Keewaytinook Okimakanak is partnering with 16 Nishnawbe Aski Nation communities to deliver a Community Broadband Network Technicians employment and training project. The fifteen week,
Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board funded project is employing a local technician from 16 First Nations. Each technician will work with the different organizations to help them prepare for the introduction of broadband infrastructure and services in their community.
Starting September 9, 2002, an on-line training support program is being introduced to each of the project participants as a pilot e-learning environment. The new
K-Net e-learning tool is adapted from the similar on-line tool developed for the
Keewaytinook Internet High School. Training content and support is being provided by K-Net Services staff.
First Nation workers include:
Leroy McKoop,
leroymckoop@knet.ca, Bearskin Lake FN
Harlon Wesley,
harlon.wesley@knet.ca, Cat Lake FN
Jeremy Sawanas,
jeremysawanas@knet.ca, Deer Lake FN
Angus Miles,
angusmiles@knet.ca, Fort Severn FN
Gerald Anderson,
geraldanderson@knet.ca, Kasabonika FN
Blue Mason,
bluemason@knet.ca, Keewaywin FN
Gary Albany,
garyalbany@knet.ca, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwog FN
Margaret Lawson,
margaretlawson@knet.ca, McDowell Lake FN
Sean Kakegamic,
seankakegamic@knet.ca, Muskrat Dam FN
Martina Kanakakeesic,
martinakanakakeesic@knet.ca, North Caribou FN
Paul Campbell,
paulcampbell@knet.ca, North Spirit Lake FN
Gabriel Wassaykeesic,
gabrielwassaykeesic@knet.ca, Poplar Hill FN
Sarah Tait,
sarahtait@knet.ca, Sachigo Lake FN
Michael Meekis,
michaelmeekis@knet.ca, Sandy Lake FN
Lana Bighead,
lanabighead@knet.ca, Slate Falls FN
Crystal Barkman,
crystalbarkman@knet.ca, Wapekeka FN
This training project and the development of the e-learning training tool is part of the services funding under the
Aboriginal Smart Communities Demonstration Project, a partnership between Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations with funding support from Industry Canada's
Smart Communities Program,
FedNor,
Northern Ontario Heritage Fund (NOHF),
INAC,
HRDC - OLT,
Health Canada's CHIPP project and
SLAAMB.