Media.Knet.Ca

New website for First Nations information sharing across Canada.  Alanna McKenzie, member of Muskrat Dam continues work in improving First Nation communication from coast to coast.

Have You Got What It Takes?

FragFest 2K5

Zero Hour - 24 hour PC and Xbox gaming marathon!

Congratulations to the students at KiHS who are finishing the last day of classes today for the 2004/2005 school year.  Students are also receiving recognitian for their efforts in an online awards ceremony.  Click here to view the awards page.

Hard work does pay off and students at KiHS have been able to earn valuable high school credits towards their high school diploma while remaining in their home communities.

Please check out our website at www.kihs.knet.ca to see what is planned for next year.  For the 2004/2005 school year we are offering a limited number of courses in Math and English in grade 11 and 12.  If you would like to sign up for a course, please contact the office at the numbers shown on our site. 

From all the staff and students at KiHS, have a safe and enjoyable summer break!

Poplar Hill First Nation Mixed Slow Pitch Baseball Tournament

Date: June 30th - July 3rd, 2005

Entry Fee: $500.00 per Team

6 Local Teams and 4 Outside Teams

 6 Males and 4 Females on a Team

Accommodations Will be Provided

Cash Prize will be awarded

Contact Person(s)

Maggie Moose @ (807) 772 9910 or (w) 772 9963

Darrell Pascal @ (807) 772 9923

Rita Wassaykeesic @ (807) 772 8887

Indigenous Youth Alliance Pow Wow

at the Red Lake District High School

on June 25 and 26, 2005

Friday, June 24, 2005 at 7:00 pm

- Meet and Greet at the Red Lake Indian Friendship Centre

Saturday, June 25

10:00 Opening Ceremonies - dancing, drumming, elder teachings, drum workshop

Sunday, June 26

7:00 Sunrise Ceremony; Drum workshop; Drumming and Dancing; Elder Teachings, Pot luck Feast - bring your dish and join us.

Ahki-Pimadizewening Weecheewaywin Healing Centre Job Opportuntiy

Executive Director

Under the direction of the Regional Board of Directors of the Ahki Pimadizewening Weecheewaywin Healing Centre, the Executive Director will be responsible for the Program Services Delivery and the Management. The Executive Director will be accountable to Nishnawbe Aski Nation and the Aboriginal Healing and Wellness Strategy in program management and operations.

The Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (http://research.knet.ca), the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth project (http://telehealth.knet.ca) and the Keewaytinook Internet High School (http://kihs.knet.ca) are included in the latest issue of the online Community Informatics journal - Vol. 1, No. 3 (2005) of The Journal of Community Informatics has now been published online at http://www.ci-journal.net/viewissue.php?id=7. Congratulations to the team for having their work recognized by academics and other community ICT programs from around the world.

Editorial
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Editorial: Putting Our Work in Context
Michael B. Gurstein, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=106


Articles
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Is Community Informatics Good for Communities?  Questions Confronting an Emerging Field
Randy R Stoecker, University of Toledo
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=14

Community Democratization of Telecommunications Community Cooperatives in Argentina:  The Case Of TELPIN
Susana Finquelievich, LINKS
Graciela Cecilia Kisilevsky,
University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Social Sciences
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=84

Crisis, Farming & Community
Chris Hagar, Graduate School of Library & Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaigne
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=89

Cybercafés and their potential as Community Development Tools in India
Anikar Michael Haseloff, Universität Augsburg
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=68

ICTs and Community and Suggestions for Further Research in Scotland
Anna Malina, e-Society Research and University of Dundee
Ian W. Ball, University of Dundee, Scotland
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=52

Structuration, ICTs, and Community Work
Larry Stillman, Monash University, Melbourne Australia
Randy  Stoecker, University of Toledo
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=54


Points of View
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Community Networking as Radical Practice
Garth Graham,
Victoria, Canada http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=88


Notes and cases from the field (practitioners)
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Position Paper: Turning the Corner with First Nations Telehealth
Geordi Kakepetum, Keewaytinook Okimakanak
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=105

Report From the Field: The RICTA Meeting Video
Susan O'Donnell, National Research Council Canada
Brian Walmark, Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute
Cal Kenny, Knet, Keewaytinook Okimakanak
http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=104

KiHS: Bridging the Traditional and Virtual Classroom in Canada's First Nation Schools
Brian Walmark, Keewaytinook Okimakanak http://www.ci-journal.net/viewarticle.php?id=34


The Journal of Community Informatics
http://www.ci-journal.net/

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K-Net's Network Manager (Dan Pellerin) and Operations Administrator (Jeannie Carpenter) took a charter to visit three remote First Nations today. They picked up Bill Blair and another member of his team from Blair Electronics in Thunder Bay for the trip.

Marten Falls is part of the FedNor funded initiative to put a C-Band satellite earthstation in place to deliver a community broadband connectivity solution to support health, education and economic development initiatives. Fort Albany and Kashechewan are exploring ways to establish an interim broadband service for their communities while their planned fibre network gets constructed over the next three years.

Keewaytinook Okimakanak was invited by Fort Albany (lead by EDO Chris Metatawabin) to work together to put a solution into place as soon as possible so they can use these tools to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the signing of Treaty 9 with the world.
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Chief Roy Gray was re-elected for another term as Fort Severn's leader. Dennis Bluecoat takes on the role as Deputy Chief. New councillors include Connie Thomas, Kenny Thomas and Mike Bluecoat.

Congratulations to everyone who ran for election and best wishes and lots of successes to the Fort Severn Chief and Council for the upcoming term.