Archive - 2003
February 16th
Sioux Lookout Nurses-In-Charge Workshop includes KO Telehealth Project
February 16, 2003 - 10:32am | by AnonymousDonna Williams, KO's Telehealth Coordinator and Carol Wood, Menoyawin Health Centre's Telehealth Coordinator provided workshop participants with an orientation session about the use of the telemedicine suite of tools. A live connection with the Deer Lake Nursing station was completed with Lily Sawanas, the Deer Lake Telehealth Coordinator (see the pictures from the session).
Clarification about the telemedicine suite and video conferencing equipment that is now available in most Sioux Lookout First Nations was discussed using the hand-out prepared for this gathering.
Fort Severn Workshop Highlight Community Plans for ICTs
February 16, 2003 - 9:44am | by AnonymousWorkshops held in Fort Severn during the week of February 10 highlighted many of the achievements made over the past two years of the Smart Communities Demonstration project. Pictures of the four day series of sessions and special events are available in the K-Net Photo Gallery.
The information from the two previous ICT community planning and community engagement sessions was reviewed and discussed each day to identify what has changed and how these communication tools are now being used in Fort Severn. These two sessions are available on-line (December 1999 session and the January 2002 workshops) for review. The remainder of each day was spent examining the work that remains to be completed during the final year of the Smart Communities demonstration project.
February 13th
Aroland Chiefs Call on the Ontario Gov't to Address Grassy Narrows Concerns
February 13, 2003 - 11:18pm | by AnonymousPRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 12, 2003
Chiefs Call on the Ontario Government to Address Grassy Narrows Concerns(AROLAND, ON) In response to a call to action, Aroland, Hornepayne, Moose Cree, Constance Lake, Cat Lake, and Mishkeegogamang First Nations in northern Ontario have joined together in their support of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, who have been blocking a forest access road north of Kenora since December 3, 2002.
Aroland First Nation have erected a road blockade of their own for an indefinite period
of time to show their support and to raise awareness of the common issues shared by all First Nations impacted by forestry activities, Mishkeegogamang First Nation also plans to hand out information on their road, and others have sent in support letters, and others such as Hornepayne First Nation are considering erecting a blockade of their own at some later date.Chiefs involved in this issue point out the direct relation between First Nation blockades and the Ontario government’s unwillingness to sit at the table to address fundamental issues such as Aboriginal and Treaty rights. A clear example of this was a December 2002 motion in parliament put forth by the NDP that pertained to revenue sharing with First Nations, that was quashed by the Conservative government.
They wish to also bring attention to fact that they feel the manner in which the Grassy Narrows issue is being dealt with is flawed. At present, district MNR officials have made statements of failed discussions with Grassy Narrows, but they neglect to add that the reasons behind this is because First Nations’ concerns can only be resolved at the Ministerial level. At this point, Chief Sonny Gagnon of the Aroland First Nation is, "calling for an unequivocal response from the Minister of Natural Resources and the Premier on how they plan to address Grassy Narrows First Nation, and to deal with the subsequent blockade Aroland First Nation has erected."
First Nation leaders are beginning to believe that it is "very cowardly of the Ontario government to allow the loggers and private business owners to be on the front line and be lead to believe that First Nations are against them." First Nations feel that it is time for the public to know that by not doing anything, their government is only perpetuating the problem. The issues of Aboriginal and Treaty rights, as entrenched in Canada’s Constitution, will not go away if ignored. Once and for all, some one in government has to find the courage to do the right thing and deal with Aboriginal people with respect and understanding.
Activities taking place on February 12, 2003 include a fundraising dinner and social in Grassy Narrows at the school auditorium at 6:00, tickets available at the door and all are welcome to attend.
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Media Enquiries: Chief Sonny Gagnon, Aroland First Nation (807) 329-5970
February 12th
Sun transit outages for satellite sites.
February 12, 2003 - 11:51pm | by AnonymousThis affects the satellite communities of:
* Fort Hope
* Webequie
* Weagamow Lake
* Slate Falls
* Sachigo Lake
* Fort Severn
* Kasabonika
Between the dates of February 22nd and March 3rd, 2003, short periods of network unavailability will occur as the sun passes directly behind the satellite.
This generally lasts about 7 to 15 minutes. Below is a chart of expected start and end times for the outages.
Outage | Start | End | Duration | Max C/N |
FEB. 25 | 19:43:05 | 19:50:17 | 7.2 | 1.81 |
FEB. 26 | 19:40:55 | 19:52:07 | 11.2 | 4.76 |
FEB. 27 | 19:39:32 | 19:53:08 | 13.6 | 10.36 |
FEB. 28 | 19:38:46 | 19:53:34 | 14.8 | 14.66 |
MAR. 1 | 19:38:22 | 19:53:34 | 15.2 | 16.76 |
MAR. 2 | 19:38:10 | 19:53:22 | 15.2 | 16.5 |
MAR. 3 | 19:38:22 | 19:52:46 | 14.4 | 13.84 |
MAR. 4 | 19:38:57 | 19:51:45 | 12.8 | 8.99 |
MAR. 5 | 19:39:56 | 19:50:20 | 10.4 | 3.42 |
MAR. 6 | 19:42:30 | 19:47:18 | 4.8 | 1.64 |
Thanks to SSI Micro for providing the table.
Dan Pellerin
Network Manager
K-Net Services.
February 10th
Planning for the use of ICTs in Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations
February 10, 2003 - 11:14pm | by Anonymous
This year, the Community ICT Planning Workshops are being planned and hosted by the local Smart teams in each of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations. Simultaneous sessions are being held in Fort Severn and North Spirit Lake beginning the week of February 10.
On the first evening of the week long workshop some participants from each of the two communities met to discuss the plans for the upcoming sessions. In Fort Severn, Madeleine Stoney (e-Centre Manager), Barney Turtle (Multi-Media Producer), Angus Miles (Network Technician) and Anne Koostachin (CAP Worker) have worked with the different community programs and boards to plan a full session for everyone involved in Health, Education and Economic Development activities in their community. In North Spirit Lake, Darlene Rae (e-Centre Manager), Arnold Thompson (Multi-Media Producer), Paul Campbell (Network Technician) and James Rae (CAP Worker) are coordinating the workshops for their community.
Tuesday, Feb 11, will bring the local health teams together to discuss how they wish to see ICTs used in their workplace and in the development and provision of services for community members. The folks involved providing education services and programs in the communities will come together on Wednesday. The workshops wrap up on Thursday with interested community members, businesses and leaders discussing various economic development efforts and how ICTs can be used to complement and support their efforts.
February 6th
Presentation of Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal to Ennis Fiddler
February 6, 2003 - 4:01pm | by AnonymousOn the morning of February 6, Howard Hampton, MPP for Kenora-Rainy River and leader of the NDP, presented Ennis Fiddler with the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal for his contributions over the years in his community and across the region.
The entire event was broadcast live over Sandy Lake community radio and webcast from the Kuh-ke-nah Network office in Sioux Lookout.
The event is archived and available for viewing from the http://smart.firstnation.ca web site. Read the entire story Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal Presentation to Ennis Fiddler, watch the 20 minute video clip on-line and leave your congratulatory comments for Ennis.
INAC Minister Nault Making National Announcement using Kuh-ke-nah Network
February 6, 2003 - 6:31am | by AnonymousOn Saturday February 8, INAC Minister Nault will be making a national announcement that will be broadcast from the Keewaytinook Okimakanak boardroom in Balmertown starting at 2 p.m. EST.
Final details are being worked out by the minister's office inviting the media to a video conference meeting location in Ottawa. Other media sources are invited to participate in person at the KO office in Balmertown. Ken Williams and Keren Pugliese are the Ottawa contacts for the minister’s office.
The video conferencing session will be streamed over the Internet from the
http://smart.firstnation.ca web site. Some of the remote First Nations in the region are being invited to participate in this event.February 4th
DFC mourns for the death of respected elder
February 4, 2003 - 6:05pm | by AnonymousThunder Bay- Students and Staff at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay are mourning after a death of elder Johnny Tait of Sachigo Lake First Nation.
Tait, who has been working at DFCHS since its opening in 2000 was a leader, teacher and a guide throughout the hardships that the students had to take. He was one of the must respective people we've known. His love, devotion and courage helped all those around him to have a great success.
Despite his illness, he managed to hold on and tell everyone about God and what he can do. He accomplished his father's will on February 3 at around 1:30 am EST.
The following night, NAN hosted a memorial singing night at the DFCHS gymnasium where about half of the students showed up to encourage and support the family.
The next morning, all students were taken to the Jenkens Funeral home to attend a viewing of the body, which was followed by a service. Everyone that knew Tait, came out to show their last respect to their friend and brother in Christ.
Tait's body has been taken to Sachigo Lake where they'll have a service there on Thursday.
Tait, will be sadly missed by his fellow workers and most importantly, the students he worked with at DFCHS.
Gone, but not forgotten....
Weagamow's Broomball Tournament Report
February 4, 2003 - 6:01pm | by AnonymousAn anonymous fan submitted the following report ...
Over the weekend three teams from two different communities came to Weagamow Lake to play in our broomball tournament. There were three local teams participating in this event.
The teams from Weagamow were called the Renegades, the Raiders along with one other. The two Muskrat Dam teams were named the Wings and Muskrat Dogs. The one team from Mishkeegogamang called themselves the Falcons.
The Falcons were awesome, they won every one of their games. The Falcons took all the money home.
Good job Falcons ... come back to Weagamow soon.
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J.M and I.M from Oz, come back soon. Good going Falcons !!!!!! Your team is good and you know it.......KO Telehealth Project presentation at NAHO in Ottawa in January
February 4, 2003 - 9:22am | by Anonymous
The conference was an incredible experience. There were hundreds of people involved in Aboriginal health from all over Canada. Between 30 and 50 attended my presentation.
I heard may good things about NAHO, that they were accomplishing a lot in a short time, and that it was seen as a dynamic, highly functional organization. Valerie Gideon, who was working as a Health Information Policy Analyst in the Policy & Research Unit within the organization (informatics, telehealth, FNHIS, etc) has been recently promoted to Director of the Aboriginal stream within the organization. She is very excited about our project and is promoting it as a "success" story.
We also had some adventures connecting to North Spirit Lake for the demonstration portion of my presentation. The technicians there did not have a 3 port NT1 device to be able to use the 3 ISDN lines. So we were only able to connect at 128kbps. The image was okay for the presentation as long as there was little movement (tough with the young person). The sound transmission was good.
Julie and her grandson in North Spirit Lake did a great job of showing how telehealth was benefiting her community. Audience participants came to me and told me that it was very grounding to see what accessing services can be like at a community level.