Keewaytinook Okimakanak presents First Nation women and ICT study at conference
From http://videocom.firstnation.ca
Penny Carpenter from our project partner KO-KNET is presenting our latest paper this month at the Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact conference at Queens University. Penny's paper can be accessed on our publication page from this link: How women in remote and rural First Nation communities are using information and communication technologies.
Her conference presentation will include screening two new videos produced by Keewaytinook Okimakanak with stories from two remote First Nations in Northwestern Ontario about how they are developing their local e-Community connectivity. You can view the videos from the links below:
Video of e-community work in North Spirit Lake First Nation
Video of Slate Falls First Nation moving from NICSN C-Band satellite connection to 100Mb Fibre circuit
You can also access our recent paper based on a keynote presentation at the 2012 Community Informatics Research (CIRN) conference in Prato, Italy by Tim Whiteduck, Technology Director at the First Nations Education Council (FNEC). The paper, co-written with the VideoCom research partners, can be accessed here ... also you can check out other recent publications on our publications page...