ELDER Project: More than just a Computer Project, A Doorway to Social Change – Ontario Monday, 14 November 2011, 02:43 PM More than just a Computer Project: A Doorway to Social Change By Michael Mak Children are avid and skilled explorers of technology – they amaze everyone what they know or what they can[…]
Keewaytinook Mobile Sioux Lookout – Ontario Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 11:02 AM Keewaytinook Mobile (KM) is the new First Nation-owned telecom group delivering GSM cellular and data services in remote and rural communities across northern Ontario. The KM consortium is working in partnership with Keewaytinook Okimakanak’s Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) and other partners to develop this[…]
Kanhiote Public Library Tyendinaga – Ontario Tuesday, 8 November 2011, 11:25 AM By Kevin Maracle, First Nations Technical Institute, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory The Kanhiote Library was connected to the Internet via a full time dialup line in 1999 as part of First Nation Technical Institute (FNTI) CAP project funding. At the time FNTI had two[…]
Keewaytinook Internet High School One innovative program in northern Ontario enables local First Nations students to stay in their home communities while attending high school. Keewaytinook Internet High School, or KiHS, uses ICTs to support community-based learning in classrooms across the northern part of the province. View a recent (October 2011) about KiHS: VIDEO[…]
The Five Pillars or Sector Approach (Traditional Knowledge and Language Sector, Lands and Resources Sector, Economic Sector, Social Sector and Corporate Sector) By Don Maki and Jason Woodman Simmonds There are six bands in the Ktunaxa Nation. Four are located in what is now British Columbia, Canada, and the two others are now in the[…]
The Eeyou Communications Network/Réseau de Comunications Eeyou by Hyman Glustein and Alfred Loon Eeyou Communications Network/Réseau de Comunications Eeyou is a regional fibre-optic network serving all Eeyou Istchee communities and towns in the James Bay region. Owned by the Cree Regional Authority and the Cree School Board in partnership with neighbouring non-Aboriginal townships and school[…]
Supporting Education in Saskatchewan By Randy Johns, KCDC CEO and Brenda La Roque-Hill, KCDN Manager Keewatin Career Development Corporation has been working with schools for over 15 years. In that time, we have come to understand the challenges faced by teachers to find relevant and engaging learning resources for their students. We launched KCDN –[…]
Fort Severn – Ontario Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:36 AM Visit the Fort Severn First Nation Technology Showcase to learn the history of communications in that community: both before and after the Internet became available. Fort Severn First Nation operates a community-based local broadband infrastructure and connectivity model that highlights some of the challenges in[…]
Northern Quebec – Manitoba Wednesday, 5 October 2011, 12:39 AM The Northern Indigenous Community Satellite Network (NICSN) is an example of a jointly managed, inter-provincial partnership between First Nations and Inuit communities in northern Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. Despite the very different contexts of these organizations, in one key informant’s words, through NICSN, “we are[…]
Fibre-optic broadband infrastructure supports a variety of digital applications — including community-based media projects. In Quebec, the First Nations Education Council partnered with a variety of organizations toinstall broadband in 13 of their 22 member First Nations communities. These networks enable members of those communities to distribute and share digital media . Permanent Studios is[…]