Development Communication in the Canadian North: A University Course Project on First Nations’ Media – -Canada Friday, 15 February 2013, 03:37 PM By: Arne Hintz In winter 2012, 12 students from McGill University in Montreal conducted research on communication projects by Canadian First Nations communities. As part of a combined undergraduate and graduate seminar on[…]
A Different Spin on Development Northern British Columbia – British Columbia Friday, 15 February 2013, 04:09 PM By: Brianna Rowe and Katrina Sieniuc, based on an interview with John Kerr A Different Spin is a video production project established in 2000 by John Kerr. This project trains youth and local residents to film and produce[…]
Alert Bay, British Columbia – British Columbia Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 11:50 AM Early in 2012, Sue Hanley, former coordinator of the First Nations Technology Council of British Columbia (FNTC), attended a student showcase at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver. This event inspired her to develop a project to bring together Masters of[…]
Cowichan Tribes – British Columbia Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 11:25 AM Mustimuhw (pronounced: Moose-tee-mook) is a Coast Salish word meaning “all of the people”. It is also the name of a community electronic medical record (cEMR) management system developed by Cowichan Tribes on Vancouver Island. It is currently used by First Nations across B.C., Saskatchewan[…]
Agassiz – British Columbia Friday, 21 September 2012, 06:59 PM In 2007, the Seabird Island Band launched a wireless broadband network to provide services to their community members. Seabird Wi-fi is fully owned and operated by the band, and receives no external funding. It connects local services such as health and education. It also provides[…]
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[…]
New Beat Nation Video on YouTube – street art in Vancouver Vancouver – British Columbia Thursday, 17 November 2011, 12:18 PM Watch a new video of street art by Corey Bulpitt and Larissa Healey (aka gurl23) on the Beat Nation TV site. This mural is at the Granville St Bridge in Vancouver, painted in June[…]
The Five Pillars or Sector Approach (Traditional Knowledge and Language Sector, Lands and Resources Sector, Economic Sector, Social Sector and Corporate Sector) By Don Maki and Jason Woodman Simmonds There are six bands in the Ktunaxa Nation. Four are located in what is now British Columbia, Canada, and the two others are now in the[…]
Vancouver – British Columbia Tuesday, 4 October 2011, 11:23 PM Beat Nation and grunt gallery : Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture, based in Vancouver B.C., is a virtual community featuring young Aboriginal artists from across Canada, the United States, and South America with one First Nations artist, Ron Harris (Ostwelve), connecting his work with Indigenous[…]
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[…]