Marita / James, et al ... I would like to bring the =
following information to
everyone's attention. For those too busy to =
read the different publications
and visit the Fort Severn First =
Nation web site I was to mention now that
this community of about 400 =
people is located on the Hudson Bay coast; is
Ontario's most =
northerly community; was the first community established by
the =
Hudson Bay Company thus making it one of the oldest communities =
in
Ontario; owns its own community C-Band satellite earth station; is =
a member
of the Northern Indigenous Community Satellite Network =
(NICSN); has its own
cable network; has its own IP base cellular =
service; worked with CAP since
first being funded in 1996-1997 and =
continues to do so today.
A week ago a paper entitled "How the =
Washaho Cree Nation at Fort Severn is
Using a "First Mile Approach" =
to Deliver Community Services" was presented
at the international =
Telecommunications Policy Research Conference in
Washington. See the =
KNEWS story at
http://media.knet.ca/node/16743 for links
to the paper and who is involved in this research =
work.
This past May, Fort Severn and the NRC hosted a workshop in =
New Brunswick
entitled "Building Digital Bridges on the Shore of =
Hudson Bay - Information
and Communication Technologies in Fort =
Severn First Nation". In preparation
for this workshop a =
comprehensive web site about the telecom work in Fort
Severn was =
developed at http://fortsevern.=
firstnation.ca/tech_showcase Numerous research papers and =
publications about the work that is happening
in this community are =
available online. We are presently working on a paper
for publication =
about the Fort Severn cellular initiative for the upcoming
Canadian =
Journal of Communications (CJC).
And this is just ONE community =
that is OWNING, CONTROLLING, ACCESSING and
POSSESSING (ie. the =
principles of OCAP) their IP network, their applications
and =
benefiting from doing so. The First Mile project is now capturing =
other
stories (see
http://firstmile.ca) for some of these =
...
Only the blind do not see or understand the importance of =
these community
efforts to overcome the burden of taking care of =
these urban based telecom
corporations, their institutions (ie. the =
universities and colleges) and
their government puppets (as the folks =
on the streets are highlighting
[smiles] ...)
I hope this =
information helps ...
Brian Beaton, K-Net =
Coordinator
Keewaytinook Okimakanak
Box 1439, 115 King =
Street
Sioux Lookout, ON, P8T 1B9
T: 807-737-1135 x1251
M: =
807-216-5216
F: 807-737-1720
IP and ISDN video conferencing
E: =
brianbeaton@knet.caW:
http://knet.ca -----Original =
Message-----
From:
advisors-admin@tc.ca =
[mailto:advisors-admin@tc.ca] On Behalf Of Marita
Moll
Sent: =
October-02-11 4:32 PM
To:
advisors@tc.caSubject: [Advisors] =
collecting stories for Industry Canada
Hello advisors -- =
below I have copied a press release from CATA
asking for short =
stories on "clever uses of technology." The press
release =
suggests that Industry Canada is looking for such
stories. So, =
perhaps it is time for this group to put together a new
set of =
stories about community networking projects and their impacts
on the =
communities -- especially economic, if you can show
that. Note =
that all that's really wanted here is one or two paragraphs.
At a =
minimum we could put together another small booklet to present
at =
our next meeting with Industry Canada policy advisors. See the =
previous one ( An Essential Part of our Lives Now) at:
http://www.maritamoll.ca/sites/default/files/CAP-stories-printready=
.pdfPerhaps we could also give James some ammunition in his =
discussions
at the Windsor i-Canada meeting. It would be hard =
to fit community
networking stories into the strictly business =
oriented format
requested -- but maybe they would consider =
broadening that.
Marita
Canada's Industry Minister =
wants your story! Engage with us in
providing examples of technology =
adoption success in SME's
CATAAlliance MEMO
Date: Sept. =
19/11
Attn: Canada's Community Leaders
Subject: Canada's =
Industry Minister wants your =
story!
________________________________________________________________=
___
Dear Community Executives
We are helping to structure =
a fund to amplify clever uses of
technology for businesses that you =
don't normally think of as "high
tech" -- retail stores, =
restaurants, service businesses, and so on.
To do so, =
CATAAlliance is working with Industry Minister Paradis to
seek the =
guidance of the community. If you are a Small or Medium
Enterprise =
(SME), please provide us with a short description of how
you are =
using advanced technology in your business.
This information will =
help focus a coming round of new investment
funding. It is =
also a way for technology vendors to feature their
customers, with a =
potential for new investment from the federal government.
++ =
Action Requested:
Please help us document some examples of where =
technology can help
smaller companies succeed. A paragraph or two of =
description is all
we need, along with your contact =
information.
We also welcome any other guidance that you can =
provide on necessary
vehicles to advance Canada's Innovative =
capabilities. Please sent
your note to CATA's CEO, John Reid at =
<mailto:jreid@cata.ca>jreid@cata.ca with "Industry Minister =
wants
your story" in the subject line.
Yours =
sincerely,
John Reid, CATAAlliance =
CEO
<mailto:jreid@cata.ca>jreid@cata.ca
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January 13, 2011
In an important article in the current issue of the = Journal of=20 Community Informatics , Hungarian Sociologists Cs=F3t=F3 Mih=E1ly and = Szil=E1rd Moln=E1r=20 examine the development of the “Information Society” in = Hungary from the=20 perspective of those who are being left behind in its development and = the impact=20 that this is having on innovation and development in Hungary as whole. = Their=20 analysis and observations have relevance far beyond Hungary or even = Europe and=20 link quite directly into a similarly important newspaper article on the=20 recurring Digital Divide among Afro-Americans and Hispanics in the US, = by=20 Jeffrey Washington of Associated Press and reprinted in USA Today and = the=20 Washington Post among other places.