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OpenMedia.ca 
Founded 2008 Location Vancouver, Canada Key people Steve Anderson, Lindsey Pinto, Reilly Yeo, Shea Sinnott, Glyn Lewis Area served Canada Focus Media Access Method Advocacy, Education Motto Engage, Educate, Empower Website http://www.openmedia.ca/ OpenMedia.ca is a Canadian non-partisan, non-profit advocacy organization working to encourage open and innovative communication systems within Canada. Their stated mission is "to advance and support a media communications system in Canada that adheres to the principles of access, choice, diversity, innovation and openness."[1] They work through online campaigns, participatory events, school presentations and work shops. Their online petition for the "StopTheMeter.ca" campaign became the largest online appeal of its kind in Canadian history.[2]
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Activities
SaveOurNet.ca
OpenMedia.ca are the primary organizers behind the SaveOurNet.ca coalition, whose aim is to protect openness, choice, and access for Canada's Internet.[3]
StopTheMeter.ca
OpenMedia.ca spearheaded the "StopTheMeter.ca" campaign against usage-based billing in Canada; including an online petition.[4][5][6] The petition reached over 400,000 signatures and caused the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to reexamine its decision on the way Canadians are billed for their Internet access.[7][8] It is the largest online appeal of its kind in Canadian history.[2] The petition was supported by Canadian Internet service providers affected by the ruling (such as TekSavvy,[9] which sent out invitations to sign to all of their customers), the Liberal Party of Canada,[10] the New Democratic Party[11] and Stephen Harper, who voiced his concerns over Twitter.[12]
As of February 11, 2011, more than 463,000 Canadians had signed the http://stopthemeter.ca petition.
FreshMedia.me
OpenMedia.ca are also the force behind the FreshMedia initiative, which celebrates innovative and independent media.[13] FreshMedia.me aims to:
- Ignite a national conversation to re-imagine media and journalism in Canada.
- Celebrate the exciting and innovative experiments in independent and public media currently underway.
- Develop a crowd-sourced plan to support innovative and quality media and independent journalism.[14]
VoteNet.ca
VoteNet.ca was launched as a campaign to ensure that Internet access issues would become a focus for the 2011 Canadian federal election.[15] Citizens were provided with a letter that they could modify and email to candidates in their riding asking them to become "pro-Internet".[16] Politicians were then also able to register as pro-Internet candidates through the website. Multiple candidates have stated their support for the campaign.[17]
Organizations involved with OpenMedia.ca
OpenMedia.ca has the involvement of a number of national and regional media related organizations and well as unions and civil liberty groups.[18]
Agentic, BC Association for Media Education, Briarpatch Magazine, Canadian Association of Campus and Community Television User Groups and Stations (CACTUS), Canadian Dimension magazine, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), Council of Canadians, Canadian Media Guild, Community Media Education Society (CMES), Media Action, Megaphone Magazine, National Campus-Community Radio Association (NCRA), The Edmonton Small Press Association (ESPA), NewsWatch Canada, Sasquatch Newspaper, Straight Goods, The Tyee, Vancouver Media Co-op, VUE Weekly, Pull Focus Film School, rabble.ca, Koumbit Networks, W2,
Unions
Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), Hospital Employees' Union (HEU), National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)
Civil liberty organizations
The Center For Information Awareness (CFIA), Civil Liberties Association, National Capital Region (CLA-NCR), Democracy Watch, Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), The Ruth & Henry Goodman Fund for Social & Ecological Justice
Other organizations
Wilderness Committee, World Association of Christian Communication (WACC) North America
References
- ^ "About Us". OpenMedia.ca. http://openmedia.ca/about-us. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ a b "24 Hours Vancouver". Vancouver.24hrs.ca. http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/local/2011/01/31/17104536.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "SaveOurNet | OpenMedia.ca". Saveournet.ca. http://www.saveournet.ca/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Stop The Meter On Your Internet Usage". Stopthemeter.ca. http://stopthemeter.ca/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
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- ^ "Usage-based billing: What do you think of the CRTC ruling? – Point of View". Canada: CBC. http://www.cbc.ca/news/pointofview/2011/01/usage-based-billing-what-do-you-think-of-the-crtc-ruling.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "The Tyee – Canadians Just Became World's Biggest Internet Losers". Thetyee.ca. January 26, 2011. http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2011/01/26/InternetLosers/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "CRTC to review internet billing decision – Canada – CBC News". Canada: CBC. February 3, 2011. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2011/02/03/crtc-committee.html. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "TekSavvy News". TekSavvy News. January 25, 2011. http://www.teksavvynews.com/article_view.php?id=22. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Take action: join Liberal opposition to the usage-based billing decision". Liberal.ca. http://www.liberal.ca/ubb/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ January 20, 2011 (January 20, 2011). "Canadians lose out with internet metered billing". Ndp.ca. http://www.ndp.ca/press/canadians-lose-out-with-internet-metered-billing. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Twitter / Stephen Harper: We're very concerned about". Twitter. http://twitter.com/pmharper/status/32526091855863808. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "FreshMedia". Freshmedia.me. http://freshmedia.me/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "About FreshMedia". Aboutfreshmedia.tumblr.com. http://aboutfreshmedia.tumblr.com/. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Opinion – Blogs – Our blogs have moved!". Communities.canada.com. http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/techsense/archive/2011/04/06/vote-for-the-internet-campaign-launched-today.aspx. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Vote for the Internet". OpenMedia.ca. http://openmedia.ca/vote. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "Candidates Show Their Pro-Internet Sides". OpenMedia.ca. April 10, 2011. http://openmedia.ca/blog/candidates-show-their-pro-internet-sides. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ "network of Organizations, Retrieved March 1, 2011". Openmedia.ca. http://openmedia.ca/network. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
External links
Categories:- Organizations based in Canada
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