Thursday, October 5, 2017 MATAWA FIRST NATIONS WELCOME REQUIRED FEDERAL AND PROVINCIAL INVESTMENTS TO PROCEED WITH A STATE OF THE ART FIBRE-TO-THE-HOME HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND INTERNET THUNDER BAY, ON: Matawa First Nations today welcomed funding commitments to assist in bringing state of the art fibre-to-the-home high-speed broadband to internet dead spots in 5 fly-in/remote First Nations[…]
From BRIEFS | THE WIRE REPORT PUBLISHED: MONDAY, 01/23/2017 Two rural Ontario areas receive $2.53M to improve connectivity The federal and Ontario governments are making available $2.53 million in funding to improve Internet service in two areas of the province, the federal government announced in a press release Monday. “In King Township, the project will expand[…]
Brian Beaton met today (Tuesday, January 17, 2017) via videoconference with the Matawa First Nations broadband team during their meetings in Thunder Bay. Brian introduced the Matawa team to the work of the First Mile Connectivity Consortium. Discussions included: introductions Description of the work being undertaken by the Matawa First Nations broadband team What is[…]
from http://www.matawa.on.ca/ Tuesday, January 17, 2017 MATAWA FIRST NATIONS COMMENCE TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON NEW FEDERAL BROADBAND FUNDING AND MOVE FORWARD WITH ESTABLISHING A TELECO THUNDER BAY, ON: Matawa First Nations today announced their plans to commence talks with government officials on new federal broadband funding called Connect to Innovate which was launched by the[…]
From http://www.metronews.ca/news/ottawa/2016/12/21/ottawa-community-houses-strikes-deal-to-provide-internet.html Ottawa Community Houses strikes deal to provide affordable Internet The special price of $25 for unlimited Internet is a partnership with not-for-profit National Capital FreeNet. Internet service is often a necessity for children doing their homework. By: Haley Ritchie Metro Published on Wed Dec 21 2016 Ottawa Community Housing has reached a deal with[…]
Bandwidth: Kids Built Their Own Internet Infrastructure A story in Motherboard about how First Mile youth in the built and now operate their own broadband infrastructure. The story points to many other examples of innovation taking place in Indigenous communities across Canada, as showcased on the www.firstmile.ca website. Three years ago, the people living in[…]
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[…]
First Mile Field Notes : Tyendinaga takes control of the First Mile By Rob McMahon, Kevin Maracle and Chris Maracle Note: This is an introduction to Tyendinaga’s First Mile connectivity story – in the coming months, community-produced videos will offer more detail of the history of community-driven technology development in Tyendinaga… High-speed broadband fibre runs[…]
MyKnet Northern Ontario – Ontario Friday, 15 February 2013, 03:50 PM By: Lea Choukroun and Edith Drouin Rousseau, based on an interview with Brian Beaton MyKnet is a free online social networking site that was created in 1998. The website originally was a mutation of a stand-alone Bulletin Board system that operated since 1994. The[…]
North Spirit Lake – Ontario Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 02:19 PM First Nation leaders, through the Assembly of First Nations, have adopted the e-Community framework based on the desire to own, control and manage their local infrastructure and services. North Spirit Lake is one of the communities that have adopted this e-Community model. This video[…]