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       title: May 20th, 2024

     

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       date: 2024-05-20, 12:49:09 -07:00

     

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       section: journal

     

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       link: https://newpublic.org/fellowship

     

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       via: https://mastodon.social/@wearenew_public/112456797145828187

     

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       tags:

     

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         - community

     

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         - grant

     

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       [[New Public]] are running a remote [Neighborhood Steward Fellowship](https://newpublic.org/fellowship), must be US based, $1000 honorarium, apply by May 20th:

     

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       > “An eight-week program bringing together leaders of local-oriented online spaces to experiment with fun new practices and ideas”

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       link: https://www.canarie.ca/

     

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         - Canada

     

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         - nonprofit

     

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       CANARIE designs and delivers digital infrastructure, and drives its adoption for research, education and innovation.

     

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       High level thoughts:

     

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       * get more people/business/spaces connected to 100Gbps / 1000Gbps connections 

     

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       * What can we run from “not a data center” / home / office

     

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       * AI models

     

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       * Shared data and backup 

     

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       * Various P2P 

     

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       * Connection to mesh networking and/or self hosted 5G nodes

     

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       ## About

     

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       Together with our 13 provincial and territorial partners, we form Canada’s National Research and Education Network (NREN). This ultra-high-speed network connects Canada’s researchers, educators, and innovators to each other and to global data, technology, and colleagues. 

     

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       To strengthen the security of Canada’s research and education sector, we collaborate with our partners in the NREN, government, academia, and the private sector to fund, implement, and support cybersecurity initiatives. We also provide identity management services to the academic community and boost Canada’s startups with cloud resources and expertise in emerging technologies. 

     

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       Established in 1993, CANARIE is a non-profit corporation, with most of our funding provided by the Government of Canada.

     

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       ## NREN

     

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       National Research and Education Network

     

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       Up to 100Gbps network. 

     

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       High level [list of connections](https://www.canarie.ca/nren/connections/).

     

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       Includes 12 business incubators / accelerators. 

     

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       #todo figure out who is connected. 

     

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       ## DAIR Cloud Program

     

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       Uses AWS. For profit only, 2-3 month waitlist. 

     

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       ## Priorities

     

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       Our 2020-24 mandate from the Government of Canada (through [Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada](http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/icgc.nsf/eng/home)) includes 3 main priorities:

     

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       - Providing an internationally competitive ultra-high speed network for Canada’s research, innovation and advanced education communities;

     

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       - Developing, demonstrating and implementing next generation technologies; and

     

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       - Assisting firms operating in Canada and Canadian institutions to advance innovation and commercialization of products and services to bolster Canada’s technology capabilities.

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       link: https://newpublic.org

     

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       title: New_ Public

     

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       > New_ Public strives to ensure that every community has a healthy digital public space

     

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       > We believe in reimagining the internet as a public space

     

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       > We want spaces on the internet that foster connection, facilitate pluralism, and encourage civic engagement.

     

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       > We have two main strategies to achieve this: helping [local communities across America](https://newpublic.org/local-connection) create more flourishing digital spaces and developing prototypes for digital conversation with [public service media organizations](https://newpublic.org/psi).

     

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       ## Public Spaces Incubator

     

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       Public Service Media (PSM) organizations 

     

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       > The Public Spaces Incubator brings together **CBC/Radio-Canada** (Canada), **RTBF**(Belgium), **SRG SSR** (Switzerland), **ZDF**(Germany), and **New_ Public** (United States) to re-conceptualize how to use PSM platforms for public connection and conversation.

     

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       <https://newpublic.org/psi>