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Covid-19 highlights lack of connectivity in first nations communities

Title (Dublin Core)

Covid-19 highlights lack of connectivity in first nations communities

Description (Dublin Core)

This article speak about the ‘digital divide’ in Canada; a reality in Canada where rural and First Nations communities don’t have access to the sufficient technology or infrastructure to use online platforms, or just the internet in general. This particular article tackles how the pandemic has exacerbated this divide, and has shown the need to give these communities access to high-speed internet. These communities often are left to ask private enterprises to provide these services, and these corporations which are profit oriented as all telecommunications giants often ignores these calls, as they would not see a financial return. Essentially, profits are being placed over people, which in turn breaks apart the social solidarity of these communities and complicates communication between First Nations communities and the Canadian state, as well as community organization at large. However, this article states that the government will be actively attempting to incentivize these private corporations to build telecommunications infrastructure as a means to abide by the UN’s declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples. While progress is being made, this article nevertheless identifies the material and logistical disparities between First Nations communities throughout the nation; which have been highlighted by the pandemic.

Date (Dublin Core)

May 28, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Rebecca Dyok

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Padraic Cohen

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

News article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.terracestandard.com/news/covid-19-highlights-lack-of-connectivity-in-first-nations-communities/
http://web.archive.org/web/20210117061400/https://www.terracestandard.com/news/covid-19-highlights-lack-of-connectivity-in-first-nations-communities/

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Technology
English Social Class
English Social Issues
English Economy

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

digital divide
internet access
broadband
Canada
British Columbia
First Nations
telecommunication

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

digital divide
internet access
broadband
Canada
British Columbia
First Nations
telecommunication industry

Collection (Dublin Core)

Canada
Rural Voices

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/28/2021

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/04/2021
08/02/2022
09/10/2024

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on March 28, 2021 by Padraic Cohen using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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