National and International Opportunities to Showcase the Use of ICTs
April 6, 2003 - 1:47pm | by AnonymousSeveral on-line programs and competitions are available for schools, communities and individuals to submit their entries showcasing the work they are doing to use ICTs in education, health, governance, commerce, etc. These opportunities provides everyone with the chance to help others learn about your work and efforts. Some of these competitions include:
- IT Week - A 10-day event where communities, businesses, employees, governments, teachers and students are encouraged to work in partnership and find creative ways to showcase and recognize their achievements in information and communication technology (ICT). From May 2-11, 2003, citizens are encouraged to partake in IT Week by hosting workshops, open houses, seminars and conferences.
- The Global Junior Challenge 2003/2004 - "After the success of the second edition, the submissions to apply for the Global Junior Challenge 2004 are now open!!! The Global Junior Challenge 2004 is rich of surprises and news. The first big surprise is the introduction of a new category: Women and Equal Opportunities. The projects of this category will be aimed at realising Equal Opportunities between women and men in every sphere of their professional life. The other two main topics of the Global Junior Challenge 2004 are: the fight against the Digital Divide and the innovative use of new technologies in education and training of youngsters. The Global Junior Challenge is dedicated to all young people, from school children, to teenagers and youth taking their first step to the job market. It concerns cities, schools and other educational institutions, local authorities, businesses, NGOs, communities and individual citizens. Projects presented have to be already working at 12/31/2002 promoting the use of I.T. in education and training of youngsters till the age of 29. The sending deadline is 12/31/2003 (the form, the must be filled in each field, is available on the web site http://www.gjc.it)."
- The Stockholm Challenge Award 2003/2004 - The finalists will be announced on February 2, 2004, and the final event is planned to take place in Stockholm in May 2004, once again gathering some of the worlds best IT entrepreneurs and expertise for a great networking experience, crowned by the Prize-Giving Ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall. The aim of the Stockholm Challenge is to identify and reward innovative use of IT within areas such as citizen empowerment, education, health care, economic development and environment. It's time to join the Stockholm Challenge 2003-2004. Tell your friends and colleagues, help spread the message in your networks and enter your project! When you enter your project, project name, organisation, country, URL and the one sentence description will be displayed on the web site as soon as the application has been approved, but not the other facts. All participants will have the possibility to improve their facts until the competition is closed, by re-entering the entry form, with a user name and password. The complete project presentations will be displayed on the Challenge web site after November 1. Go to Entry form and join the Stockholm Challenge 2002 today and become a member of an inspiring global community for pioneering entrepreneurs and innovators that all make the best use of IT! Are you already a Challenger? Join again and show your progress!
Let's show what is happening across Northern Ontario!!
Access to the Sioux Lookout Menoyawin Health Centre due to Ministry directives
April 5, 2003 - 10:26am | by AnonymousDoug Semple and his Communications and Community Development team circulated a press release concerning access to the facilities operated by the Menoyawin Health Centre on Thursday, April 3.
It outlines the access guidelines being instituted across the province for all health care facilities. For Menoyawin, this includes the 5th Avenue Site, the 7th Avenue Site and the Bill George Extended Care Facility.
Further information is available at:
Northwestern Health Unit: 1-800-830-5978
Northwestern Health Unit web site: www.nwhu.on.ca
Telehealth Phone Support: 1-866-797-0000
Health Canada web site: www.hc-sc.gc.ca/english
Menoyawin Communications & Community Development Office at 807-737-3047 or by writing to Doug Semple at dsemple@slmhc.on.ca
Water Plant Operator Training Centre Update
April 5, 2003 - 9:18am | by AnonymousStatus Update - Keewaytinook Okimakanak Water Treatment Plant Operator Training Centre
April 4, 2003 - Status Update # 1
This is the first of a series of updates that are planned to keep all interested people informed of the status of our new training initiative.
Keewaytinook Okimakanak in partnership with the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board will be accepting the first intake of Water Plant Operator trainees on June 2, 2003. Each intake of trainees will be comprised of 15 individuals and intakes will continue until we have 150 total participants.
The goals of this training are clear!
- To provide First Nation Water Plant Operators an opportunity to obtain the necessary knowledge to allow them to become Provincially Certified.
- To provide a forum for Water Plant Operators to network and share thier experiences amongst themselves.
- To provide operational support to First Nation Water Plant Operators while they obtain Provincial Certification.
Until such time as the permanent WTP Operator Training Centre facility is constructed in Dryden (scheduled for completion in the fall of 2004), the training sessions will be held at the Lillian Berg School in Vermillion Bay, Ontario.
A mailed invitation will be sent to each Treaty Three, Nan and Unaffiliated First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, either directly or via the respective First Nation Council Technical Representatives by the end of April 2003.
Kuh-ke-nah Smart First Nations articles in April 3 issue of Wawatay News
April 4, 2003 - 7:20am | by AnonymousThe April 3 issue of Wawatay News contains three more news stories about the work being completed within the Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations demonstration project. Rick Garrick is researching additional stories for future articles. If you have a story that you want to share about this project and the work that is happening in your community to get connected, please send us an e-mail.
This week's articles include:
- KiHS Students Stay At Home While They Learn - representatives from each of the 13 KiHS partners First Nations form the Community Steering Committee for KiHS. They were meeting in Sioux Lookout the last week in March to discuss plans for next year's KiHS school program.
- Meekis and Ostamas Share K-Net Experiences - Les (KO's Community Manager) and Darrell (Deer Lake's Multi-media Producer) set up an information booth at this year's Connecting Aboriginal Canadians conference.
- This issue's showcase column features the year 2 Virtual Conference web site - http://smart.firstnation.ca
Various newspaper articles are being scanned and stored for reference purposes in this photo gallery.
NOMS Dean impressed by KO's achievement's in Tele-Medicine and Tele-Education
April 3, 2003 - 7:33pm | by AnonymousThe Founding Dean of the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) had an opportunity to see first hand the innovative telemedicine and distance education solutions that one of NAN's tribal councils is implementing to overcome some of the obstacles to providing quality health care and schooling in Ontario's far north. During a two-day visit over March 31 and April 1, Doctor Roger Strasser, MD and two of his staff, along with representatives of Nishnawbe Aski Nation visited Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) in Balmertown and then toured the nursing station in Deer Lake First Nation.
"The achievements of Keewaytinook Okimakanak's K-Net, Telehealth and Keewaytinook Internet High School (KiHS) initiatives are remarkable," the Founding Dean of the Northern Medical School said. "NOMS can learn much from the experiences of KO with regard to the operational platform and educational framework of the Keewaytinook Internet High School, as well, KO’s expanding telemedicine capacity within telehealth."
Geordi Kakepetum, the Executive Director of Keewaytinook Okimakanak said he was impressed with the sincerity and objectivity of Dr. Strasser and his staff. "Roger came here to listen and learn, he asked many questions and was really interested in how our KO First Nations and partners have developed local solutions to regional problems that confront all NAN communities. We look forward to working with him."
During their visit to Deer Lake First Nation the representatives of the Northern Medical School toured the nursing station and observed a real-time telehealth demonstration, which included the examination of a patient in nearby North Spirit Lake First Nation. "This is exactly the kind of experience that our medical students will require if they are going to fully appreciate the opportunities and challenges of practicing in remote and isolated communities in the North," Dr. Strasser said after the tour.
Mayor Duncan Wilson of Red Lake praised both KO and NOMS as leaders who are making a great impact on the lives of all Northerners. "KO has demonstrated how much a group of dedicated people can achieve in just ten short years, when their hearts and minds are focused on the common good. I see the medical school as another force that will improve the quality of life in the north. It’ a great day when good people like you can come together to work toward a better future for all of us."
Deputy Grand Chief Goyce Kakegamic of Nishnawbe Aski Nation believes that a bridge has been built connecting the Northern Medical School with KO. "What we are seeing here today is the kind of opportunity that exists when we all work together toward a common goal. We all want better health care and better educational opportunities for our children. Working together, KO and NOMS can become a model of cooperation for all people, Native and Non-Native in the North."
Kakepetum, the Executive Director of KO, thanked his staff in Balmertown, Deer Lake and North Spirit Lake for all their hard work and cooperation in making the NOMS / NAN visit a memorable one. "Everybody pulled together just the way they always do. I’m proud of our family here." The KO Executive Director also thanked Bearskin Airlines for their consideration with regard to the flights to and from Thunder Bay and the charter to Deer Lake.
By Brian Walmark, Education Advisor, Nishnawbe Aski Nation
Late Nora Suggashie & Late Claudia Meekis Memorial Day April 9, 2003
April 3, 2003 - 7:32pm | by AnonymousJUST A REMINDER OF THE FIRST MEMORIAL DAY FOR THE TWO SISTERS THAT PASSED AWAY ON THE SAME DAY LAST YEAR ON APRIL 9, 2002.
EVERYONE WELCOME! FAMILY AND FRIENDS!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING:
FOR NORA'S MEMORIAL
THERE WILL BE AN EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST AT CHARLIE SUGGASHIE'S HOUSE AT 3:21 AM AND THE MEMORIAL FEAST AND SINGING IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 9.
FOR CLAUDIA'S MEMORIAL
AND AN EVENING COFFEE, TEA AND DESSERT AND SINGING IN THE EVENING OF APRIL 9, 2003 AT LATE CLAUDIA MEEKIS' HOUSE, THEN THE MEMORIAL FEAST IN THE AFTERNOON OF APRIL 10, 2003.
NORA SUGGASHIE DIED IN HER HOME IN THE EARLY MORNING OF APRIL 9, 2002 AT 3:21 AM
CLAUDIA MEEKIS DIED IN HER HOME IN THE EVENING OF APRIL 9, 2002 AT AROUND 6:00 PM
THEY BOTH WENT HOME TO BE WITH THE LORD ON THE SAME DAY.
THEY WERE BOTH OLDEST DAUGHTERS OF ELDER ELLAJANE MEEKIS OF DEER LAKE, ONTARIO.
LOVE YA GRANNY!
Innovative Teachers required for KiHS for 2003-2004 School Year
April 2, 2003 - 3:04pm | by AnonymousKeewaytinook Internet High School (KiHS) invites applicants for the 2003/2004 school year. We will be looking for teachers to fill positions in Science, Math, and English.
If you are looking for an innovative, cutting edge approach to education, KiHS may be the place for you. Our classrooms are located in 13 communities around Northwestern Ontario, most of which have only fly in accessability.
The teacher will live in one of the 13 partner communities and tutor/mentor students while delivering two courses throughout the year to the remaining students in the other communities, using our web-based e-learning platform.
If you are interested in applying or finding out more information, please email your resume to the following:
- Darrin Potter, Principal at darrinpotter@knet.ca OR
- Lynda Kakepetum, Guidance Counselor at lyndakakepetum@knet.ca
Five Generations of women from one family meet together in Red Lake
April 2, 2003 - 1:51pm | by AnonymousKokum Brenda Beardy celebrated the birth of her first grandchild on March 27, with her mother, her grandmother and daughter. Pictures of all five generations are posted for everyone to share in this special event.
Congratulations to Emma and her mother Jen from the Keewaytinook Okimakanak team. Thanks for sharing this story with everyone.
Information Publications about the Kuh-ke-nah Project
April 1, 2003 - 9:29pm | by AnonymousThree new information publications describing the work being completed within the Kuh-ke-nah Network of Smart First Nations Demonstration project are available online and in paper format. They include:
- The 2002 Report Card on the various activities, best practices and lessons learned during 2002 (3.2M pdf file);
- An information brochure about the Kuh-ke-nah project (2.1M pdf file); and
- A brochure providing information about the Year 2 National Virtual conference portal - http://smart.firstnation.ca (1.8M pdf file).
Nishnawbe Women's Leadership Forum in Sioux Lookout
April 1, 2003 - 9:17pm | by AnonymousNishnawbe Women's Leadership Forum
May 13-15, 2003
Equay-wuk (Women's Group) is organizing a three day gathering of women leaders, entitled, "Nishnawbe Women's Leadership Forum". The event will bring together women who are Chiefs and Councillors in NAN First Nation communities. The leadership forum will consist of presentations and discussions by women leaders about their experiences in running in band council elections and their experiences as Chiefs or Councillors.
The Leadership Forum will take place May 13-15, 2003, in Sioux Lookout, Ontario at the Sunset Inn. Invited to the forum are: 8 Chiefs, 1 Deputy Chief and 13 Councillors.
The Keynote Speaker will be Dr. Emily Faries, Chief Self Government Negotiator for the Nishnawbe Aski Nation. Guest speakers include: Chief Margaret Penasse-Mayer (Nipissing First Nation), and Deputy Chief Gloria Harris (Missanabie Cree First Nation).
The event will be broadcast live on Wawatay Radio on the mornings of May 13-15, 2003.
Interested persons are welcome to come and observe.
Funding for this event was made possible Thanks to the Status of Women Canada.
For more information contact:
- Felicia Waboose, Program Director or
- Darlene Angeconeb, Project Coordinator. Telephone: 807-737-2214 or 800-261-8294
- Equay-wuk Website: www.equaywuk.ca
