Cyberidentities: Canadian and European Presence in Cyberspace (International Canadian Studies Series)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Beyond Infrastructure: Canadian and European Identities in Cyberspace......Page 10
Part One: Stationary Travelers?......Page 18
The Trans-Canada Highway vs The Information Highway: The Road Less Traveled?......Page 20
On the (Information) Highway: So Is This a Journey or What?......Page 26
Part Two: Cyberlaw......Page 34
Human Rights in Cyberspace......Page 36
Internet and Public Order......Page 52
The Legal Aspects of Digital Signatures......Page 60
Part Three: Communities in Cyberspace......Page 86
How Comfortably Does the Internet Sit on Canada\'s Tundra? Reflections on Public Access to the Information Highway in the North......Page 88
Policy-Making and the Value of Electronic Forms of Public Debate: Underpinning, Assumptions and First Experiences......Page 104
Two Canadian Models of Communities on the Net: SchoolNet and Community Access......Page 116
Teledemocracy in the Province: An Experiment with Internet-Based Software and Public Debate......Page 126
Part Four: (Business) Opportunities on the Net......Page 138
Work and Community in Networked Organizations......Page 140
ICTs for SMEs: The SME Wins on the Information Highway......Page 152
The Centre for Editing Early Canadian Texts (CEECT) and Cyberspace......Page 160
Part Five: The Role of Government......Page 168
The Position of Flanders with Regard to Some Internet-Related Matters......Page 170
Québécois Policy and the Development of the Information Highway......Page 174
Advancing Canada\'s Information Highway: Strategies for the New Millennium......Page 188
Electronic Commerce Policy and the European Commission......Page 200
References......Page 206
Abstracts......Page 216
About the Authors......Page 224