Sioux Lookout District Chiefs using video conferencing to webcast meeting

The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (www.nodin.on.ca) is working with K-Net to webcast their district chiefs meeting. The meeting is taking place this week in Sioux Lookout at the Sunset Suites.

One important item on the agenda is to discuss the First Nation distribution formula for Health Canada's Reinvestment Fund. The Reinvestment Fund are the millions of dollars saved by Health Canada after they transferred the administration of the former Zone Hospital over to the Sioux Lookout Menoyawin Health Centre. Under the four party agreement, these funds were suppose to begin to be available for First Nation health services.

Everyone is invited to watch the live video webcast of the chiefs' meeting and presentations by visiting http://www.nodin.on.ca/webcast.htm during the following time slots:

  • Wednesday November 29 - 11:15am - 12 Noon
  • Wednesday November 29 - 1pm - 4:30pm
  • Thursday November 30 - 9:30am - 12:30pm

If the video does not display on your window you will need to download a codex onto your computer that supports the display of the live video stream. The codex can be downloaded to your computer by clicking on http://webcast.knet.ca/VCGSUSetup.exe