Internet access to remote areas an important step for Canadians

Posted on December 24, 2016January 5, 2017 by brianbeaton

From http://medicinehatnews.com/commentary/opinions/2016/12/24/internet-access-to-remote-areas-an-important-step-for-canadians/ Internet access to remote areas an important step for Canadians BY MEDICINE HAT NEWS OPINON ON DECEMBER 24, 2016. Seven First Nation youth died in Thunder Bay, Ont., between 2000 and 2011. These youth had spent their earliest years in remote First Nation communities — accessible by long winding gravel roads, or small aircraft,[…]

Interviews of professors about their research and work with Indigenous communities

Posted on December 14, 2016January 5, 2017 by brianbeaton

Two professor were recently interviewed about their research and work with Indigenous communities .. Marie-Odile Junker, a linguistics professor at Carleton University and lead of the Algonquian Linguistic Atlas http://www.universityaffairs.ca/magazine/sponsored-content/smart-ideas-qa-marie-odile-junker-alsatian-loves-algonquian-languages Jo-ann Archibald on Indigenous “storywork” Associate dean for Indigenous Education and Director of the Indigenous Teacher Education Program (NITEP) at the University dans quel pays[…]

Líl̓wat Nation receives federal funding to construct Tśzil Learning Centre

Posted on December 13, 2016January 5, 2017 by brianbeaton

ISED Press Release Government of Canada invests in new Tśzil Learning Centre The Government of Canada values the role of post-secondary institutions as they help equip young Canadians with the education and training they need for future careers that will help them join a strong, healthy middle class. Today’s $7.21-million investment in the Tśzil Learning Centre[…]

MWC-FNI Report: Supporting Indigenous Language and Cultural Resurgence with Digital Technologies

Posted on November 2, 2016June 2, 2017 by brianbeaton

The Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC) and the First Nations Innovation (FNI) research project at the University of New Brunswick teamed up to produce a SSHRC-funded Knowledge Synthesis report entitled: Supporting Indigenous Language and Cultural Resurgence with Digital Technologies David Perley, Director of MWC and Susan O’Donnell, lead investigator of the FNI led the production of this report.[…]

FMCC members present at Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation conference

Posted on October 21, 2016December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

Susan O’Donnell and Brian Beaton delivered presentations at this year’s Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (http://crrf.ca) conference in Guelph, ON on October 12 to 15. The session, entitled “Technology in Rural, Northern & Aboriginal Communities” included a discussion about the ISED report completed by the FMCC team in January 2016 and a description of the First[…]

FMCC Team Presents at World Forum on Free Media Conference

Posted on September 15, 2016December 27, 2016 by brianbeaton

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[…]

First Nations in Northern Ontario Innovate with Social Media Tools

Posted on July 6, 2016December 4, 2017 by brianbeaton

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[…]

Rebooting Canada’s Communication Legislation Conference in Ottawa – May 22-23, 2015

Posted on April 13, 2015June 2, 2017 by brianbeaton

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 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.[…]

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