KO team meets with National Chief Phil Fontaine and Maori group from New Zealand
National Chief Phil Fontaine from the Assembly of First Nations tried to get to the Keewaytinook Okimakanak Balmertown office today but the weather would not cooperate. Chief Fontaine and his team got as far as Winnipeg where the KO staff were able to work with the Keewatin Tribal Council's SchoolNet Regional Management Organization to have Chief Fontaine meet with the KO team via video conference. Along with the connections to the KO Balmertown office, the KO Sioux Lookout office, and the Manitoba RMO office, special guests from the Maori KWoR institute, Tom Winitana and Graeme Everton joined us from New Zealand to meet Chief Fontaine and share some of their work with KO.
A series of Briefing Notes on some of the ongoing work at Keewaytinook Okimakanak was presented to Chief Fontaine with the hope that he will work on behalf of Keewaytinook Okimakanak to address some of our issues on the following matters. Click on the topic below to see the PDF version of the briefing note delivered to Chief Fontaine during this video conference meeting:
- Kuhkenah Broadband Network Briefing Note
- KO First Nations SchoolNet RMO Briefing Note
- K-Net SMART Communities Briefing Note
- KIHS Briefing Note
- KO Telehealth Briefing Note
- KO Research Institute Briefing Note
- KO Health Services Briefing Note
- KO National Satellite Initiative Briefing Note
One outcome from the meeting was a commitment from Chief Fontaine to complete his visit to Balmertown sometime in the next month.