Fw: [GKD] Invitation to Virtual Conference on Indigenous ICT Use

[phil cash cash]

thanks Don,
the flash intro...
> > http://smart.knet.ca/kuhkenah_flash.html
was nice.

phil

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>     Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:44:05 +0100
>     From: Don Osborn <dzo at BISHARAT.NET>
> Reply-To: Indigenous Languages and Technology
<ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU>
>  Subject: Fw: [GKD] Invitation to Virtual Conference on Indigenous ICT
 Use
>       To: ILAT at LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
>
> Here's more. Not sure how much indigenous languages are used -
> perhaps the
> websites would indicate.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Luis Barnola" <lbarnola at icamericas.net>
> To: <gkd at phoenix.edc.org>
> Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 2:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [GKD] Invitation to Virtual Conference on Indigenous ICT
> Use
>
>
> > On 09/03/2004, Michael Gurstein wrote / a ecrit:
> >
> > > The SMART First Nations Demonstration project is a three year
> initiative
> > > led by the Keewaytinook Okimakanak (Northern Chiefs) Council in
> > > partnership with the government of Canada that blends community
> > > leadership with technological innovation.
> >
> >
> > Hi Michael:
> >
> > I would like to add to your description that an excellent case
> study
> > about K-Net, a program of Keewaytinook Okimakanak tribal council,
> is
> > available online. Sponsored by ICA/IDRC and prepared by Ricardo
> Ramirez,
> > Helen Aitkin, Rebekah Jamieson and Don Richardson, a full set of
> > different case studies (about the rapid development of K-Net's
> technical
> > infrastructure and services, and its impacts on local health,
> education,
> > and local economic development) is available online at:
> >
> > http://www.icamericas.net/Cases_Reports/K-Net/K-Net-Spanish.pdf
> > (Spanish)
> >
>
http://www.icamericas.net/Cases_Reports/K-Net/KNET-Final%20light%20ENG.pdf
> > (English)
> >
> > A wonderful website with video footage and artful versions of these
> > documents, is available here (Flash interface):
> > http://smart.knet.ca/kuhkenah_flash.html
> >
> > A one-page summary follows below:
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Harnessing ICTs:  A Canadian first nations experience. K-Net
> Program.
> >
> > Ricardo Ramirez, Helen Aitkin, Rebekah Jamieson, Don Richardson
> > Guelph, Canada
> > November 2003
> >
> >
> > This case study collection concerns the work of K-Net, a program of
> > Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) tribal council. K-Net is providing
> > information and communication technologies (ICTs) to First Nations
> > communities in remote regions of northwestern Ontario, Canada. The
> > network supports the development of online applications that
> combine
> > video, voice and data services requiring broadband and high-speed
> > connectivity solutions. This case study collection includes an
> > Introduction and four specialized case studies covering Network
> > Development, Education, Health and Economic Development.
> >
> > The KO communities are part of Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), located
> in
> > northern Ontario, across an area roughly the size of France. NAN
> > includes a total population of approximately 25,000 people. The
> majority
> > of this population is aboriginal and lives in remote communities
> with
> > 300-900 inhabitants. For many communities, the only year-round
> access
> > into or out of their area is by small airplane.
> >
> > What K-Net has achieved in less than a decade in terms of network
> and
> > technical infrastructure development is impressive: several
> communities
> > have gone from having one phone for 400 people four years ago, to
> > accessing broadband services from individual homes today. There are
> few
> > rural communities in Canada -- and particularly few remote ones --
> that
> > have experienced such a dramatic transformation in such a short
> period
> > of time.
> >
> > The five case studies capture the rapid development of K-Net's
> technical
> > infrastructure and services, and its impact on local health,
> education,
> > and economic development. While the technologies offer new
> opportunities
> > immediately, the full extent of their impact in these sectors will
> take
> > some years to become known. The case studies were prepared using
> > first-hand accounts from people in the KO communities, online
> resources,
> > and a Sustainable Livelihoods conceptual framework. Please see
> > <http://www.knet.ca> for the full multi-media version of this
> study,
> > complete with video footage.
> >
> > This series is entitled Harnessing ICTs. Information and
> communication
> > technologies are powerful, new vehicles that can be controlled and
> > directed by indigenous communities to help them arrive at their own
> > goals. K-Net's case studies offer stories of how people embrace
> change
> > with modern tools while balancing the traditions and ways taught by
> > their elders.
> >
> > This series is directed at both Canadian and international
> audiences,
> > and in particular, readers from indigenous communities in Latin
> America
> > and the Caribbean who may wish to replicate this effort. The K-Net
> > experience offers "lessons that can travel"; most importantly, that
> > community needs and demands drive technology and network
> infrastructure
> > development. Any other group around the world wishing to create a
> > similar network will have to respond to its own unique geographic,
> > political, financial and social situation.
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > I hope you enjoy it,
> > Luis Barnola
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Luis Barnola
> > Senior Program Specialist
> > Institute for Connectivity in the Americas - ICA
> > www.icamericas.net
> > 250 Albert Street, PO Box 8500, Ottawa ON, K1G 3H9 (Canada)
> > PHONE (613) 236 6163 #2047  FAX (613) 567 7749
> >
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