Using Broadband Connections to Revitalize Communities: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak story
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Using Broadband Connections to Revitalize Communities: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak story Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) Presentation to CED Ontario Connections to Revitalize Communities (6 June 2011)
Using Broadband Connections to Revitalize Communities: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak story
Using Broadband Connections to Revitalize Communities: The Keewaytinook Okimakanak story. Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) Presenta tion to CED Ontario Connections to Revitalize Communities (6 June 2011). Words We Live By. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Using Broadband Connections to Revitalize Communities: The
Keewaytinook Okimakanak storyKeewaytinook Okimakanak Research
Institute (KORI) Presentation to CED Ontario Connections to
Revitalize Communities(6 June 2011)
Words We Live ByOur people missed the Industrial Revolution, our
people cant afford to miss the ICT revolutionGrand Chief Stan
BeardyPeople say the Net is some kind of highway If this is true, I
want our children to be drivers, not passenger.KO Elder
Research Driven by Community Goals and NeedsKO Leadership
created KORI to build research capacity at the local level and to
build bridges with supportive university academicsKO is a partner
of CRACIN, founding member of RICTA and DERAC and other knowledge
clustersKO in partnership with LU Faculty of Education won a SSHRC
grant to study First Nations digital educationKO works in
partnership with the National Research Council, the Food and
Agricultural Organization of the United Nations and universities
across Canada, the United States and EuropePeople are interested in
what the KO First Nations have accomplished and are planning to
do
KO is mentoring the Next Generation of Computer and Network
Technicians and Community ResearchersKO works with Families and
Communities
Elders are central to KORIs research activities
KO shares its promising practices at conferences around the
world
Its not about Technology or Machines
Its about Relationships
Capacity Building at the Community LevelFirst Nations youth
teaching the next generation
Its about building capacity among First Nations community
members in computer and network applications and building
sustainable relationships with First Nations, the public and
private sectors.
KO is partnering with university academics to share the many
broadband success stories in the north
KO partners with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine and
other agencies to research and develop community-based
programmes
KO is partnering with Indigenous Peoples around the world to
share promising practices and lessons learned
Its all about community
Its about working for a better future
For More Information Brian Walmark, Director of ResearchKO
Research [email protected]
