<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div id="gmail-:23c" class="gmail-Ar gmail-Au gmail-Ao"><div id="gmail-:238" class="gmail-Am gmail-Al editable gmail-LW-avf gmail-tS-tW gmail-tS-tY" aria-label="Message Body" role="textbox" aria-multiline="true" tabindex="1" style="direction:ltr;min-height:414px"><div class="gmail_default">Something of a preview of the forthcoming <a href="https://isoc.live/14505/">Indigenous Connectivity Summit</a>, prompted by the urgency of garnering public input into the ISED Spectrum process. The outlook on spectrum is evolving and, as was once said, "When the mode of the music changes, the walls of the city shake," <br><br>Note this is already archived and the transcripts are linked below.</div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "Today Friday Oct 1 2021 at 11:00 EDT (15:00 UTC) ISOC.LIVE will webcast a recording of the Internet Society Sep 21 webinar to discuss the importance of spectrum for enabling broadband Internet service in Indigenous communities across Canada. Ensuring acce" </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/indigenousspectrum" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/indigenousspectrum-300x169.png" alt="" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>Today <b>Friday Oct 1 2021</b> at <b>11:00 EDT</b> (15:00 UTC) <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="http://HTTPS://ISOC.LIVE" target="_blank">ISOC.LIVE</a></strong> will webcast a recording of the <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://InternetSociety.org" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> Sep 21 webinar to discuss the importance of spectrum for enabling broadband Internet service in Indigenous communities across Canada. Ensuring access to adequate spectrum provides opportunities for underserved communities to connect themselves with reliable, affordable Internet that is provided by the current market.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">In August, <strong>Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada</strong> (ISED) initiated<a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/smt-gst.nsf/eng/sf11717.html" target="_blank"> <strong>a consultation on a new supplementary licensing process</strong></a> (Access Licensing framework) for unused spectrum to support innovation and the availability of rural services. If implemented correctly, this process can be a major benefit for Indigenous connectivity efforts across Canada.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em">This webinar provided the background needed to engage in ISED’s consultation process, which closes on October 12, focusing on the importance of spectrum for Indigenous communities, the current state of spectrum policy in Canada, promising practices for spectrum allocation in the US, and navigating the consultation process.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>INTRODUCTION</strong><br><strong>Mark Buell</strong>, regional Vice President North America, Internet Society</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>PANEL</strong><br><strong>Steve Song</strong>, Policy Advisor, Mozilla Corporation<br><strong>Laura Tribe</strong>, Executive Director, OpenMedia<br><strong>Darrah Blackwate</strong>r, Law & Policy Fellow, University of Arizona<br><strong>MODERATOR</strong> <strong>Dr. Gregory Taylor</strong>, Canadian Spectrum Policy Research / University of Calgary</p>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>TWITTER <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://bit.ly/2Y3b8nt" target="_blank">#indigenousspectrum</a> @isoc_na @mebuell @stevesong @ltribe @blackwatersoul @gregorytaylor1 @erickenredes @ISED_CA #spectrum #tvws #crtc</strong></p>
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