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On November 2-4, 2003, HRDC's Learning Policy Directorate hosted a small gathering of invited guests to discuss their "lifelong learning policy framework". Participants were provided with a number of documents before the sessions and asked to discuss a set of questions at the session. These questions included:

• What do we mean by Learning Communities?
• What are the emerging Learning Community models and do any hold particular relevance for the Canadian context?
• What are the critical enabling factors for learning at the community level?
• What happens when you introduce learning as an organizing principle in the community?
• How does learning need to be positioned to ensure sustainable economic and social development?
• What are the elements of a national framework to enable the development of learning communities?

The event was held in Cranbrook BC and participants stayed at the Delta St Eugene Mission School, a completely renovated and modern hotel complex owned by the Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council. From Chief Sophie Pierre we learned that this former residential school was opened 9 months ago by the people from Ktunaxa/Kinbasket Tribal Council. Nestled in the Rocky Mountain Valley surrounded by the mountains this very special site hosts a world famous golf course, a casino, meeting rooms and the interpretative centre. Click here to visit the interpretative centre web site and meet Isaac Birdstone for a tour of the old mission school and learn about the heritage of the people from this region.

Click here to check out the pictures from this trip.

Personal web pages at MyKnet.org continue to be the most popular on-line space for the Nishnawbe Aski to browse. In October there were over 13 millions hits on this K-Net server (an additional 2 million hits from the previous month)!

All together there were over 20 MILLION hits occurring on the six most popular monitored K-Net servers throughout October. Specifically, on these six servers with traffic graphs, there were a total of 20,619,828 hits made to these on-line services provided by Keewaytinook Okimakanak. The six servers include myknet.org, knet.ca, webmail.knet.ca, hosting.knet.ca, highschool.knet.ca and photos.knet.ca.

Most of the K-Net servers that are being monitored for hits, visits and usage statistics using the webalizer program again showed an increase during the month. But http://myknet.org rose by another 2 million hits to demonstrate the rapid take up of these communication tools among users across the north.

Please note:

• other on-line K-Net services, such as K-Net chat and the video streamer are not included in these numbers;
• the numbers for myknet.org are located on two charts (http://myknet.org/webalizer/old and http://myknet.org/webalizer);
• server traffic monitoring information is located at http://tech.knet.ca/~tech/monitoring.

Everyone is invited to read Keewaytinook Internet High School's Fall 2003 newsletter.

Click here to view the newsletter (900k PDF document).

Robert Semple and Terra Anderson from Kasabonika First Nation are working together to support the development of broadband applications in their community. On Friday, Oct 24, they met with K-Net staff to discuss ongoing K-Net support for our partner First Nations utilizing the public benefit C-Band resource for broadband connectivity.

Discussions included:

• challenges and issues concerning the present level of service;
• overview of the existing network and the various components;
• introduction of available support services, staff and resources;
• tour of facilities, systems and components;
• review of network costs and pricing formula;
• introduction of the on-line video conferencing booking and network management systems;
• future developments including the construction of the big dish, additional bandwidth resources, scheduling system and partnerships;
• demonstrations of network applications.

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There are many places to report SPAM or internet marketing schemes. Take the time to report emails such as the one above.

Jesse Fiddler, K-Net Multi-Media Manager, has accepted an invitation from the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) to attend the World Summit on the Information Society gathering in Geneva the week of December 8.

From their web site, "the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) emerged from the 2001 Summit of the Americas. It is the forum for hemispheric innovation in the application of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to strengthen democracy, create prosperity, and realize human potential.... The ICA is currently being incubated at Industry Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in Ottawa and Montevideo."

K-Net staff are working with our network partners to determine if we can connect into the WSIS gathering over the Kuh-ke-nah Network. The Chiefs of Keewaytinook Okimakanak are meeting in Winnipeg the week of December 8 and are inviting other First Nation leaders to a "Smart Fair" on December 10 where we are planning to schedule a video connection with the Canadian Pavilion in Geneva to showcase First Nation innovation in the use of ICTs to the world.

In the words of UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, in 2003, the World Summit on the Information Society offers

• a unique opportunity to shape the future of the information society’ so that all people can enjoy its benefits ; and
• a platform for developing a shared vision of ways to create a truly inclusive information society that serves and empowers all people.

For more information about WSIS check out these web sites:

• The official United Nations (ITU) WSIS web site
• The Canadian government WSIS web site
• The Community Networking WSIS web site (civil society)

Sandy Lake's local band is going to rock their local school tonight. Fans are welcome to come and watch their local rock band at the Thomas Fiddler Memorial High School gym.

Sandy Lake Outsiderz are planning to rock out more concerts for Sandy Lake at next week's halloween bash and then again on New Year's eve.

Check out our web site at http://outsidersband.myknet.org

The Keewaytinook Internet High School Steering Committee met at the Best Western in Dryden, to discuss the success of the program and to plan for the present year. The KiHS Steering Committee is made up of a member from each the 13 KiHS partner communities. The steering committee makes decisions that deal with policy and programming for the program and brings a better community perspective to the planning process.

The meetings on Wednesday and Thursday were very productive. It was commented many times that the program is providing some great opportunities to the students in the partner communities. Many students are now able to remain at home for longer periods of time before having to leave the community to earn high school credits.

Some of the issues that were discussed at the meeting were:

1. Student attendance
2. Ways to get parents involved more with the community classrooms
3. Local promotion of the program
4. Achievement levels
5. Ways to motivate the students
6. Program changes
7. Staffing
8. Funding

There were many other topics discussed and plans are made to include several of the suggestions over the course of the year. Overall it was a great two days of meetings and the steering committee left with many ideas to bring back to the community, parents, and students.

KiHS is becoming a very important part of our partner communities, and being able to stay at home and earn the same caliber of credits that students could get in any school in Ontario, is a factor which is motivating much interest.

If you are a student in one of the KiHS partner communities and are looking to earn high school credits, talk to the KiHS teacher, or contact the office at 807 735 1381. We are always willing to accept new students.

Darrin Potter
KiHS Principal

NOVEMBER 19-22, 2003

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Representatives from Eabamatoong and Webequie spent the day meeting with K-Net staff and Carl Seibel, FedNor Telecom Projects Officer. Nanajean Waswa is the Eabamatoong Cable TV Manager. Lorraine Shewaybick, Employment Counsellor and Lisa Shewaybick, Distance Education Coordinator travelled from Webequie to attend the one day workshop. The workshop was hosted by K-Net to provide ongoing support for partner First Nations utilizing the public benefit C-Band resource for broadband connectivity.

Discussions included:

• challenges and issues concerning the present level of service;
• overview of the existing network and the various components;
• introduction of available support services, staff and resources;
• tour of facilities, systems and components;
• review of network costs and pricing formula;
• introduction of the on-line video conferencing booking and network management systems;
• future developments including the construction of the big dish, additional bandwidth resources, scheduling system and partnerships;
• demonstrations of network applications.