FNEC’s New Meeting Software – Quebec Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:33 PM In 2006 the First Nations Education Council (FNEC) announced the successful implementation of video-conferencing units in its 22 member communities. Since this time, the videoconferencing has been used for everything from Elders meetings, to education, to telehealth. While this videoconferencing equipment was designed[…]
Dear Elders – -Atlantic Region Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:13 PM Dear Elders, Atlantic Region The Kisiku’k Wklusuwaqnmuow or Dear Elders Project is an ongoing video archive of Mi’kmaq Elders from First Nations communities in Atlantic Canada, including: Eskasoni; Indian Brook; Lennox Island; Membertou; Eel Ground; Bear River; and Wekoqmaq to name a few. Kisiku’k[…]
Keewatin Academy of Information Technology La Ronge – Saskatchewan Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:38 PM By Nick Daigneault and Jason Woodman Simmonds The Keewatin Academy of Information Technology (KAIT) was formed in 2003 and was formally known as the First Nations SchoolNet Academy. A division of the Keewatin Career Development Corporation (KCDC) and partner with[…]
The Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute Fort McPherson, Yellowknife, Tsiigehtchic – Northwest Territories Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:32 PM by the Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute and First Mile contributors The Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute (GSCI) is putting digital technologies and infrastructure to work for the preservation of language, culture, and traditional Gwich’in knowledge[…]
On the Path of The Elders Moose Factory, Ottawa – Ontario Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:30 PM Adapted from work by Stanley L. Louttit, Cle-alls (John Kelly), Elaine Keillor, and Jason Woodman Simmonds A partnership between the Mushkegowuk Cree of Northern Ontario, Carleton University, BlackCherry Digital Media, and Pinegrove Productions has resulted in On the[…]
Natoaganeg (Eel Ground First Nation) Uses Geographic Imagining System (GIS) and Global Positioning System to Protect Traditional Territory, New Brunswick Located in Northern New Brunswick along the South West Miramichi River, Natoaganeg or Eel Ground First Nationis home to over 800 people. The traditional lands of the Natoaganeg cover approximately 7,000 acres of Acadian Forest.[…]
Dryden – Ontario In Ontario, the organization of Chiefs of Ontario (COO), have documented this by passing a resolution in council that adopts in principal the Provincial Safe Drinking Water Act. This act legislates the requirements for potable water quality, operator training, operator certification and transparency of reporting for all facilities treating drinking water in[…]
– British Columbia Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 10:32 PM By Mark Matthew When the Transformative Change Accord (TCA), the First Nations Health PlanTripartite First Nations Help Plan (TFNHP) were signed, First Nations Health Directors and Managers in B.C. made it clear that implementing the TFNHP was not something that could occur “off the side of[…]
Winnipeg – Manitoba Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:34 PM By Joan Harris-Warren and Jason Woodman Simmonds The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs has partnered with the University of Winnipeg, Atoskiwin Training and Employment Centre of Excellence,Broadband Communications North, Information and Communication Technologies Association of Manitoba, Clear Concepts and theFederal Department of Human Resources and Skills Development[…]
Submitted By: Brian Beaton Maori Claim for Spectrum as a Treaty Right Online Presentation on March 30th Graeme Everton delivered a presentation on Maori claims for spectrum as a treaty right. The video-conference and on-line presentation took place out of the First Nation Technology Council office in Vancouver on March 30. Three reference documents to[…]