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Chief Rita Thompson lead a delegation of Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) staff and University of New Brunswick (UNB)  researchers to Saskatoon to share their stories with delegates from around the world. EIGHT presentations were delivered celebrating the successes and work that is being undertaken to support KO First Nations development ...

• Chief Thompson, Penny Carpenter (KO-KNET Manager) and Susan O`Donnell (UNB Researcher) presented `How North Spirit Lake First Nation is Developing Their e-Community`. 
• Peter Campbell (KO Executive Director), Barry Strachan (KO Public Works Manager) and George Lampropoulos A.U.G. Signals Ltd presented `Building Online Drinking Water Surveillance Infrastructure in First Nation Communities`
• Orpah McKenzie (KOTM Manager) and Tina Kakepetum-Shultz (KOTM Assistant Manager) presented `Telehealth Services in Remote First Nations: The Case of Keewaytinook Okimakanak Telemedicine`
• Darrin Potter (KIHS Principal) presented `Keewaytinook Internet High School - Building Online Education Environments in Remote First Nations`
• Franz Seibel (KORI Manager) did two presentations `Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute - Telling Our Truths: Building Research Capacity in Remote First Nations` and `Promoting and Supporting Entrepreneurship in Remote First Nations: the Owner-Operator Training Model`
• Brian Beaton (UNB Researcher) presented Jesse Fiddler`s work `Creating, Owning and Controlling First Nation Data Management Systems in Remote and Rural Schools` along with `Keewaytinook Mobile: Building, Owning, Managing Cell Phone Service in Remote Indigenous Communities`
• Cal Kenny set up the e-Community information booth to distribution information packages and answer conference participant questions

Sharing information in these environments continues to build interest and support for the work that the Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations are undertaking in developing sustainable and healthy communities for future generations.