WSIS Canada

WSIS Poster Competition, organized by the World Summit on the Information Society in collaboration with the United Nations Cyberschoolbus

Artist: Justin Tan
School: W.P. Wagner School
Location: Edmonton, Ab

In Focus

New! Canada, Internet Governance and the WSIS [.html]

Industry Canada and Foreign Affairs Canada presentation for the Canadian Commision for UNESCO conference: "Paving the Road to Tunis - WSIS II: Canada's Civil Society Views on the Geneva Plan of Action and the Prospects for Phase II"
Orientation Session for the WSIS, Winnipeg, May 13, 2005 [.html] [.ppt]

An Overview of Canada's Telecommunications Sector: Paving the Road to Tunis - WSIS II, Universal Access to Information & Knowledge [.html] [.ppt]

Declaration of Principles [.html] [.pdf] [.doc] and Action Plan [.html] [.pdf] [.doc] adopted in Geneva 2003, at the first phase of the WSIS.

Canada at the WSIS

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) is a major UN Summit being held in two phases, under the patronage of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, which has brought together representatives from the highest levels of government, the private sector, and civil society. The first phase took place in Geneva, Switzerland from December 10-12, 2003. The second phase will take place in Tunis, Tunisia from November 16-18, 2005.

This Web-site complements the official WSIS Web-site by providing information on Canada's involvement in the Summit, including our national preparatory process.