Archive - Apr 6, 2005

SchoolNet RMO visits Wapekeka First Nation school for career day

Career day at the Reverend Eleazor Winter Memorial School in Wapekeka First Nation included presentations by Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) personnel. Included in the presentations was video conferencing connections with the Sioux Lookout office using the school's new polycom unit. The different classes enjoyed meeting Cal Kenny, K-Net's Graphic Artist and Web Site Designer and Jamie Ray, K-Net's Helpdesk Technician.

Click here to check out the pictures

Students indicated they are using the internet for their own personal homepages and spend a lot of their time visiting other people's web site at http://myknet.org.

LU Aboriginal Education Faculty Members visit KORI

Lakehead University's Aboriginal Education faculty members visit the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute in Thunder Bay  ...

Dr. Rosemary White Shield, Dr. Cecil White Hat of Lakehead University's Aboriginal Education and Dr. John O'Meara, Dean of Graduate Studies visited the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) on April 6, 2005 to discuss research opportunities and Keewaytinook Internet High School (KiHS). The visit included a KiHS presentation by Fort William's KiHS teacher Craig Hardy by video conference. The many successes of KiHS were the topics of conversation as well as the mode of delivery of the secondary courses and of future plans.

For a look at some pictures of the visit click here

to visit the KiHS site click here