Community Stories
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First Mile Video: Tyendinaga Community Services and ICT
Monday, 10 September 2012, 03:03 PMHigh-speed broadband is essential to the daily operation of many public services within a community. This video showcases some of the struggles two very different community services face when limited connectivity services are available. Read more...
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KOTM Facilitates Chiefs Forum on H1N1 Through Videoconferencing
Friday, 31 August 2012, 01:32 PM In spring of 2009, the H1N1 influenza epidemic was a significant health threat in communities across the country. To help combat the disease in Ontario communities, Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telemedicine (KOTM) organized in-person workshops for community leaders and healthcare workers.
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 16 January 2013
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The Red Road Project
Monday, 23 July 2012, 08:56 PM The Red Road Project is an initiative launched by the Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey community in early 2012. The goal of the project is to educate First Nations youth on the dangers of substance abuse, and lead them away from the influence of peer pressure. Read more...
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First Mile Video: The First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI)
Friday, 6 July 2012, 12:11 AMThe First Nations Technical Institute (FNTI) provides post-secondary training, in a variety of fields, to Aboriginal people across Ontario. All of FNTI's programs are grounded in Aboriginal values and approaches to learning. However, FNTI faces technological barriers in providing distance education to students.
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First Mile Video: The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) Network
Friday, 6 July 2012, 12:03 AMThe Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte (MBQ) Network is a First Nations owned, local broadband development project in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Tyendinaga developed the MBQ Network to address the lack of local broadband infrastructure.
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First Mile Video: Tyendinaga as a Frontier for Information and Communication Technology Development
Thursday, 5 July 2012, 11:53 PMBack in the 1980s, people in Tyendinaga built IBM-compatible PCs and programmed software to meet community needs (such as the Post-Secondary Information System). Since then, the community has continued to overcome technological barriers in order to have access to the Internet and other modern technologies.
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Northern Ontario First Nations Upgrade from End-of-Life Microwave and Satellite Connections to Fibre Optic Cable to Deliver Broadband Services
Wednesday, 27 June 2012, 01:02 PM 26 communities in Northern Ontario can expect to have access to a new, faster broadband infrastructure by 2014. The Northwestern Ontario Broadband Expansion Initiative (NWOBEI) was initiated in the Spring of 2009, and construction work got underway in Spring 2011.
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First Mile video from KiHS in Sachigo Lake
Monday, 25 June 2012, 12:09 PMThis video shows the importance of connectivity in Sachigo Lake, which is a remote fly-in community in northern Ontario.
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First Mile Video from Mishkeegogamang
Monday, 25 June 2012, 11:49 AMChief Connie Gray-McKay speaks about how new technology in the Mishkeegogamang community has helped her to communicate better with her council and community members about important issues.
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First Mile videos from KiHS in Fort Severn
Friday, 22 June 2012, 06:02 PMKeewaytinook Internet High School Students in Fort Severn produced three videos for the First Mile project.
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*** Coming Spring 2013 - Journal of Community Informatics (JoCI) Special Issue: The First Mile of Broadband Connectivity in Communities ***
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