K-Net team brief Roger Valley, Kenora MP on FedNor e-community work

Dan Pellerin, K-Net Network Manager and Brian Beaton, K-Net Coordinator met with Roger Valley on Thursday to discuss strategies for working together to support First Nations across the region in developing telecommunication broadband infrastructure.

The e-Community concept paper outlines Keewaytinook Okimakanak's strategy for working with other First Nations and organizations to develop broadband telecom infrastructure and applications across the province. Click here to see the e-Community concept paper.

As well, Roger was provided with an update on the "Turning the Corner" video presentations in Ottawa. Roger expressed his support for this work and indicated his willingness to facilitate meetings with other First Nation groups interested in developing these resources in their regions.

For more information, everyone is invited to view and share the following resources ...

  1. DVD - video production “Turning the Corner – Using Broadband Effectively in Canada’s North”. The content of the DVD is available on-line at (May 2005) …http://streaming.knet.ca/turning_the_corner_high.wmv
  2. Turning the Corner with First Nations Telehealth position paper - May, 2005 http://knet.ca/documents/KOTelehealth-Position-Paper-May2005.pdf
  3. E-Community Concept paper (April 2005) - http://knet.ca/documents/EComm-concept-final.pdf
  4. Community Aggregation Model (April 2005) - http://knet.ca/documents/community-aggregation.pdf
  5. Report of Keewaytinook Okimakanak C-Band Public Benefit Initiative (March 2005) - http://research.knet.ca/images/upload/05-03-29-Summative-Overview-C-Band-Public-Benefit-KNet1[1].pdf
  6. KIHS information video http://streaming.knet.ca/KiHS/KiHS_300k.wmv
  7. Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telehealth (KOTH) information video http://streaming.knet.ca/telehealth/TH-Evaluation_300k.wmv
  8. DVD video entitled "The K-Net Story ... Weaving the Networked Economy in Kuhkenah First Nation Communities" … (Dec 2004)
  9. The Case Studies produced for the Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (ICA) entitled “Harnessing ICTs: A Canadian First Nations’ Experience” (December 2003) – http://smart.knet.ca/kuhkenah_flash.html (contains videos for each case study listed below)– contains the PDF files along with video footage for five case studies including:
    * Executive Summary – http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/summary.pdf
    * Introduction to K-Net – http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/introduction.pdf
    * K-Net Network Development - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/network.pdf
    * K-Net Case Study on Economic Development - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/economic.pdf
    * K-Net Case Study on Health - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/health.pdf
    * K-Net Case Study on Education - http://smart.knet.ca/flash/eng/pdf/education.pdf
  10. If you go to the K-Net news archives at http://knews.knet.ca and do a SEARCH (on the left hand column) for the word video ... you will get a list of the various video products that have been produced for distribution.