Pic River – Ontario Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 12:11 PM Danica Gagne from Pic River completed two more First Mile videos about technology in her community. See her other video interviews here. These videos came from this year’s Youth ICT workshop. Flash video Danica interviews several members of her community about ICTs. Flash video Danica interviews[…]
Akwesasne – Ontario Wednesday, 16 May 2012, 12:35 PM Shara Francis-Herne from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation just finished two more videos through this year’s Youth ICT workshop. Watch her first video here. Flash video In this video, Shara interviews local high school students about what the internet means to them. Flash video This video describes[…]
Akwesasne – Ontario Thursday, 26 April 2012, 11:13 AM Shara Francis-Herne from the Akwesasne Mohawk Nation made this video through this year’s Youth ICT workshop. In this video, Shara interviews several people in the community. She asks how people in Akwesasne are developing and using local broadband and communications networks. These local broadband champions talk[…]
Mishkeegogamang – Ontario Tuesday, 3 April 2012, 11:34 AM Desiree Gray from Mishkeegogamang Ojibway Nation in Ontario made this video through this year’s Youth ICT workshop. In this video, Desiree interviews several people in the community. She asks how they are using new technologies. In Mishkeegogamang, people use technologies to support the community to handle,[…]
Standoff – Alberta Tuesday, 20 March 2012, 12:56 PM Video shot and edited by John Pantherbone Intro sequence by John Pantherbone In this video Clayton Blood, the communications advisor to Blood Tribe – Kanai Chief and Council, describes the community’s plans to develop a locally owned and operated network. VIDEO TO BE EMBEDDED The Blood[…]
Sioux Lookout – Ontario Monday, 19 March 2012, 01:58 PM AnneMarie Levi gives us an overview of the Dadavan system in Sioux Lookout. The Dadavan is a web-based database management system which provides solutions for First Nations schools such as Nominal Roll reports and Language Immersion. AnneMarie delivered a workshop about Datavan on March 6-8,[…]
Pic River – Ontario Monday, 19 March 2012, 01:51 PM Three videos from Pic River First Nation in Ontario. These videos are contributed by Danica Gagne, who is participating in this year’s Youth ICT workshop. Flash video Danica interviews Jason Burton, IT Manager at Pic River Development Corporation Flash video Danica interviews Sarah Robinson about[…]
Sioux Lookout – Ontario Thursday, 23 February 2012, 11:59 AM By Cal Kenny, Multimedia Producer, K-Net Services with Rob McMahon A free online resource is now available for all community cable plant technicians. The website features forums about operating and maintaining a cable plant. It also features troubleshooting tips, videos and support. Visit the Cable[…]
Fort Severn – Ontario Monday, 20 February 2012, 12:13 PM Fort Severn First Nation’s Broadband Leadership Gains Recognition Videocom Press Release, Feb 7, 2012 Two research papers from Fort Severn First Nation are published this month. The story of the community’s leadership with broadband technologies is being shared with many Canadian and international researchers and[…]
Doig River – British Columbia Sunday, 19 February 2012, 12:28 PM By Dr. Kate Hennessy, Making Culture Lab, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University I had the pleasure of spending last weekend in Fort St. John, B.C. working with former Doig River First Nation chief Garry Oker and SFU PhD Candidate Rob[…]