(07 11 12) The Food and Agricultural Organization, an agency of the United Nations, wants Keewaytinook Okimakanak to apply its telecommunications expertize to reach Indiginous communities in the English speaking world ... The FAO wants KO to create an on-line platform to promote discussions on Indiginous Peoples, natural resources and climate...
KORI Community Stories and Events
Monday, November 12, 2007 - 16:37 | by brianwalmark
Monday, November 5, 2007 - 10:12 | by brianwalmark
(07 11 05) KO’s Brian Walmark presented a paper on work of Keewaytinook Okimakanak in promoting IP video conferencing at the community level in remote and isolated First Nations communities in Ontario’s far north. It was part of the research conducted by the VideoCom team that includes Susan O’Donnell (NRC) Sonja Perley, Fenwick Mckelvey (...
Thursday, November 1, 2007 - 15:20 | by brianwalmark
(07 11 01) KO's Brian Walmark will be making a presentation to a gathering of the Communities without Borders... To learn more about the conference, click here.
Monday, October 29, 2007 - 11:53 | by brianwalmark
KO Telemedicine is working with Lakehead University to develop an Aboriginal University Entry Program for Health Careers.“We always wanted to work together with Lakehead University to deliver education through videoconferencing,” says Gibbet Stevens, KO Telemedicine’s education coordinator, noting that Lakehead University is already offering a...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 13:59 | by brianwalmark
George Kenny saved by Telemedicine Rick Garrick “Telehealth saved my leg.”
George Kenny clearly remembers the day in 2003 when his leg was saved by a specialist in Winnipeg after a Telemedicine examination showed that his swollen leg was due to an infection that spread from a baker’s cyst behind his calf.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 - 13:57 | by franzseibel
Chief Mathews Visits the KORI Office
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 - 17:06 | by franzseibel
KORI is working with K-Net and project partners (KWW & NCL) to establish the business case for a Northern IP Cellular Project. The Project was recently announced as a result of NOHFC funding.
Monday, October 22, 2007 - 14:55 | by brianwalmark
(07 10 22) KORI in partnership with PepTalk are working together to explore ways to improve access to health information using Information Communication Technologies (ICTs)... Over the summer, KORI gathered surveys from community members from across the Sioux Lookout zone... According to the findings, community members want to see...
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 15:26 | by franzseibel
(07 10 19) NADF's Marlon Gasparotto and Wendy McKay hosted an ONLINE open house to raise awareness for NADF and other partner loan and business support programs. Aboriginal Business Canada & PARO made...
Friday, October 19, 2007 - 12:50 | by brianwalmark
(07 10 19) KO's Brian Walmark will be leading a workshop on KiHS and First Nations digital education at NOEL's Northwestern Ontario Aboriginal Education Forum in Feburary 2008... NOEL is composed of directors of education, administrators and teachers from the various boards of education in Northwestern Ontario... Its mandate is to improve the...