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Policy & Advocacy Training Webinar

Agenda

01 September 2020

Week 1: Stories of success in the time of COVID-19

01 September 2020
08 September 2020

Week 2: Looking back and looking forward

08 September 2020
15 September 2020

Week 3: Becoming an advocate and community consultations

15 September 2020
22 September 2020

Week 4: Becoming an advocate in your community for funding

22 September 2020
29 September 2020

Week 5: Role of existing rules and laws

29 September 2020
06 October 2020

Week 6: Building the policy recommendations (week of ICS)

06 October 2020

Week 1: Stories of success in the time of COVID-19

Tuesday, 1 September 20203:00pm ET / 12:00pm PT / 9:00am HT

A headshot of Brandon Makaawaawa

Brandon Makaawaawa

Deputy Head of State of the Nation of Hawaii

A headshot of Matthew Rantanen

Matthew Rantanen

Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association (SCTCA)

A headshot of Madeleine Redfern

Madeleine Redfern

President of the Ajungi Group

Week 2: Looking back and looking forward

Tuesday, 8 September 2020

Sally Braun headshot

Sally Braun

General Manager, Western James Bay Telecom Network

A headshot of Rob McMahon

Dr. Rob McMahon

Associate Professor, University of Alberta; Master of Arts in Communication and Technology (MACT) and Master of Arts in Community Engagement (MACE)

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Week 3: Becoming an advocate and community consultations

Tuesday, 15 September 2020

A headshot of Chris Mitchell

Chris Mitchell

Director of the Community Broadband Networks Initiative, ILSR

Danae Wilson

Danae Wilson

Manager, Nez Perce Tribe Department of Technological Services; Tribe Member

Irene Flannery headshot

Irene Flannery

Director, AMERIND Critical Infrastructure

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Week 4: Becoming an advocate in your community for funding

Tuesday, 22 September 2020

Wayne Miranda headshot

Wayne Miranda

Social Finance Investment Readiness Lead, McConnell Foundation / Innoweave

Denise Williams

Denise Williams

CEO, First Nations Technology Council

Week 5: Role of existing rules and laws

Tuesday, 29 September 2020

Claire Anderson headshot

Claire Anderson

Commissioner for BC and Yukon, CRTC

Jim Schlichting

Senior Deputy Chief, International Bureau, Federal Communications Commission

Sayuri Rajapakse

Deputy Chief, Office of Native Affairs and Policy, Federal Communications Commission

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Week 6: Building the policy recommendations

Tuesday, 6 October 2020
(week of Indigenous Connectivity Summit)

A headshot of Brandon Makaawaawa

Brandon Makaawaawa

Deputy Head of State of the Nation of Hawaii

Darrah Blackwater headshot

Darrah Blackwater

J.D., University of Arizona, Indigenous & telecommunications law

Leading image: Working together with the Internet Society to learn how to use and install the Internet during the Internet Society/ Pu’uhonua O Waimanalo training session on November 14th, 2019. © Elyse Butle