K-Net hosts Manitoba government official for partnership discussions
Maurice Montreuil, Director, Broadband Initiatives, Energy science & Technology with the Manitoba provincial government, traveled to Sioux Lookout yesterday to meet with K-Net staff. Some of the discussions were about how the remote communities in Northern Manitoba might benefit from the infrastructure resources that are part of the Kuhkenah Network. In particular the services in place to support the satellite served First Nations in Northern Ontario and Quebec were of interest to Maurice.
A video conference with Chief Roy Gray and his council from their band office in Fort Severn provided both an effective demonstration of the operation of the network as well as some answers concerning the development and sharing of applications serving these remote communities. Quick tours of the telehealth and teleradiology sites at Menoyawin Health Centre (thanks to Carol Woods and Dermot McLoughlin) provided Maurice with a clear picture of the potential for developing the proper infrastructure to support these types of applications.