Presentations from First Mile Connectivity Consortium, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, and Eeyou Communication Network

Posted on March 31, 2015December 26, 2016 by brianbeaton

Inuvik Hearing – June 17, 2013 Oral presentation from Eeyou Communication Network DOWNLOAD PDF Whitehorse Hearing – June 19, 2013 Opening comments from Rob McMahon, First Mile Connectivity Consortium DOWNLOAD DOC Final spoken comments (slightly different wording) DOC Expert witness testimony from Prof. Heather Hudson DOWNLOAD DOC Testimony from Brian Beaton, former manager, KO-KNET[…]

Suggested points to make – Sample letter of support CRTC

Posted on March 31, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

Here is a suggested template you may want to draw on to intervene in the CRTC Hearings. According to the CRTC, the following information is needed in all interventions: the file your intervention relates to (the notice, application or file number) as well as the applicant’s/licensee’s name; whether you support or oppose the issue or[…]

Information About the CRTC Submission

Posted on March 31, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

This page provides background about the issue, the CRTC, benefits of First Nations Community Networks, and our position on the Hearings. Introduction We are an independent not-for-profit research consortium and a First Nation community located in the Northwest Territories. Our work focuses on innovative solutions to broadband infrastructure development with and in rural and remote[…]

Community First Mile Stories

Posted on March 31, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

These community stories showcase innovative uses of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) by First Nations communities across Canada. They were written in collaboration with members of First Nations communities and organizations. In all cases the stories that appear here have been verified by organization and/or community members. Thank-you to all the community members who helped[…]

Tyendinaga takes control of the First Mile

Posted on March 29, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

First Mile Field Notes : Tyendinaga takes control of the First Mile By Rob McMahon, Kevin Maracle and Chris Maracle Note: This is an introduction to Tyendinaga’s First Mile connectivity story – in the coming months, community-produced videos will offer more detail of the history of community-driven technology development in Tyendinaga… High-speed broadband fibre runs[…]

Grunt Gallery, Beatnation and Online Aboriginal Hip Hop Youth Culture

Posted on March 29, 2015December 23, 2016 by brianbeaton

‘The Witness’ by Bunky Echo Hawk Rapper and Writer Ostwelve Ron Harris Still shot from Leena Minifie’s ‘Geeka’ Beat Nation and grunt gallery : Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture, based in Vancouver B.C., is a virtual community featuring young Aboriginal artists from across Canada, the United States, and South America with one First Nations artist, Ron[…]

Sunchild E-Learning Centre

Posted on March 29, 2015January 11, 2017 by brianbeaton

On August 19, 2010 the Sunchild E-Learning Centre celebrated its tenth year of delivering quality distance education to Aboriginal learners throughout Alberta and the NWT. The Sunchild E-learning Centre started when, “[i]n 1999, members of the Sunchild First Nation considered the lack of education in their community and decided alternative methods were needed to reach Aboriginal[…]

Digital Futures 2015

Posted on March 23, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

Digital Futures conference in Edmonton, Alberta. Digital Futures 2015 March 26 & 27, 2015 Held for the first time in the fall of 2013, this multi-stakeholder engagement on all things rural broadband has become a premiere national event in Canada around broadband policy in the main, with emphasis on advanced rural network development in particular.[…]

Complete publication list with links for download

Posted on March 21, 2015December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

Click here to download a pdf document with a list of all our publications and abstracts with hyperlinks (updated January 2016). You can search the document for keywords then click on the link to download the relevant publication. This pdf document that you can download contains the references, abstracts and links to all our publications[…]

Community Informatics and Urban Planning

Posted on March 14, 2015June 2, 2017 by brianbeaton

Vol 10, No 3 (2014) Special Issue: Community Informatics and Urban Planning Table of Contents Editorial Community Informatics in Cities: New Catalysts for Urban Change HTML Liisa Marjatta Horelli, David Sadoway Smart Cities vs. Smart Communities: Empowering Citizens not Market Economics HTML Michael Gurstein Read full Issue