Whitehorse – Yukon Friday, 3 February 2012, 11:56 AM By Jo-Anne Gatey, Videoconferencing Coordinator, Council of Yukon First Nations A few years ago the department of Health & Social Services (HSS) of the Yukon Government (YG) provided each Health Centre in the communities of the Yukon with Telehealth video conferencing. As timely access to appropriate[…]
Slate Falls First Nation – Ontario Monday, 30 January 2012, 11:52 AM By Wes Angees, Band Technician, Slate Falls First Nation, Ontario, with Rob McMahon Wes Angees won’t be out of a job any time soon. That’s because he’s the band technician for Slate Falls. He keeps the local phones running, connects people to the[…]
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Hay River – Northwest Territories Monday, 16 January 2012, 12:42 PM Setting up Skype for Community Meetings By Henry Tambour, K’atl’odeeche First Nation, with Rob McMahon is a member of the . Henry Tambour works as the band’s network technician. He is helping build the community’s new fibre optic network. He also helps set up[…]
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[…]
View from the bridge: Videoconferencing Sioux Lookout – Ontario Tuesday, 13 December 2011, 11:36 AM By Lyle Johnson, videoconferencing bridge coordinator, K-Net, Keewaytinook Okimakanak This story is adapted from a VideoCom research paper (#50) about Videoconferencing for First Nations Community-Controlled Education, Health and Development. The full paper has been accepted for publication in the Electronic[…]
Elsipogtog – New Brunswick Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 12:38 PM Students in Elsipogtog produced four excellent First Mile videos about connectivity in their communities! Click to watch Global Community Click to watch Why Not!? Click to watch Smart Phone Click to watch Your Brain on Fibre Optics Find out more Videos produced through the Atlantic[…]
Eskasoni – Nova Scotia Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 12:52 PM Students in Eskasoni produced three excellent First Mile videos about connectivity in their communities! Click to watch What do YOU do on the Internet? Click to watch Princess Pageant Click to watch Nothing [Making of] Find out more Videos produced through the Atlantic Canada First[…]
Lennox Island – Prince Edward Island Tuesday, 6 December 2011, 12:57 PM Students in Lennox Island produced two excellent First Mile videos about connectivity in their communities! Click to watch Dial-up Blues Click to watch First Messaging Find out more Videos produced through the Atlantic Canada First Nations Help Desk
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.[…]