The First Mile team is busy spreading the news about First Nations digital innovation across Canada! This summer, three delegates from the First Mile Connectivity Consortium (FMCC) traveled to Montreal to present their work at an international conference. Denise Williams from the First Nations Technology Council (B.C.) joined Bill Murdoch from the First Nations Health and Social Secretariat[…]
By Jennifer Leask A modern digital tool like social media likely isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when people consider how to preserve First Nations cultures in Northern Ontario, but sites like Facebook and MyKnet.Org are doing just that – and more – for some communities. When Howard Moose wants to get the[…]
The University of Ottawa’s Centre on Governance and the Forum for Research on Policy in Communications (FRPC) are co-sponsoring a policy and law conference on May 22nd and 23rd, 2015, focussing on Canada’s broadcasting and telecommunications legislation. It will examine issues related to communications sovereignty and the use of new content distribution services, the socio-cultural[…]
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.[…]
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
Northern Ontario – Nunavut Monday, 27 February 2012, 04:58 PM KO-KNET’s Cal Kenny and Angie Morris mentored a group of youth video producers from communities across northern Ontario. After a ‘boot camp’ held in Thunder Bay, project participants brainstormed, scripted, filmed and edited videos. Their videos explored different aspects of technology in their communities. Project[…]
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[…]
Saugeen – Ontario Tuesday, 7 February 2012, 12:39 PM Pamela Machimity is a grade 12 student at KiHS in Saugeen. She just finished her First Mile video! Flash video Click to watch ‘The Internet’ Craig Gray is an ICT worker and a recent graduate of KiHS in Saugeen. He worked with KiHS students, teacher Kevin[…]
DiabeTEXTS: Innovative Diabetes Community Management Keewaytinook Okimakanak Communities – Ontario Monday, 2 January 2012, 12:44 PM By Michael Mak Living with diabetes makes great educational demands on a family. The support and involvement of children and parents alike plays a central role in the management of the disease. The availability of mobile phones is increasingly[…]
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[…]