>
<p>Here is an interesting article about the "digital divide"
you might enjoy. I will send around a link to the session
recording once it comes through.<br>
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<p><a
href="https://policyresponse.ca/the-digital-divide-is-about-equity-not-infrastructure/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">The ‘digital
divide’ is about equity, not infrastructure - First
Policy Response</a></p>
<p>Marita<br>
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