Ongoing Policy, Regulatory, and Competitive Challenges Facing Canada's Small Internet Service Providers

McNally,; Rathi,; Joseph, Kris; Evaniew,; Adkisson,

doi:10.5325/jinfopoli.8.2018.0167

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“…Many rural and remote communities face similar challenges and share common priorities with I ˆle-à-la-Crosse. For example, resource and service access, including food and other essential supplies, healthcare, and internet connectivity are issues faced by many rural and remote communities across Canada [55][56][57][58][59][60]. Key informants and community members from our partner community corroborated these access issues, particularly in relation to public health.…”

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A guiding framework for needs assessment evaluations to embed digital platforms in partnership with Indigenous communities

Bhawra

Buchan

Green³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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Introduction In community-based research projects, needs assessments are one of the first steps to identify community priorities. Access-related issues often pose significant barriers to participation in research and evaluation for rural and remote communities, particularly Indigenous communities, which also have a complex relationship with academia due to a history of exploitation. To bridge this gap, work with Indigenous communities requires consistent and meaningful engagement. The prominence of digital devices (i.e., smartphones) offers an unparalleled opportunity for ethical and equitable engagement between researchers and communities across jurisdictions, particularly in remote communities. Methods This paper presents a framework to guide needs assessments which embed digital platforms in partnership with Indigenous communities. Guided by this framework, a qualitative needs assessment was conducted with a subarctic Métis community in Saskatchewan, Canada. This project is governed by an Advisory Council comprised of Knowledge Keepers, Elders, and youth in the community. An environmental scan of relevant programs, three key informant interviews, and two focus groups (n = 4 in each) were conducted to systematically identify community priorities. Results Through discussions with the community, four priorities were identified: (1) the Coronavirus pandemic, (2) climate change impacts on the environment, (3) mental health and wellbeing, and (4) food security and sovereignty. Given the timing of the needs assessment, the community identified the Coronavirus pandemic as a key priority requiring digital initiatives. Conclusion Recommendations for community-based needs assessments to conceptualize and implement digital infrastructure are put forward, with an emphasis on self-governance and data sovereignty.

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Section: Challenges and Opportunities For Using Digital Platforms For...mentioning

confidence: 75%

A guiding framework for needs assessment evaluations to embed digital platforms in partnership with Indigenous communities

Bhawra

Buchan

Green³

et al. 2022

PLoS ONE

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“…Rural, and remote communities commonly experience challenges with access to resources and services, including food and other essential supplies, healthcare, and internet connectivity (Oosterveer and Young 2015;Skinner et al 2016;Goodridge and Marciniuk 2016;Forbes and Edge 2009;McNally et al 2018;Haight, Quan-Haase, and Corbett 2014). Key informants and community members from our partner community (Île-à-la-Crosse) in a sub-arctic region in Canada corroborated these access issues, particularly in relation to public health.…”

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A Guiding Framework for Needs Assessment Evaluations to Embed Digital Tools with Indigenous Communities

Bhawra¹,

Buchan²,

Skinner³

et al. 2021

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In community-based participatory projects, needs assessments are one of the first steps to identify priority areas. Access-related issues often pose significant barriers to participation for rural and remote communities, particularly Indigenous communities which have a complicated relationship with academia due to a history of exploitation and trauma. In order to bridge this gap, work with Indigenous communities requires consistent and meaningful engagement. The prominence of digital devices (i.e., smartphones) offers an unparalleled opportunity to ethically and equitably engage citizens across jurisdictions, particularly in remote communities. We propose a framework to guide needs assessments which embed digital tools in partnership with Indigenous communities. Guided by this framework, a needs assessment was conducted with a subarctic Métis community in Saskatchewan, Canada. This project is governed by a Citizen Scientist Advisory Council which includes Traditional Knowledge Keepers, Elders, and youth. An environmental scan of relevant programs, key informant interviews, and focus groups were conducted to systematically identify community priority areas. Given the timing of the needs assessment, the community identified the Coronavirus pandemic as a key priority area requiring digital initiatives. Recommendations for community-based needs assessments to conceptualize and implement digital infrastructure are put forward, with an emphasis on self-governance and data sovereignty.

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“…This ability to connect online is not a shared experience, as barriers of entry occur from poor connections specifically in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities in Canada (Auditor General of Canada, 2018), low to no digital literacy skills for getting online (International Telecommunication Union [ITU], 2018; Parsons & Hick, 2008), and no access to a personal computer (Napoli & Obar, 2014;Statistics Canada, 2020). Where Canadian telecommunications policy research has greatly focused on bridging the 'last mile,' being a connection to the home (R. McMahon et al, 2011;McNally et al, 2017McNally et al, , 2018 or digital literacy as a policy strategy across Canadian jurisdictions (Shepherd & Henderson, 2019), one area which has largely been ignored has been the internet as infrastructure with an acute awareness of the study of its individual layers. In 'access research,' policy frameworks tend to focus on the physical layer of the internet's infrastructure and citizen use of the applications layer.…”

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Internets: The Changing Role of Internet Protocols in Evolving Broadband Technologies

Cramer

2022

SSRN Journal

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Ongoing Policy, Regulatory, and Competitive Challenges Facing Canada's Small Internet Service Providers

Cited by 14 publications

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A guiding framework for needs assessment evaluations to embed digital platforms in partnership with Indigenous communities

A guiding framework for needs assessment evaluations to embed digital platforms in partnership with Indigenous communities

A Guiding Framework for Needs Assessment Evaluations to Embed Digital Tools with Indigenous Communities

Internets: The Changing Role of Internet Protocols in Evolving Broadband Technologies

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