Exciting news! As of today, the Inuit language of Inuktut will be available on Google Translate - marking the first Canadian Indigenous language on the platform. Tunngasugit! | ᑐᙵᓱᒋᑦ (Welcome!) 🎉 Huge thanks to @ITK_CanadaInuit for their invaluable guidance and

Join us on January 31st, 2024 at 12:00 ET for a conversation with @lizdubois, to discuss her new report, “The Political Uses of #AI in Canada”, with @ltribe.  ℹ️/🎟 https://t.co/Lt4LkHJnqf

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If you’d like to meet up over a coffee or Zoom, let me know! I’m overdue to catch up with so many of you, and it feels a bit surreal to finally have this space and time to do so. And if you see something you think might be a good fit for me, I’m all ears.

If you’re reading this, and are looking for help, I love policy, government relations, and communications, and would love to put my public affairs skill set to use for a worthy cause.

What’s next for me? You’ll have to stay tuned. Right now I’m taking a bit of time to unwind and spend some extra time with my son (AKA the world’s most adorable toddler), while I figure out what I want to do next.

There’s a lot I will miss about OpenMedia, but more than anything I will miss the incredible people—past and present—that made the organization so special. I want to thank each of you for your support of me and our work. And I look forward to connecting with you again.

And, along the way, I learned more about public policy, government relations, and grassroots advocacy than I ever imagined possible.

It’s been a privilege to lead this organization and empower our grassroots community. Even against better resourced opponents, we always found a way to punch above our weight.

Personal update: After seven years as OpenMedia’s Executive Director, I have decided to begin my next chapter. It was a difficult decision to leave an organization I love so much, but it’s time for new challenges.

"The only way to restore trust is by taking action. It’s one thing to say you’re serious about #privacy; it’s another thing to show it," writes @ltribe, Executive Director @OpenMediaOrg via @TheHillTimes Tribe's #InformedOps @ https://t.co/FHODwwGAe7

Canadian digital policies have consequences: potential blocked services due to Bill C-11, blocked news links due to Bill C-18, and perhaps blocked AI services also due to Bill C-18. Canada fast becoming a digital outlier. https://t.co/wItdNra8c3

Given that the government has no Plan B, this was predictable. But to be clear, the law hasn’t taken effect yet nor has widespread blocking. This is about refusal to *negotiate* with @pablorodriguez about a law that has already received royal assent.

Parker Lund, a spokesperson for the Liberal Party, told The Globe Wednesday that the party is not changing its policy. “We will continue to advertise on Meta platforms,” he said. https://t.co/LCB3raUNf9

Put that Government of Canada advertising $ straight into buying ads in the local independent media that aren't being supported by C-18.

Hmm.... if only there had been some way of knowing this was going to happen.. if only we had been warned.. 🧐

Former @ISED_CA Minster @NavdeepSBains hired by Rogers as "Chief Corporate Affairs Officer" Almost certainly a Freudian title https://t.co/0M8XGBTQXy

Tired of Big Telecom's monopoly on fibre internet? There's 1 WEEK remaining to tell the CRTC to take action. This is our change to mandate fibre access for independent providers and break up the monopoly. https://t.co/iaCDWtiVeQ #EnforceFibreWholesale via @OpenMediaOrg

I don't think Alberta realizes how much the telecom world is about to change here today after the Shaw-Rogers merger.

And there you have it. Federal government sides with Big Telecom instead of Canadians but tries to gaslight us into believing the opposite.