Topic 10

In our final topic, we introduce the e-Community strategy and explore how it is being implemented in practice. We look at how organizations like the Assembly of First Nations and Keewaytinook Okimakanak’s K-Net Services in Ontario developed this initiative. The e-Community strategy was adopted by First Nations leadership through several resolutions passed by the national Chiefs-in-Assembly. In 2013, it was also articulated in a statement by regional First Nations technology organizations in Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada on First Nations Broadband Infrastructure and Operations Policy. We conclude by examining how the e-Community strategy is being set up in First Nations in Quebec and Ontario.