KO's Donna Williams and Brian Walmark briefed Ontario First Nations leaders including Regional Chief Angus Toulouse, NAN Grand Chief Stan Beardy and Chief Randall Phillips of Oneida. Williams shared the latest events with the Chiefs on KOTM and efforts to migrate telehealth applications to the remaining First Nations in Ontario. The leaders...
KORI Community Stories and Events
Thursday, December 13, 2007 - 18:35 | by brianwalmark
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 - 23:49 | by brianwalmark
INAC officials from across Canada were briefed on the on-going work of the Regional Management Organizations (RMO) of First Nations SchoolNet... INAC's Suzanne Lebeau facilitated the on-line gathering with technical support from K-Net Services... Ms. Lebeau began the event asking the question, "how does adequate connectivity and...
Thursday, November 29, 2007 - 12:01 | by brianwalmark
(07 11 29) Shelia Meekis, a North Spirit member who is currently studying Medical Office Administration, will be completing a two-week placement in the mental health pilot project of the KO Health programme. She will be working out of KO’s Thunder Bay office but working under the direction of Jackie Rundle, the coordinator of the KO mental...
(11-27.2007)KO took part in an Building from Strength ONLINE Workshop November 22-23, 2007. Many communities were connected via K-Net’s bridge throughout the two days including Dryden, Ottawa, Deer Lake, Slate Falls, Kingfisher Lake, North Spirit Lake, Mishkeegogamanag, Sioux Lookout, Balmertown, Maynooth and others. The presentations,...
by Rick Garrick
The Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) is looking at potential business models for First Nation community networks.“We’re looking to develop business models the communities are using as Application Service Providers (ASP) to provide broadband services delivered over K-Net,” says Franz Seibel, a...
Monday, November 26, 2007 - 12:26 | by brianwalmark
By Rick Garrick
Airsickness and bad weather could not hold back progress for K-Net’s community network.
After five days of hard work by a dedicated K-Net team of staff and community technicians and numerous flights crisscrossing the north, all but one of the community broadband networks connected by...
Monday, November 26, 2007 - 12:23 | by brianwalmark
By Rick Garrick
North Caribou Lake’s Martine Kanakakeesic still remembers how surprised the Elders in her community were during their first Telehealth examinations.
“People were amazed with how the technology works,” says the former North Caribou Lake community telehealth coordinator and current youth information and...
Monday, November 26, 2007 - 12:18 | by brianwalmark
(07 11 23) KO's Brian Walmark was part of a RMO team presentation on best practices in technology at the "Sharing Our Success" conference on promising practices in Aboriginal Education conference in Winnipeg... The two-day conference was hosted by the Society for the Advancement of Excellence in Education (SAEE)... Tim Whiteduck and...
Monday, November 19, 2007 - 17:26 | by franzseibel
KORI's Franz Seibel participated in a panel to discuss the K-Net story and future in community networks during the CWIRP Gathering Nov 15 & 16, 2007. KO is working with the CWIRP Research team to document the development of wireless networks in communities in Ontario's North. Franz met with other Open...
The Keewaytinook Okimakanak Research Institute (KORI) is looking at potential business models for First Nation community networks.
“We’re looking to develop business models the communities are using as Application Service Providers (ASP) to provide broadband services delivered over K-Net,” says Franz Seibel, a researcher at KORI. “If a...