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Broadband, or high-capacity Internet, is used to
send or view large amounts of information, including live video
and audio, via the Internet. This can bring people in different
regions closer together -- from a doctor in Vancouver and a
patient in Tofino to a grade three class in Corner Brook and a
science centre in Halifax. While this would be next to impossible
with Internet access over a regular dial-up phone line, broadband
provides the support needed to view or participate in these
opportunities.
However, while many Canadians are connected to broadband services,
not all Aboriginal, northern and rural communities have access.
As such, the Government of Canada has committed to making
high-capacity Internet access available to all Canadian
communities.
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Featured Items
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Multimedia Gallery
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Broadband in Nunavut
These two-minute
vignettes show how broadband impacts the lives of the
people who live in Nunavut, and focus on the arts,
economic development, governance, education and training
and land management. Communities which were previously
separated by thousands of miles can now communicate with
each other and have access to the same services we take
for granted in urban centres. Broadband has made it
possible for Nunavut residents to communicate with the
rest of the world, flourish in their own culture and
maintain family ties by bringing people closer together,
regardless of geographical barriers.
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Case Studies
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You Snooze, You Lose: The Economic Impact of
Broadband in the Peace River and South Similkameen Regions
This
research study conducted by 7th Floor Media at Simon
Fraser University and the BC3 measures the economic impact
of broadband access for subscribers in two remote and
rural broadband networks in British Columbia.
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Broadband Economic Impact Study: Impacts of
Broadband in Churchill, Manitoba, and Parrsboro, Nova
Scotia
This report by Brandon University,
Dalhousie University and SNG Inc. provides information on
the economic impacts of broadband access and usage in two
small Canadian communities, located in Manitoba and Nova
Scotia.
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Community Tools
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Readiness Framework and Sustainability Model for
Broadband
Carleton University and Strategic
Networks Group have designed a model in response to the
fact that Canada's rural, remote, Francophone, Northern,
and Aboriginal communities are frequently at different
stages of readiness and sustainability to adopt ICT, and
face wide variations in their access to services that
require broadband. This model should assist ICT planners
and policy makers to better target policies and improve
the cost-effectiveness of programs designed to encourage
ICT deployment in these communities.
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Broadband for Rural and Northern Development Pilot Program
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Kittiwake Economic Development Corporation to Bring
Broadband Internet Service to Additional Aboriginal,
Northern and Rural Communities
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Minister Lapierre Announces Funding to the Union des
chambres de commerce et d'industrie de Portneuf
Organization to bring Broadband Internet Service to
Additional Aboriginal, Northern and Rural Communities
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The Honourable David L. Emerson Announces Funding to
Community Futures Development Corporation to bring
Broadband Internet Service to Additional Aboriginal,
Northern and Rural Communities
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The Honourable Joe Comuzzi Announces Funding to Matawa
First Nations Management Organization to bring Broadband
Internet Service to Additional Aboriginal, Northern and
Rural Communities
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National Satellite Initiative
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Infrastructure Agreement Providing Greater Broadband
Access In The Northwest Territories
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