On this month’s episode, we chat with Denise Williams, CEO, First Nations Technology Council, and Josh Tabish, Public Affairs Manager, CIRA, about the Universal Broadband Fund and how it may, or may not, help address the rural internet gap. We also check in with Maureen James, program manager for CIRA’s Community Investment Program on the latest call for grant applications.

On this Cybersecurity Month themed edition of The Dot, we chat with David Shipley from Beauceron Security about how COVID-19 has changed the cybersecurity landscape. We also check in with a unique CIP project that is teaching K-12 students how to fight cyber-crime.

On this midsummer edition of The Dot, we chat with Canadian sci-fi author Cory Doctorow about everything from privacy to COVID-19 contact tracing apps. We also chat with Kathryn Hill, executive director of Media Smarts, about a program to help stop the spread of misinformation online.

After a long pandemic pause, episode 3 features an interview with Michael Geist on the Broadcast and Telecommunications Legislative Review.

We also chat with Mohammad Mannan about a CIP project looking at the implications of online tracking.

In episode 2 The Dot, we chat with Jason Besner from the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security about cybersecurity in Canada.

We also chat with Gautam Srivastava, professor from Brandon University about a project that is looking at cybersecurity training through an indigenous lens.

On the first episode of The Dot, we chat with Amber Mac about e-commerce in Canada and her outlook for 2020.

We also chat with Zeina Osman, co-executive director of CompuCorps about a project that is helping indigenous women start their own businesses online.