In this final reply, we respond to a number of recurring elements in the final comments filed 1 M... more In this final reply, we respond to a number of recurring elements in the final comments filed 1 March 2013, mainly focusing on the Personalized Information Summary but also including issues of contract availability, terminology used, and measuring the success of a Wireless Code. We also provide a discussion on the data cited throughout these proceedings about the state of Canada’s wireless service industry. We note that data sets are often incomplete and inconsistent; and as such, there needs to be an effort on the part of the CRTC to collect comprehensive statistics on Canada’s wireless services in relation to global markets and to ensure such data are available to all industry stakeholders. To conclude, we contend that future research on this country’s wireless services industry – quantitative, but also qualitative – will provide a clearer framing for the specific problems that the Wireless code is attempting to address, how the Code will approach these problems,assessed
An emancipatory politics of technology requires more than hardware and software; it needs wetware... more An emancipatory politics of technology requires more than hardware and software; it needs wetware-bodies, fluid, human agency.
Seniors, defined as persons aged 65 and up, are becoming a much larger demographic in Canada at t... more Seniors, defined as persons aged 65 and up, are becoming a much larger demographic in Canada at the same time as the wireless telecommunications industry is expanding. Yet in terms of academic research, few studies have examined how seniors understand and negotiate the influx of ...
Abstract. This article reports on a national survey of Canadian rape crisis and sex-ual assault c... more Abstract. This article reports on a national survey of Canadian rape crisis and sex-ual assault centres conducted in 2005. We situate our results in relation to feminist literature on the perils of institutionalization. We argue that institutionalization takes on new forms in the context ...
WIId Science Wild Science investigates the world-wide hoom in" heaith cuiture."... more WIId Science Wild Science investigates the world-wide hoom in" heaith cuiture." While self-help heaith hooks and medical dramas are popular around the glohe. we are homharded with news reports and images of DNA and cloning, the fight against AIDS, cancer and depression. ...
oth the promises and perils of Information Communication Technologies ( ICTs) have been much tout... more oth the promises and perils of Information Communication Technologies ( ICTs) have been much touted in corporate, state, and activist rhetorics. 2 Only recently have we begun to have more nuanced and dialectic analyses of ICTs. 3 Despite this shift in analysis, little has been written on how these technologies have been taken up by social movements and their activist
Topia Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Nov 12, 2006
made important contributions to the political economy of communications and its relations to digi... more made important contributions to the political economy of communications and its relations to digital technology. Despite the important insights of these scholars, most of this work does not address, incorporate or attend to gender in its conceptualization nor engage with any of the insights and/or contributions in feminist scholarship on technology. One of the few overt feminist critiques of the discipline came from Gertrude Robinson, a long time scholar in the field. In 1998, she explored how feminism has contributed to communication studies through its incorporation of "gender as one of the primary social organizers which works in conjunction with economic and political relationships," yet this work continues to be marginalized. We hope that in this short offering we can characterize the rich and evergrowing critical feminist perspective on digital technology and reveal the ways in which this work can enhance, invigorate, and perpetuate/innovate the important contributions Canadian scholars have made to the discipline in communication studies.
To date, research on municipal and community wireless networks has focused on understanding types... more To date, research on municipal and community wireless networks has focused on understanding types of network deployments, policy issues around network ownership, and technical issues of infrastructure design and capability. These are all necessary issues as this nascent form of public infrastructure becomes established, and as stakeholders understand the potential benefits of the deployment and use of wireless networks. However, public wireless network deployments do not always achieve the desired outcomes, resulting in networks that do not realize their potential value for citizens, communities and municipalities. As such, it is also important to consider the extent to which such public infrastructure actually does deliver on its promises, by developing a set of criteria with which to assess public network deployments. This paper presents a "desiderata" for public wireless internet infrastructure. Developed from our understanding of the potential of wireless networking, the desiderata is intended to provide a foundation for a discussion of what public wireless networks should look like. The paper also outlines some enabling conditions that can help to establish public networks to meet the needs of citizens, communities and municipalities.
In the past two decades, the need for economic restructuring has served as a rationale for disman... more In the past two decades, the need for economic restructuring has served as a rationale for dismantling social programs in Canada. As it has been enacted, such social restructuring has disproportionately affected marginalized people, particularly women. In this article we explore the schism between the principles that underlie the development of healthy public policy and those that are driving current social policy development. Through this analysis we discuss the implications of policy development that is based upon principles of inequity, and we suggest that implementation of healthy public policy requires transformational change in the underlying principles of the social system. A policy shift based upon principles of equity and social justice has been espoused throughout the health promotion literature. We suggest that such a shift will be facilitated by strengthening collaborative relations among points of conflict within society and among policy makers and women's organizations.
In this final reply, we respond to a number of recurring elements in the final comments filed 1 M... more In this final reply, we respond to a number of recurring elements in the final comments filed 1 March 2013, mainly focusing on the Personalized Information Summary but also including issues of contract availability, terminology used, and measuring the success of a Wireless Code. We also provide a discussion on the data cited throughout these proceedings about the state of Canada’s wireless service industry. We note that data sets are often incomplete and inconsistent; and as such, there needs to be an effort on the part of the CRTC to collect comprehensive statistics on Canada’s wireless services in relation to global markets and to ensure such data are available to all industry stakeholders. To conclude, we contend that future research on this country’s wireless services industry – quantitative, but also qualitative – will provide a clearer framing for the specific problems that the Wireless code is attempting to address, how the Code will approach these problems,assessed
An emancipatory politics of technology requires more than hardware and software; it needs wetware... more An emancipatory politics of technology requires more than hardware and software; it needs wetware-bodies, fluid, human agency.
Seniors, defined as persons aged 65 and up, are becoming a much larger demographic in Canada at t... more Seniors, defined as persons aged 65 and up, are becoming a much larger demographic in Canada at the same time as the wireless telecommunications industry is expanding. Yet in terms of academic research, few studies have examined how seniors understand and negotiate the influx of ...
Abstract. This article reports on a national survey of Canadian rape crisis and sex-ual assault c... more Abstract. This article reports on a national survey of Canadian rape crisis and sex-ual assault centres conducted in 2005. We situate our results in relation to feminist literature on the perils of institutionalization. We argue that institutionalization takes on new forms in the context ...
WIId Science Wild Science investigates the world-wide hoom in" heaith cuiture."... more WIId Science Wild Science investigates the world-wide hoom in" heaith cuiture." While self-help heaith hooks and medical dramas are popular around the glohe. we are homharded with news reports and images of DNA and cloning, the fight against AIDS, cancer and depression. ...
oth the promises and perils of Information Communication Technologies ( ICTs) have been much tout... more oth the promises and perils of Information Communication Technologies ( ICTs) have been much touted in corporate, state, and activist rhetorics. 2 Only recently have we begun to have more nuanced and dialectic analyses of ICTs. 3 Despite this shift in analysis, little has been written on how these technologies have been taken up by social movements and their activist
Topia Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, Nov 12, 2006
made important contributions to the political economy of communications and its relations to digi... more made important contributions to the political economy of communications and its relations to digital technology. Despite the important insights of these scholars, most of this work does not address, incorporate or attend to gender in its conceptualization nor engage with any of the insights and/or contributions in feminist scholarship on technology. One of the few overt feminist critiques of the discipline came from Gertrude Robinson, a long time scholar in the field. In 1998, she explored how feminism has contributed to communication studies through its incorporation of "gender as one of the primary social organizers which works in conjunction with economic and political relationships," yet this work continues to be marginalized. We hope that in this short offering we can characterize the rich and evergrowing critical feminist perspective on digital technology and reveal the ways in which this work can enhance, invigorate, and perpetuate/innovate the important contributions Canadian scholars have made to the discipline in communication studies.
To date, research on municipal and community wireless networks has focused on understanding types... more To date, research on municipal and community wireless networks has focused on understanding types of network deployments, policy issues around network ownership, and technical issues of infrastructure design and capability. These are all necessary issues as this nascent form of public infrastructure becomes established, and as stakeholders understand the potential benefits of the deployment and use of wireless networks. However, public wireless network deployments do not always achieve the desired outcomes, resulting in networks that do not realize their potential value for citizens, communities and municipalities. As such, it is also important to consider the extent to which such public infrastructure actually does deliver on its promises, by developing a set of criteria with which to assess public network deployments. This paper presents a "desiderata" for public wireless internet infrastructure. Developed from our understanding of the potential of wireless networking, the desiderata is intended to provide a foundation for a discussion of what public wireless networks should look like. The paper also outlines some enabling conditions that can help to establish public networks to meet the needs of citizens, communities and municipalities.
In the past two decades, the need for economic restructuring has served as a rationale for disman... more In the past two decades, the need for economic restructuring has served as a rationale for dismantling social programs in Canada. As it has been enacted, such social restructuring has disproportionately affected marginalized people, particularly women. In this article we explore the schism between the principles that underlie the development of healthy public policy and those that are driving current social policy development. Through this analysis we discuss the implications of policy development that is based upon principles of inequity, and we suggest that implementation of healthy public policy requires transformational change in the underlying principles of the social system. A policy shift based upon principles of equity and social justice has been espoused throughout the health promotion literature. We suggest that such a shift will be facilitated by strengthening collaborative relations among points of conflict within society and among policy makers and women's organizations.
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