(08 01 11) For the past three days, KORI staff participated both face-to-face and on-line with representatives of NIXON, the consortium of three Aboriginal organizations in northern Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba that came together to access more bandwidth for the sat-served communities through the public benefit... The goal of the research...
KORI Community Stories and Events
Happy New Year!
Back from the holidays and my first day of work went by really fast. I am currently working on a slide for Brian Walmark that he wants to share with others. In this slide we are trying to inform those who do not know a lot about our organization/programs purpose and value to First Nations people. Its still a work in...
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 12:07 | by franzseibel
Franz will be visiting KWW Jan 28-30 with the Videocom team to conduct research with a number of projects. Activities will include: sharing circle & interviews regarding the KO Mental Health project, Local Network Workshop and meeting with other research workers. The visit is hosted by Raymond Mason in KWW.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 - 11:32 | by brianwalmark
(08 01 08) Members of the NICSN project including K-Net as well as members from Northern Manitoba and Northern Quebec are gathering to discuss the next phase of the agreement to create a bigger pipe for sat-served communities in the north... Brian Beaton has invited KORI to participate in the development of a research component for this project...
Monday, January 7, 2008 - 17:13 | by brianwalmark
The KORI staff is eager to get back to work after the Christmas break... at the first staff meeting of the year, the KORI staff agreed to take a few minutes each day to document their days activities to better inform the Chiefs, the communities and the KO staff... To see Brian's first entry, click here...
Monday, January 7, 2008 - 17:06 | by brianwalmark
(08 01 07) Another new year and more and more activities to watch for from KORI... This year the KORI staff have been directed to document their activities in a format easy for the Chiefs, the communities and the other KO staffers to review... Each KORI staffer will take a few minutes each day and share their work with you... I encourage you to...
by:Rick Garrick
Martine Kanakakeesic is looking forward to becoming a certified Cisco IT technician.“I will know more about computers and the technical side,” Kanakakeesic says during the second day of the three-day Youth ICT workshop held Dec. 4 to 6 at the Fort William First Nation KiHS site. “Everyone has the same goal. We want to...
by:Rick Garrick
Martine Kanakakeesic is looking forward to becoming a certified Cisco IT technician.“I will know more about computers and the technical side,” Kanakakeesic says during the second day of the three-day Youth ICT workshop held Dec. 4 to 6 at the Fort William First Nation KiHS site. “Everyone has the same goal. We want to...
By Rick Garrick
Phyllis Chowaniec wants to use the access to broadband now available in remote and isolated First Nation communities to provide Aboriginal women fighting breast cancer with the support and assistance that people in cities take for granted.“It will help to support our people who have cancer and need to go out for...
Monday, December 17, 2007 - 11:18 | by brianwalmark
The KO Research Institute (KORI) is beginning a two-day retreat to develop a strategic plan for the New Year… KORI has received funding to conduct several major research projects from a wide range of organizations including the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)...