Deer Lake – Ontario Friday, 18 November 2011, 03:22 PM ELDER reboot in Deer Lake By Austin Lee About a week and a half after I was introduced to the ELDER project, I had the opportunity to go up to Deer Lake on November 2nd 2011 to introduce the ELDER project to the school there.[…]
Monday, 14 November 2011, 01:29 PM First Nation Youth stake out their role in Canada’s recent federal election The name “Project 60” highlights that it was not until 1960 that First Nation people won the right to vote in Canadian federal elections. The videos featured in Project 60 are made by Native Youth, the nation’s[…]
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[…]
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[…]
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 –[…]
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[…]
– Quebec Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:25 PM By Kerri Gibson Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have great potential to compliment and support the education of our future generations. Fortunately, there are high quality educational programs available that help train individuals, and teachers in particular, on how to creatively integrate ICT into classrooms. The Masters[…]
Sioux Lookout – Ontario Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:05 PM In Memory of Lorraine Kenny (1955-2010) Honouring those whose journey on this earth is over is an important traditional value respected by First Nations. When Lorraine Kenny’s work was completed on this earth, her family decided to honour her memory by making the Raising the[…]