Bad Internet is a two-part series Internet about connectivity (or lack thereof) in Canada. Hosts Melissa Haughton and Shyloe Fagan speak to people connected through, and in spite of, their digital access.
Bad Internet Part 1
Melissa and Shyloe connect with Tiffany Ford, a community organizer and entrepreneur from Toronto’s Jane and Finch neighborhood who used Twitter to get laptops for students in need. They also speak with Member of Provincial Parliament for the Nickel Belt, France Gelinas, and Estelle Anderson, a guidance counsellor, about the layered impacts of limited internet access on students and families.
Connecting All Canadians to High-Speed Internet https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2020/11/09/connecting-all-canadians-high-speed-internet
CBC North Bay mayor responds to Ontera https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2472583374
Prices of Internet Around the World - Picodi https://www.picodi.com/ca/bargain-hunting/prices-of-the-internet-around-the-world
Follow Shyloe @shyloefagan on Twitter Melissa @melissahaute on Twitter and Instagram
Episode Transcript https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ME_qbikzDJ87-rTimZ6WySjMXGlMTD61iygaxV-q3K8/edit?usp=sharing
Bad Internet was produced on the traditional territory of many first nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat people. As settlers we are grateful to the stewards of the land both past and present, and the opportunity to live, gather, and create here. Here are some other suggested resources to explore: The University of Alberta offers a free online course from the Faculty of Native Studies that explores Indigenous histories and contemporary issues in Canada: https://www.coursera.org/learn/indigenous-canada If you’re interested in learning more about foraging, chef Shawn Addler has an awesome digital series on CBC and a local restaurant called Pow Wow Cafe: https://www.cbc.ca/life/food/chef-shawn-adler-shares-what-you-need-to-know-about-foraging-year-round-in-your-own-backyard-1.5294374 Native-land.ca and Whose-Land are also great community-based resources for learning more about identifying Indigenous Nations, territories, and Indigenous communities across Canada If you love podcasts: check out All My Relations, Coffee with My Ma, Red Man Laughing and Unreserved Muskrat Magazine is a great digital space to Indigenous news, arts and culture: http://muskratmagazine.com/ Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 94 Calls to Action: http://trc.ca/assets/pdf/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf