Archive - May 18, 2008

KO team presents K-Net and telemedicine stories at NE LHIN gathering in North Bay

Penny Carpenter, K-Net's Business Manager and Tina Kakepetum-Schultz, KOTM's Community Liaison presented at the NE LHIN Aboriginal Summit, “A New Health Environment” that was held in North Bay on May 14 and 15. 

From Northeastern Ontario LHIN 13 web site

Thunder Bay Youth Rally supporting KI-6 - bus departing from Victoriaville Mall at 9 amn

 Thunder Bay Youth Rally May 19, 2008.

 A shuttle bus will be departing at 9:00 am from Victoriaville Centre, 600 Victoria Avenue East, Archibald entrance. People who require a ride to the correctional centre are asked to be at Victoriaville at 8:30 am.

9:00 am   Leaving for the Correctional Centre

10:00 am - 12:00 pm  Youth Rally

12:30 pm -   4:00 pm  Youth Forum @ Fort William Community Centre, Fort William Reserve

Article about videoconferencing being used in remote First Nations for economic development

From Wawatay's Sagatay magazine

Videoconferencing connects remote communities

Videoconferencing is like a winter road network that is open all year. As with the winter roads, videoconferencing is vital to northern communities. People use it to connect in real-time and face-to-face. But instead of travelling, they stay in their own communities and talk with people in other communities on a television screen.