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The First Mile project celebrates locally owned and managed First Nations broadband projects and Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs).
The ‘First Mile’ refers to locally driven broadband initiatives. First Mile broadband includes infrastructure and networks, and it focuses on local connectivity from the perspective of a community. Across Canada, First Nations are building broadband systems. To be effective, these systems must be designed and implemented with local communities from the very start. Community members need access to
08/24/2015
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-first-nations-kids-built-their-own-internet-infrastructure
Bandwidth: How First Nations Kids Built Their Own Internet Infrastructure When you have no other choice, you've got to do it yourself.
A new Firstmile website will be launched soon!
06/11/2014
New First Mile video! Technology use in Kahnawake community schools.
Technology and the Kahnawake Education System This video shows how the Mohawk community of Kahnawake is using technology in its schools. It was produced by Kameron LaHache and the Kahnawake Education Cen...
10/29/2013
New First Mile video documenting K'atl'odeeche First Nation's Fiber Optic Construction project (2011)
Katlodeeche First Nation Fiber Optic Construction 2011 In 2011, Katlodeeche First Nation completed the construction of its local broadband fiber optic network. This short four minute video documents the project. ...
07/09/2013
First Mile Connectivity Consortium and First Nations community networks featured in the Globe and Mail:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/northwestel-rivals-pitch-telecom-projects-at-crtc-hearings/article12693108/
NorthwesTel rivals pitch telecom projects at CRTC hearings Adequate return on investment, favourable regulations key to attracting investment, panel told
07/09/2013
K-Net Meeting Place Welcome to the K-Net Meeting Place, a site to gather around First Nations programs and events. Registration is free. All are welcome.
On June 19 and 20, 2013 the First Mile connectivity consortium, K'atl'odeeche First Nation and the Eeyou Communications Network presented to the CRTC regarding several aspects of Northwestel's proposed Modernization Plan. Generally, the three parties focused on issues of access, affordability, and the potential for infrastructure development in the North to support economic and community development. They argued that northern residents should be offered opportunities to participate in these developments as producers as well as consumers of telecommunications services.
Read more: http://meeting.knet.ca/mp19/mod/resource/view.php?id=4076
03/27/2013
New e-community group in North Spirit Lake - read about this project in Wawatay News:
http://www.wawataynews.ca/archive/all/2013/3/21/new-e-community-group-north-spirit-lake_24286
New e-community group in North Spirit Lake | Wawatay News Keewaytinook Okimakanak has partnered with a group of researchers to get more youth involved in information and communication technologies.
03/15/2013
Free Webinar on rural broadband in Canada
When: Thursday, March 21, 2013 (please RSVP by March 19)
Time: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (CST)
For more information or to register contact Rural Development Institute at: [email protected] / 204-571-8550
Four webinar presenters will share their experience and their role in tackling some of the challenges on rural broadband in Canada.
More information: rural-research-network.blogspot.ca/2013/03/webinars-from-rural-divide-to-rural.html
Canadian Rural Research Network / Réseau canadien de recherche rurale Rural research, Recherche rurale, Canada
An article from Indian Country Today discusses some links between nation (re)building and technology development. It offers some useful learning resources, including:
* Code Academy [ http://www.codecademy.com ]
* Free online tech certificate courses offered through edX [ https://www.edx.org/ ]
The author writes: "[N]ews stories report that even in our current mess of unemployment and the economy, employers still struggle to fill positions in programming jobs. So these jobs do exist. Consequently for us, as more of Indian Country gains access to broadband technologies (cable, DSL, fiber, cable, and wireless), then programming is an ideal job for remote regions since software development is a field that easily allows for telecommuting"
Read the full article here : http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/opinion/tribalism-and-technology-computer-liberation-148063
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