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Carmen Sandiego is not the only traveller on the move via the computer ... KO's Jamie Ray is a globe trotter assisting First Nation schools to get better connectivity. Earlier this week, Jamie was in Wabigoon helping develop the local community network. Click here to see his pictures and story about this development.

Now in Bearskin assisting with the new KiHS classroom there. He also took some time to help improve connectivity and the computer network at the Bearskin elementary school.

He tested the videoconferencing unit in the KiHS classroom by calling Wesley McKay and Brian Walmark at the KO Research Institute.

Greg Ross, Assoicate Dean of Research with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, met with KO's Brian Walmark to discuss opportunities to work together. Greg is interested in the various ICT applications that KO has developed in telehealth and teleeducation. He would also like to work with the KO Research Institute to improve the research capacity of First Nation communities in the North.

For more information, email Brian Walmark at KORI