If you like using other people's DNS, this is a reminder that CIRA has the "Canadian Shield," the free public DNS (for Canadians).

https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/home-router/

Last weekend I posted Canadian Alternatives - internet services: https://codeberg.org/Taffer/canadian-alternatives

Massive thanks to everyone who've made suggestions! I'm still missing entries for:

* Code Repos
* Search
* Task/Bug/Project Tracking
* Translation

Any ideas?

I couldn't find an existing list of Canadian alternatives to American Internet services, so I've started one:

https://codeberg.org/Taffer/canadian-alternatives

Please spread far and wide, and let me know if you have any updates for the page!

I’m at the Canadian Internet Governance Forum in Ottawa this morning, listening to the opening panel on upholding the principles of the internet, with Afuel Akplogan of ICANN, Michele Austin (late of Twitter) from Bell, Andre Arbour from ISED & Mark Surman from Mozilla. #CIGF2024 #FCGI2024 #yow #Ottawa #CIRA #Canada #cdnpoli #SenateofCanada (If you’re here, come say hi!)

At the @cira reception with mstdn.ca founder @chad #Edmonton #yeg #cira

I'm proud and excited to announce that Mastodon Canada has partnered with @cira to help develop our community!

Thank you to @spencer for all of your help in securing this incredible opportunity.

Read more: https://news.mstdn.ca/cira-teams-up-with-mastodon-canada-to-support-canadian-digital-communities/

Canadians Are Worried About NSA Spying But Don’t Understand How It Happens https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mb34dv/canada-cira-factbook-2017-nsa-spying-concern-internet-gateways #cira #nsa #canada