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"These technologies (are) in places that already have good transportation and connection to the South... notfair. This is the sort of system we need in the remote communities...we should have the right, like Southern
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"It is an economic development issue; either the North is seen as a drain on public resources or it isprovided with the tools to become more efficient. "
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Congratulations, Northerners, on an event of [>A c b'D'YDsb>r nc-L56CLLr unparalleled success. You have established a new standard for communication in the North by taking -.Crb LSbP`nw LPLsbC`bDr 55rPJ56CD r C-5r QbJ4c- s6s6\C-LsbCLC-%L-D the first step in "Connecting The North." We "DPLSbCSbDSb `." LPLSb- _.ca1J1bCL\ Northerners have always adapted new technologies C56JSrLnJ` C to enhance and preserve our unique cultures and JLL n _.C%J"L traditions. The information highway is a new CLQ )1LL\nbyb nJsbr- communication tool that we must embrace and JLL-: tailor to meet our needs. IL The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation and the Cd L-:) 4SbbaA SbJ Department of Education Culture and Employ- L LrL\ ment were pleased to co-operate on this successful SdAJ»c>Sb>` CLDJ'"L b project. The development of the information r`nJSbD`Lr, LC_LSbDJ`. L`es CL°Q. highway in the North will be possible only if all JsbdnS6Sc-Sb LPLSbCsbDr PrJ(7 nJr- stakeholders share their resources and expertise. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all Jrsb6Pnb bd`. the individuals, govemment departments and private L< LEL"J `rbdSbJ ; Wn`n56CL-
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North a success. CAbdJ DPDSbCSbDSb c bn- âC_D11DC X`n°Crb The voices of hundreds of Northerners who U P participated in the Connecting The North Ccrb
Symposium will guide us in the adaptation of D new communication technologies. Through three A Lf DS6SADc-`nJ` days of presentations, questions and feedback from 17 /\d\I 1 6' - SbC/C °QSb L\l b>C. the communities, the challenges have become nPDn aa-J- acutely clear. To meet the communication needs of PcnJ L<°Lb iâ bns62J`65JS6>J`, _D our communities, we must form partnerships with c-°L nr all levels of government, infrastructure providers, Abrb ÎSbJ , service organizations and individuals. We need to _DCPSbncCrLJS6a- J5cnJ DPDSbCsbDTV co-ordinate our efforts to upgrade our telecom- âd ;r` J6DG- DtiPLbcCMa-'> r J munications infrastructure so that Northerners DPDSbCsbDfAàç6nf %.`, ILL-D nrD- will receive a new standard of basic service that %nf bJ-C. enhances communication across the North, person r. SIT Lc to person, community to community, and organi- b>J r JSb S6D zation to organization. nbb 0c-bdtD'b`n A"drD'bcn The global information highway is developing S0VfL5cn Ac-rLJcn°Qb L)2c-cC faster than anyone could imagine. The opportunity A?L3 à-P â LC JLL-D rc J`r Papy is now upon us to enter this community to provide _O â C the world with access to our cultures, traditions, aDnbL .r ab APSbncnb6°QPnr â QnJ. PrJc-c- knowledge, services and products. The information LSbnf %0`J` JDS6CDC-S,C J)SbCcna,b IL highway offers us unprecedented opportunities to J SbncDncn Sb>JC L---) JbJ Jc-- dissolve the distances between our communities .-DncJ.1b DJ 1, experiences, to learn from each other, and to hCDSbncn -.c J %rbn`- expand our horizons as we did during the < Pat Lyall President, J ,4 JSbI Sb' Inuit Broadcasting Corporation AL)AC Cd Honourable Richard Nerysoo Minister GNWT Education, Culture & Employment _Oâ nJ< L The Inuit Broadcasting Corporation would like to A.oLC Cd âLb \C- b.C Pbd,L_oC wnC- n16CDc_D%D0-1 abDaa-S0l SA `DSbCpo--,I thank the many individuals who made the Connecting DPDSbCSbISb The North vision a reality. Please accept this as our JS Q ) nC- personal thanks for the advice, guidance, insight Lc-r<çb5a- <çbc`ri >Sbr\ dL> I1rD DPDSb- and inspiration that moved the north to a new level CSb)Sb of communication sb`C>nC,-s.C. Pbd,,-`r sb>rL/r M We would also like to thank the following n government departments, institutions, organizations, businesses and communities, whose generous 0 V0-? Cur%L funding, contributions in kind, and support made this historic event possible. sdy ârb. Thank you. Adcom Electronics Adcom Electronics >PSbCSbJr rC CDSb Ab 60%â1 Inuit Communications Systems Limited SPnsr>a- Kativik Regional Government r.-c D`YAb Keewatin Divisional Board of Education AD', <1`br « iii Labrador College Management North Lower Kuskokwim School District, Bethel, Alaska Member Group of Companies of the Stentor Alliance Mackenzie Media Ltd. _DQS65b65brL\` Management North n Self Communications CSSr[>` -A%L` Stiles Associates Inc. L,0° i cr Vc Taqramiut Nipingat Inc. Telemedicine Telemedicine, St. John's Newfoundland Telesat Canada L \ Telesat Canada nA<°rbJ` (C Lb\\bd Sb n`nr` 6aCD` DPDSbCSbJ A Special Thanks The communities listed below formed discussion DA dbJrb Sdyc-5Dcr5656Dc groups to participate in the Symposium. They D5656n(bncn,DSLC 6nL5- warrant a special note of thanks. b Arctic Bay Fort Smith Nain Sr` dLa- Baker Lake Goose Bay Norman Wells 56La-'D iv TABLE OF CONTENTS CddcD` FOREWORD roc D?C ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iii dyf yD1` EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 5 Af WC The Issues 5 Ay1CD1C The Objectives 6 St,tiyD1` The Challenges 7 bn _,1aS0-Sb: THE SYMPOSIUM: LS CONNECTING THE NORTH 8 I>pDSbC Sb:)Sb 4b:)4CrsbcsbnCDc°Ll, 8 Roles 8 ,&b`STSbC_DSb:)C 8 Structure of the Symposium 8 bnLS14Se-Sb AcI-bo-rLC_DSbc%L 8 The Broadcast Component 8 8 The Community Component 9 9 The Technologies 9 56%LI: 10 Jblacr56S The "Connecting The North" Audience 10 "DPDSbCSb:)Sb THE PRESENTATIONS 11 J 10 The Sectors 11 DSb 11 Opening Remarks 11 4&1JSbCDrLcrtC_DSbC%rC 11 Rosemarie Kuptana, President, L)OSbrc-Sr DSbDiD1C 11 Inuit Tapirisat of Canada 11 `r4 - J`Ca, 6rL Honourable Richard Nerysoo, _Cr 11 Minister of Education, r` Culture and Employment, GNWT 11 Acna-l"'D 11 Honourable jack Anawak, /bL I.pI1b Member of Parliament for Nunatsiaq 12 LcLC-DçbnLLrt o 12 Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew, LID< LL,- 1bnLLrL%v Member of Parliament for the D4«SJ Western Arctic and Minister of State rv C 12 for Training and Youth 12 aAâSbrLLC DSbDrDcrd`, Synopsis of Presentations, .DeL< 23 ryVb: November 23 D%Lrpb)C nC"0- 4% nCDcr%rc 12 (Day One: Distance Education) 12 nC JS`, Peter Crass, Director, "Dnbi"DC- 12 Radio and Television Services, _00.n1< L<'LbJ%r Department of Education, A I'L--, L1bbaDisbnC-rL Culture and Employment, GNWT 12 nC ryb, Petr Cizek, Dene Cultural Institute OSbFc C f v Synopsis of Presentations, D%DrgD/vd`, oe'< 24 (>2" November 24 Sba Lâ `DCnL?Sb AoC/LQSb (Day Two: Health and Social Services, A bbib)AACrLCSb, l, a.-rO-ab 64W61CSb Justice, Public Administration and 4LL 15 Self-Government) 15 P4° CPC-, r-`C Ken Lovely, Deputy Minister of Health 1%a-U %rbDc-rLVSJc Aoc-rLa-SJC and Social Services, GNWT 15 0CL ni< 15 Baffin Regional Health Board 15 SPPSb(,%(- 15 0D-L°, Deborah Clifton and Sheila Nelson, n>5 bC-PC° JLL (%C_ Department of Health and `PP"(-,cr- 15 Sgt. Gary Sims, J4C° <1[>C-c n'Ab Royal Canadian Mounted Police 16 -0 0. ni< a 16 p q L Gordon Robinson, Financial Management C° Lbc , 6\b CL6\ \bd C, Board Secretariat, GNWT 16 16 Don McDonald, Telemedicine Centre, P4rL LJrLD` CC A dC St. John's, Newfoundland 16 oC-v4SbnCnUSb) an d Mark eting, Tel esat 19 a L S6 6 L 19 Bill Dunbar, President and Chief nDrL (L5° DPDSbCSbYY d 1 vi ISSUES FROM COMMUNITIES 22 M âbnrC-5b: 25 ACCESS: THE ISSUE 22 Technical Access 23 A?L-,JCt C 28 Affordable Access 23 Acsbdr:)sbsb »C9-%J11bnCD1 Access to Basic Services 24 4:)c5dyD1c 30 Equality of Access 25 c°c4`cSb: 31 5b _0(1y,J11CE ACCESS: RECOMMENDATION 28 aDc-LLb\Sb ncn.- b 31 CULTURE AND _.Ca%JSbnC -' aJS, 31 TECHNOLOGIES: ISSUES 29 Oc°Cr4`c5b: 32 CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGIES: bL?D1b'C: A/L,JCD1 32 RECOMMENDATIONS 30 bL»1b1: 4)cÇdL, C 33 TRAINING: ISSUES 31 6aCD` 15 Training in new technologies 32 34 Use of new technologies to deliver training 32 na<, ' '6 aAYL0- TRAINING: RECOMMENDATIONS 33 35 j1bdnr/I)-Dc- ACCOUNTABILITY- ISSUES 33 -oac-%cr 36 ACCOU NTABI LITY: D56C_DFLr` D I If56`Cf4565c-%r` 37 RECOMMENDATIONS 35 sbD %10-lb ne Ay,CD1C 38 lb Accountability through the Federal a- 38 Government in a Monopoly 4PCSy0?sb DPDSbCsb:)r Service Environment 35 D%>Ls6cCDnti5Aslnic: Ay1CD' 40 Territorial and Regional government 4PcsyAc5b DPDSbCib]r responsibility for community input 36 :)tiDLsbcCDnti50y1nic: 1) 'D' 40 Community member responsibility for 40 providing input 37 tL 1bCD,,-% Infrastructure providers' responsibility a1bPb 42 to gather community feedback 39 A 43 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: 014 47 ISSUES 40 Research and Development: ,&c-PaPnc 51 Recommendations 40 DC_rJPn 6nUy nbyb 53 PAYING FOR THE NORTHERN oc-r1Pn J -1: -oac-%a- INFORMATION HIGHWAY: DS656nf'DAà-` 57 ISSUES 42 AC_r4Pn AIL'%L`: AC_V6CDC__DSbDC an°r` 63 PAYING FOR THE NORTHERN INFORMATION HIGHWAY: RECOMMENDATIONS 42 Partnerships and Pooling Resources 42 Organizing the development of the upgraded system 44 Models for development 45 CONCLUSION 47 APPENDICES 51 Appendix One: Agenda 53 Appendix Two: Community Discussion Group List 57 Appendix Three: Participant List 63 vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the fall of 1993, the Government of the Northwest 1993-%Jn '-)J DPJbY%a- nJ` -,a - Territories (GNWT) Department of Education, fJ` LKLbd%f C 0«a5b PaDy`bCsbn`n Culture and Employment commissioned the Inuit CD`bFL/ 4-D4` Cd O Ij C P°vb 00 C '75- Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) to conduct a pan- LD"` DPDSbcSbD,LL DPrf 1 of presentations, panel discussions and community nSLoc â well as sites in Ottawa) watched the Symposium C 4\?b DS6Df16S6CCC_DSb>C 4 LL, »Lr/S1 %a-6 on TVNC, and, working with a facilitator, discussed `d55 1bb. bd 4D`C Sbncn\ b- ,nb the issues raised on air and provided feedback C. and recommendations by phone and telefax to DS6`CbnPy c dC SI D - Ld0-L COf LCr4Sb- the Symposium. l0-b AS< Symposium presenters and community partici- pants identified the following key issues over the aCccibc D âS0.96 three days of "Connecting the North". q Access ta the information highway DPDSbCSbJSIDC CLXL %LC-LSb b .Da0 )o b AnCDc_ DSbYL'LrLLC. -D("-JaVSb:)C Northerners have historically been unable to x4 c-rL(TC Dsb- access basic services taken for granted in L Y LLC ,rCSb Southern Canada. The new networks, technologies CL?%raCrb a,â bDCE C rC, D other, and with critically needed information and Up dI/SbJcb Ld_DLL n'a- f«a-SJ C, C-C!"aSbD- resources to support economic development, education, health, justice, social services and public rLa-ÇJC 1LL, administration. _.CPSbnCl»_ Participants agreed on the need to upgrade the DPDSbCSbJE DPDSbCSb- existing technical infrastructure in the North te, D D . a5rrbJob .DCI 1 açb>c ncr- permit access to distance communication services. v rC PPCD'%r ,nb JiDLi- The infrastructure should provide equal access 4PD,I,%r ,nb A(rL4S6S- from all Northern settlements, including the Cr4SbJC DLLfbJJC smaller communities whose needs are the greatest. cALnr4,b PD-%P ,nb /\/rLa SbSb>C. Access to information highway services must be affordable, without the current burden of exorbitant .DC0 JSb11CD4C ib ib long distance charges. Impact of the new technologies V DVrJsb.o on culture and language ISbnCDa-- DbAPfblQâDC_DSb>C _D(' na- aSbDC 6CLa_ aSa-°, b, Participants agreed that the new technologies IDSbCD,nb b nSbf A> CD r D`J`bM`y IL offered effective techniques for collecting, storing CDCrb %ra(Tb L-.:> and communicating traditional knowledge electron- 4S-.nb OCSbdfDS6nJC S6D*LyJS6rL- ically. It was noted, however, that the new tech- Pf4a-c- CDSDC CLbd4 _D(°cJSbn- nologies may also represent a threat to traditional CDc-4SbJC 2 cultures and languages, particularly if Northerners are not given the power to define and shape how D` A JLL the technology is to be used. The need for training O If Northerners are to benefit from the introduction DPl>"CSbD`I-D` of the information highway, they will need training craPnb 4DC-Lbi`bCD5rt4`6`C_4`b>C %_O` to use the new technologies, to access information, ILL OL I/ 6\S(7S6S6Dcr6 âbc JJ and to develop their own content. I1bpbr\ âbr,nb. A'&1bn`n5rta`6`C_ a`?`b a_1â - Participants agreed on the need for training in ILL_.- -.C°%J`-Dnb YbPCD.-4`D` 4J`bCD,nb the use of the new technologies themselves, and on the potential of the new technologies to deliver a bÇeb training at a distance in other content areas. b L i'SbscsblD irL4 QLrb0ISbJc-C p%,[>), Increased accountability DPD`bC"Df- ET Çb 4D,CD%ra- db Telecommunications services in the North are cP DC L`bpn`6C_D`b>` 4DC_CDa'-r a- `b- delivered by private sector monopolies. Parti- a55`bc cipants suggested a number of strategies to increase the accountability of these service providers to the communities they serve. A4eCancne-5-D Research and Development I%r6nP>DA âDC_D`b>` CL°a 0CSb Participants agreed that the successful introduc- DPD`bC`bD`LD` aDbd,L`b tion of information highway services to the North would require involvement of Northerners at DQLLI` Db) bCD aLL, 4D bnCDL every step, from the initial determination of LrL - Lue` needs, through the development and testing of new products and services, and finally in the n implementation of new systems or services. Alec4nOcr%bi Ways of funding information 4CDr â Drb PaDy`6`bnCD â a%rLL` highway development ,r` DPD`bC`b:)L D`6Lc-Dn`6i'n%r` aLL-D 6LQ'b \rLa-aSbC%PC No single sector of funding source can bear the ,J. I bp`na-a`-Da- initial cost of upgrading the Northern technical DPDSbCSb JIlr D `na`C_a`b 3 INTRODUCTION Arai C The issues Ay1CD1c In the fall of 1993, the GNWT Department of 1993-%Jn '---,J Dâ n4` «4sbJ Education, Culture and Employment commissioned -9-bd` nc-rc- s'YL'LC A-DA` Cd°o- the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) to conduct J a pan-Northern sertes of community consultations, by LPLSbCsbJSEL`. CLAC teleconference, on the communication needs of nrSdnsb`b LPLSbCsbJ`LL` bnçb?- Northerners. Data on the current use, potential and LS6,Lnbd` CA`?- limitations of Northern communication systems was L - r `L AGA` Cd aL- gathered from every region and sector across the CAyL LPLSbcSbJsb North. This research was summarized in "Connecting bsAc-LsbCLc-%L: Pbd` Ld- the North: Defining Users' Needs", a report in which a- L t n'b-Ac Northemers confirmed the enormous potential of the emerging technologies to stimulate and promote AsbbaASsbn`O 0 .J ` C 'Y SSNCC-% A«q"n`n0'Sb, economic, business and social development. r Sb, 5 CSb C_ The report highlighted the following issues: A«aSb n` n in L Lb \Sb n`na5b , "l "DAAC-rLa-Sb IL L, the high human and financial cost of delivering education, health, social services, training, justice and economic development b » b programs to remote communities; Dal JJP ao-sb IDSbCD a- the Jack of understanding of available So-% r°a- b PbJJAa-D` 4SbPbrar- technologies or applications by individuals l5-LL6 J PUbnf JGD 'b c-b Dan bnf C-IbnCDarbn and organizations; ,r` ba_ar` n°L" 0J` 4LL-.:, the need to upgrade the present communication 0r'r` X%,_J` infrastructure to facilitate improved East-West JCL bJ` D and North-South communication, and the t iPnb attendant cost of such an upgrade; bnCDQ_ 11 nb 6a%â L` n,LLaJ` the absence of a pool of shared knowledge groups were the Jack of public awareness of com- LP%a-' bnUç <`Da- Y"PC>%P "D'I sb`C,-Dsb>Sb munications issues, and the absence of a forum DJ a-JSbD0-b ç Dab Ja_JAS- represented by the "Information Highway". 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With the support of a grant from GNWT, IBC rL Based on needs and issues identified in the initial Sl,rLyD1 round of consultation, it was determined that the pan-Northern communication Symposium would CLbJJ JSLC_DC_- meet the following objectives: DSb>` DJ(T"iL DPDSbCSb:),La-b to create a forum for discussion of the issues L SbP`n lb and opportunities associated with the a- CLAC "information highway" and its introduction vr`rD`, DJ,â rD`, 6û%C rD` \JL to the North, in which Northern, Southern, n%LLo rD` oC_DsbCD(-Js,n1b J,r bJrb 1 1 Eastern and Western stakeholders can JLL ALr%_o` (1 ,nb; participate equally and interactively; DPD"C"DFL>c o«JçbnCD- IL to raise the awareness of Inuit and other ,nb 56 °Lr o b, L, 6 Northerners about the concept, vocabulary, 4D `a- rL 4`L) sb_Csb and potential of current communication and ID` bn`n`6`C`a"b \CTb data transfer technology; LC°%JSb< ,ja,IlbDc DPDSbc56D1 S6.DS6 to identify specific steps required to IbPCDb% °b 56DPCD54S65f facilitate the introduction of these aa0`bCDr`; technologies into the North; a`rD` 4`bflr cn4Pnb%r°a.b to create a replicable, economical and IPPà b&L rb a6Drb a`bP(/C`rb effective model for community consultation A?L,JnrSD-b D`6Dr`6PCD abDrb; around any issue; IDP âbrn`na-`b aLL, `6DyDn`n a"`b to demonstrate and promote distance learning; D%Lrf bD` «4SbncD âr to include all Northerners, regardless of DPDSbCsbJrD,Lb D,Dn`n`b location, knowledge or culture; `6DLrLSr` àc- IbdrD`6%r to demonstrate current Northern t CDsb°r nb; communication infrastructure and DPDSbCsbDF DUDL'nry>bDc technologies; to demonstrate technologies and applications DPD`bC`bJr J'DLLna-b .D(°J`brLc- not currently available in the North; ID`bCD\°%r`D(rb 1J ç6D2 O%( b to reflect the diversity of stakeholders in aD`bCDa-%r `6Dr-n`nalb; every region, including Northerners, federal, 7 THE SYMPOSIUM: CONNECTING THE NORTH bn I>PSbCSb)Sb abD joS6cSbnCDa9,1 Roles O6`1?16C_D1b:)C Although many stakeholders worked together to make the Symposium a reality, IBC, the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employ- 6nL5\as - fl >d4 ment and Inuit Communications Systems Limited, 1 A` Cd n4` (a subsidiary of IBC) played the lead role. A«QJ- 0-'J`, 0566 The GNWT Department of Education, Culture aAysbnc-rLc-SJ 4`L-.-, A-DA` _j and Employment granted initial funding for (A AC Cd `). preliminary planning and fund-raising, and provided ûa I oC I policy, planning, design and logistical support to b ILL, PaDSc fo> the project throughout. >C»Jnb \a'b Sa-b Pd>/SbCSbn`n C.Dsb>` ILL--, IBC prepared the project plan and fund-raising Lc-LnJ`, Ar-°L,-%LJ` 4`L, 4r%rnJ` b- strategy, established a project steering committee _00` The "Connecting The North" Symposium was <<>PDSbCsb:)sb held November 23 - 25, 1994. It consisted of two qbnC>,-%L" elements: a broadcast component, and a community 23-r` 25-J ` 1994-r> .vb>16 L PAc--LtLc-- component. >Sb>5,. CLbI IbO 4`L-D -oQclP`D`. The Broadcast Component C.:_i L)bdsbfCf IC The broadcast component of the Symposium 1 originated primarily in Iqaluit, Yellowknife and CLA\bdsbn`nr>\` bnL\asa- sr r/ C_Sr Cdb\ C__ Whitehorse, with additional feeds from sites in >5b>C y,a xr` 4`L-, 4`L Ottawa, Newfoundland, and Australia. Two hours P',JJ ` a D Television Northern Canada network (TVNC). nAa°rbdsbJ` nPSbbn"LC . o,c-' 96 TVNC's signal reaches 96 Northern communities é_ 8 Use of TVNC enabled all Northerners and most Southern stakeholders to participate in the 4PJ.-%L-.`, DS6DrYs6nJ Symposium without leaving their communities a`L-D b L Due to the diversity of languages across the North, CAbd. ° L the high cost of translation and interpretation, lack of technical terminology in Aboriginal languages and the participation of many English speaking presenters and government officials, the broadcast section of the Symposium was primarily in English. The moderator and some panellists in Iqaluit summarized their presentations in Inuktitut. The organizers provided funds for communities that requested simultaneous translation. The Community Component All 96 Northern communities in the TVNC viewing area were invited to form local discussion groups. Twenty seven communities in the Yukon, NWT, Nunavik and Labrador formed these local groups, directly involving approximately 270 Northerners in the discussions. The communities themselves covered the costs of Symposium promotion, facilities, recruitment of group members, and three days of group facilitation. -0 aC-'à- c)c IBC developed a comprehensive site facilitator's guide and delivered training sessions by telecon- CLAC DPDsbC DF ference for the discussion group facilitators prior to the Symposium. The manual and the training û-CnIr, 4`L, L For the three days of the Symposium, local bn next session's script. ] VbDrD c Na Dç6Drblfl b The Technologies '1 L, ILL, D,SJ` CVJ"L. ICSL co-ordinated and implemented the creative bfLb6°o LC.. Aô C and technical aspects of the broadcast and inter- LC. 9 active segments. In order to demonstrate the 6fLbb°a ckLL,C. S6°r,GCC S6/ ç'V?n potential of the new technologies and applications, /CDf 'L /C-/La-Sb ICSL utilized a wide range of communication systems, including: A_oA` 4JSbCDn`- Jn ;nb, ajbd , bn`CSAD- Television broadcast via satellite (live and pre-taped segments) bn'YA ,nb 4JrL4Sbc-P">`. Videoconference via telephone lines `A L b lSbn SI g,I L i and satellite 6nLU"r` DS6,DnnJC Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Sb%bcc 'bnCl Hbd t via satellite Phone via satellite and land fines S6°LL`CSbnCDrL' bjs 1jnb Telefax via satellite and land lines _.cLli Computer communication via satellite DS6C Dnb and land fines Sbn Cna_Sb The Symposium marked the first attempt to SbrCD5S6nJ` establish a satellite Asynchronous Transfer Mode 4LL-D -o aJSbrL,nJC. (ATM) link to a Northern location, an experiment 6nL aSa_Sb which required technical upgrading of the DPDSbC"DF' , communication infrastructure in Iqaluit to allow ATM interaction between Iqaluit, Ottawa and adyD;nb ILL, Sb Dnb Yellowknife. DPDSbCSbJ< ra(. CJ` ngqb\bd DSb>C Presenters located outside the Northern broadcast a- Abd` DS6aDnbJp olb?nb 1LL-D A56-,'-à-`D` sites interacted by vdeoconference with Yellowknife, SI % CCSbnCD?LLbJsAD ,nb. where telephone fines and equipment were readily available, or by ATM with Iqaluit. "DPDSbCSb'Sb DSb'C The "Connecting The North"Audience CLAC A-,L?C AS6,A` ILL, Pbdc L.-b ANbSbn`n,DSb>`. All three broadcast locations (Yellowknife, Igaluit DS61cPD c n4C `d AGA` J°%u`A%Lbd" and Whitehorse) provided access to interested ILL A_.A` Cd aLbiC rLC bd` Sb>`. members of the public. In Ottawa, local discussion 500 4n,PSbCD(LHC groups were organized at Telesat, Tungasuvingat (AC_C-DnrLHr`J` Cd,r`) aP,-,b- Inuit (the local Inuit Friendship Centre) and the Aanb. aA1 brLvSb offices of the Inuit Broadcasting Corporation. More Sb than 500 registered participants (See Appendix 3) abn ;J r 6aCrDC` attended the Symposium at no charge. EDC` rc`JSbL \C, While it is impossible to accurately calculate IL L, Jb)S,DSb>C (ii\- the total number of viewers, it can be assumed ILL, Jan,DS6C- that several thousand people watched ail or a portion AC_Dn`n _Dnb of the broadcast. A number of national and inter- 100,000-%J%LC LC national organizations, universities, technology CLAaCrb AC A air° Cr` ILL-D and application providers, consultants and gov- -)a- b>Sb ernment departments requested the TVNC signal baCD` Lc-LC-DSbnLL,%PC co-ordinates and organized unregistered participant sites in their own communities. Many of the 100,000 people that receive TVNC viewed all or portions of the broadcast: and the Symposium has been rebroadcast four times to date on the national Cable Parliamentary Channel. 10 THE PRESENTATIONS Dsb cbfliDC_Dsb:)` The Sectors làb sbCDrLcrrLC DsbC-rC The Symposium featured 38 presentations by DS6`c_bMc_[>"D` technology or application developers, policy makers Education S S 6 S â r ` rt ` , A_Oc-r, c , Health, Social Services and justice Public Administration Self-Government Organizations Economic Development A Infrastructure Providers A L0- C D` aSb Policy Makers and Strategists Sb jQC In order to lend thematic unity and focus to DSLS6SbnCDSdJ 6nLSJa1 (T D lb the Symposium, each of the three days was JJ7 <1' l a,l b D -D assigned a specific theme. The first day was nb devoted to Distance Education and Training; the DS6DrD )'C4 o6a-Lâ %r`Dc-rLcr b rADc-rtvç QSb6SbDAAc-rLVb,, second day to Health and Social Services, justice, L\ LA` 5USa-% Public Administration and Self-Government; and Opening Remarks LDAsbrasr DsbDv C Rosemarie Kuptana, ?''l' d In her opening remarks from Iqaluit, Rosemarie LDASbrrr1 c,-T OS6-DL C `rac- d C 1;61 services because they lack basic telephone service %r 5a_%r b»` A on par with the South. 2C/C 0-D2/ Honourable Richard Nerysoo, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, GNWT y,aor` DS6`C b.)O CL r` ODrLC 4)â nNc U LO I ra_SCDJSb Speaking from Yellowknife, Mr. Nerysoo noted 1SbDc-. Q.5J ` A SbbdJDS6C-rL a-J ` that the Symposium marked a historic first use of ILLD ASb 6aA5SbncrLVSJ` DS6DrrLL\ 11 electronic technology to bring together people CL r C'Aw` from across the North to discuss the future of DPDsbCsbJrv - JCD`nbd` DS6DrS6P JLD- communication as it affects Northerners. He Lçb`CM"y nC-rLQSJ` r/Qb\r JbDJQSbPCDQJsbD c noted that the information highway could help rLC CLa the GNWT achieve its goal of community-based sb`CDnC fJ` education in which every community in the NWT )SLLlu` ter` would have equal access to global learning. DCQJçbn`n QSI D I L Jr°Vi L.CQ Jçbn`II - D Honourable Jack Anawak, Member of Parliament for Nunatsiaq ,b LC-GC-DS61rL2"r From Iqaluit, Mr. Anawak stressed the information .va`/ 1c highway must be accessible to all Northerners. He DSb°LLDçb>çb JaMçb, 00 ) ]` observed that by sharing scientific and traditional LC-LC-Dçbn`Ln-%J Dç6Drsbc-V'>Sb knowledge on the information highway, Northerners ALLrLDQ%Lab 4DsbCD arL4- could begin the healing process for the social ills Dsbsb?v_ Craçb- that plague them. rLa'bçbJbOIC J`L-:, Ac`bdrYs6nJ` bnCD,nb DPDsbCçb- Honourable Ethel Blondin-Andrew, JSrD` <4C P J6L Member of Parliament for the Western Arctic _oc-rLQçQ. and Minister of State for Training and Youth Speaking from Ottawa, Ms. Blondin-Andrew stated dJ` °n°-4°J,3 that the federal government was committed to D4 QJJ` Lc-Gc-D°`Lr r 4`L ensuring that young people learn the sciences, fl math and technologies they need to succeed in A)° < n° 4°Jr' DJC QSJ` the information age and the Canadian economy. LC LC 60 CD` PaD A V- r Ac Synopsis of Presentations, November 23 QJP aaJSLC a-A D rLQSQb J`L_D (Day One: Distance Education) abrs6CD âd f ` DLsb`CDnQSr ILL, baCD` PaDy56 Peter Crass, Director, Radio and Television Services, Department of Education, Culture and Employment, GNWT aA&'IbCl>l > (lb D56D1DC_DçbDc _04°L< Mr. Crass outlined the Education Department's 23-%Jn -bJ (D j56 D%lrf`bDC initiatives to establish the Takuyaksat and the Cc.AtibdC Ac °c45bf1CDcD%fc) North of 60 electronic bulletin boards. These electronic computer links allow many schools in Ac dS , 4D< °LQ` ILL, DPDSbCsbJI- Petr Cizek, Dene Cultural Institute in Hay River, NWT \çbCD\b\Qb \çbP/çbnç6`CçQJçbCçl Qb. ç6rLCD/- Mr. Cizek reported on progress in the development nJ` O Is6I°(3lbncV ;nb nIr oC of the Dene Information System, a user-friendly Jrr Ds6sbnf J electronic bulletin board. He outlined plans to set up an on-line library of information about the Dene which would be available to Internet users H44 world-wide. Ac r56 OçbPè C HJD Sb>çb -Do nJr DQb6DrSIcOb c f\ Don Yamkowy and Bob Chamberlain, C-JQrLrLcSbC%IL CC-b\ \bdçbQnb. CJa Içb- PC-i, Qb Queen's University MBA Program eJQI J'DL/btab çbd LX Usb Participants watched a presentation by Don DQb SbiLJ rnL <1F ç6rLCD/Sbf J` J Yamkowy in Yellowknife and Bob Chamberlain d rb. 12 in Kingston, Ontario, on the Master of Business c° sida s,aar JLL << /L Administration (MBA) Program offered by Queen's daa University in partnership with NorthwesTel. The C° dA J'L, <` r`>c MBA program is available by teleconference to DS6DrS6rLib J0° r A«J?CD abJrb residents of Yellowknife, Whitehorse and nine A`a-`15crSJC JDC-c ncrSrb. ..JCA`n/`dC other cities across Canada. 1b >C_D5b>S6 CL°a OC-&JSbnCn'\- L%C CD\ bDSb ?aSbCD y,a Greg Welsh, Arctic College, Iqaluit rD,C, OCHDJ`rD,C bacr Mr. Welsh outlined some of the advantages and impacts of new communication technologies for learning. In order to prepare people to contribute J2 Duane Magoon, 4 Sb o«JJSbnCn1bCC50 PrJo-CCDSb Open Learning Agency (OLA) ,C%J\a-b JJSbCD\ Clb Da-' Ms. Mitchell and Mr. Porter, speaking by video- ,(%J\Crb JSbnCnb.CnAbdC n- conference from Vancouver, told viewers how r%C-b JDI û 13 OLA works in collaboration with schools and non caAc MC universities throughout B.C. to provide a wide range of academic and general interest programs, °ô«-c nàbd` AIn r9' 1'L, CLAC >1C >,n' using television, audio, audio-graphics, and computer LDL%L'crb D%c_D'b>` conferencing. They described how they have nc-r'bnsb - -'f a-b JLL_: fC_cJSb- helped broaden the choice of courses available to 5A 10-1' >rtn` 6JnaJJr A«4gqPflc Lob 4LL high school students who live in rural and remote JLSb\D\bJ- areas of the province. J â 56rtCDySbnJ'-, bnLn`n ;nb A /LSbnC Dr. Sam Shaw, Contact North 11d. C nàbJC %r°a- From Thunder Bay, Ontario, Dr. Sam Shaw video- conferenced into the Symposium with a presentation CbC 5` 5 on the Contact North distance education delivery C°J -DP`D.- [> other users-then perhaps we can mage it possible £3 C G<°LbSc 4`L C " to upgrade the systems now in place. " a'Lçb Dar â5`ISbCbSrt<°i Carl Isnor, Cambridge Bay, NWT 6` naSb .oCa- "One of the problems that always comes up is, yes, "464 DPnC2al»S`nJ L a b 4)çbCD we've got new technology coming into place, but J bJ0-b P/4 fbSo` 4Pr-SbCD- who's going to pay for it?" S6' Bruce Murdock, Principal, >PS JCb, A \OrD' Fort Good Hope, NWT /4` J` HD`, 0â n4çb 1r Is our language and culture going to survive this "DS6D/9 âP 1 - technology?" ,1"AnJ _oC CLbd4 _Da Peter Tapatai, Baker Lake, NWT AC C "Some people in our group were afraid that they "6fLç6Cl DK°`n°a were going to lose their one-on-one with their b DAG/ b/ n teacher if they got this (distance education). " l ;nb Charles Jules, Teslin, Yukon , D-, m-?, L' 14 Synopsis of Presentations, "e,c>-Dflb DsbDrDc.Dsb:)C, November 24 .ne'< 24-%Jfl -DJ (V'2' D'c-1o: (Day Two: Health and Social Services, A"6"DQàc-n-C_ Justice, Public Administration and , beLbd d AcrL4` Self-Government) ILL-3 d%reb l,eLsbcsc1b) Ken Lovely, Deputy Minister of Health and Social P4° cP-, Services, GNWT .7`c-4 %a-L cL'c P Dc-2a-J Mr. Lovely spoke from Yellowknife on communi- aCna( t «II1n`nC,_1J`, record-keeping, and the preservation and use of 4°,,- IL lbllbsC,-IIC,-%P-C,-b would be necessary in order to bring new services L-:) to the North. DPDS1b ,J Baffin Regional Health Board From Iqaluit, members of the Baffin Regional à»aS11 6nL",%P"C Health Board - Ainiak Korgak, Pat Kermeen and Asb SPP"(,"r Cdb- Dsb`C_C.. Sd4L`'b, Jr' Trevor Pollott - held a panel discussion with live D nb CC. <` ILL, SJ°%r4sbD-D` phone-in from viewers across the North. The Drt°> >C-c D56 DPD`b- potential benefit of vdeoconferencing for the CsbJr. n\bd` bnLçb`C`crsb, 4°c-- training of nurses and community health workers, ar DSbn`CC S6vL°â A«açb- diagnosing patients, and holding board meetings ncD\ SbD ILL, was discussed. Videoconferencing could, for bnL?%r` nàbd` n\b- example, allow a doctor at the hospital in Iqaluit ds,nb DbJM ,J AL°aD a555L` Asb to examine a patient in Grise Fiord. Some callers bC a55sL` 4DJA`Jr`Jrb raised concerns regarding the length of time it mSbPy- would take to get videoconference services into c CLbJ,%L %J,,- - the North. The panellists thought government /Sb J?b A\°O rdL/Sc-%r`. (LOCD\` D(LSOC_Dsb>c needed to make better use of existing services, ACs626DCrb IDIbn`n`n4P Pa-%ra-b such as broadcast television, for health education LJ0-'L (s) AC_LLb and training. A Çbn`nCrsb , LL-) Ibn`n0-SJ`. Deborah Clifton and Sheila Nelson, Department n> c- bcPC' JLL-, /c c 1 of Health and Social Services, Baffin Region duc &i SPPSbC JC Ms. Clifton and Ms. Nelson hosted a panel discussion , from Iqaluit to explore the need for distance training n>L bC\\-Pc° aLL-D r.. 56crL7a %r`D C_rtr'bJ SPPSb programs for regional staff who rarely have the O LçbOaLX/Sbnb L,%r opportunity to coure together for professional A« development. They spoke of using teleconferencing JSbnCD\ b âsb6aA- to deliver effective training to workers in their r%.C _O CI_ a- communities, a technique which does not deprive nAbd-D 6,TLâ%r`DC-rLDUb -% «aSb the community of vital human resources for the n`nCrsrb CALa A«4s1bn`n âpnb long periods usually needed for effective training. `PLPnrL5rt4565y°0.r`LC ASbba_osr00_b. 15 Michael Pluscauskas and Tyson Mcauley, Ldd` JLL--, CAS' L6c- 60 CD` Industry Canada LOd` 6` JLL L6 - 6aCV From Iqaluit, Mr. Pluscauskas and Mr. Mcauley ILS nb D16`C_C_D1bDb s6 outlined the federal government's HealthNet and 6aCD` S6Q L°â f `brLCDyb- Open Government initiatives. New technologies 4LL, can be used to empower health care users by [> information and resources. They introduced L LC. 56rLCDySrL, Db)Pn565b?a- viewers to software and data bases that give users VbJQ b `6rLCD56ô?nbd` access to vast amounts of health information abJnJ`. available on the Internet. / Dc- /Lr, < /bdC Sgt. Gary Sims, Royal Canadian Mounted Police aAJ` <&-rbdc J%L- Speaking from Yellowknife, Sgt. Sims described a I VC r r DQ-b6Dr56Sb D O nI JC \SbCDQ"drb pilot training program the RCMP delivers to staff in < AC_°r°Q- \C- _O aC-'L C- sion. He also explained that the RCMP, because of Ab55 24--og P°Q-Sb prohibitive costs charged by NorthwesTel, was no J\Sâbra-%L_DC aPD,- longer able to offer 24-hour telephone service in JsQ-%P Pr4o CLbd4 AC'b- remote communities... an example of a service that is readily available to people in Southern Canada. 4° 4Da`n,X` aCn4( Gordon Robinson, y,aorc JJC° C- n1< Financial Management Board Secretariat, GNWT Lbd%r°Q- DS6Drs6Sb>S bJQ-b Mr. Robinson spoke from Yellowknife about the -,a nJ` A ir.. I JrLc ILL-D GNWT's present work and future plans to improve rua-blJc contractors in small communities with tender nCDSbDSbpOrc 'JC,L'.J O openings, and an on-line service that would allow osbrsd aC ILL JPPabr'0 b- residents in small communities to renew or D âSSSa ISb'Da-rc update their motor vehicle licenses by telephone. He called on participants to identify their needs C LbC., C-:- lbd and to form partnerships to share the cost of new Sd° S° 'DeD , services. rL 6o-C[>` 1I0° yJC a-xD r C° LICE nb\bj Don McDonald, A«JS bnCnQ-fLL\bC r°Q-b.l qJ °O'J r SbnCn\b>C >Sb_)a"Sb Telemedicine Centre, St. John's, Newfoundland Q'J \a' rL JSb \ UC Mr. McDonald joined the Symposium from St. b 1LL J°UJ1bDc bLr- L_.P`JCD\Q- John's, Newfoundland, by videoconference. He /V0 I JODF(T'b -.CD°- discussed the Centre's role in training medical %r'Dr'c- JJSb,D nb °°DS6,DnDo a[-b,,. JSbSa'JSa-%r°a- university courses, and improving health services b J)S6CCS'J SbJC -.CD-b throughout the sparsely-populated province, using `old' technology - the analog phone system. ?42 LJri J' (CG6116db dC-P J He emphasized the need to give high priority to JLL, (cdb é.61 (,J"Pc vac "t -c) IL training so that people would learn to use com- nb\bjSb?nb Dsb` . Pib L, A - bd- munication technologies effectively. r:)56C-rLa-bd` .C` 16 Rory McGreal (TeleEducation New Brunswick) P rc_cDSbL New Brunswick, the presenters reviewed the 6 \bnJC ILL-D bnJC. A economic and cultural benefits of new communi- n cation technologies. Mr. McGreal told viewers about A-0 P°v1bi-OC DC the many distance education services available at I libraries, workplaces, community centres, hospitals, nrQPn51 Sb\b SI nras:, LL,%b T Tanami Network DPDSbCSb)< ba%ab In the final presentation of the day, the Symposium DirL bacrVa- Sb[L\C Australia, live by videoconference. John Amagoalik b DSODyrraVSb/c S6-0SC Oas6SbÎ and Jose Kusugak began with historical back- n\bdPnC bnLsbCCs- ground on the creation of Nunavut, the new eastern r ; UbdC DILrr 4 c- sac %o- Arctic territory. They spoke of the need for revi- `nrd'C ILL, A%Lrb _DaC_`' F CDaa_. ocrC talized communication systems in a decentralized n,LLb\AQ"Srb-D pSbb- Nunavut government. 1LL, nrC,-b «SbfrJCXbD` ILL-, AàrbDc 1 Peter Toyne and Robin Japanunga Granites of the b o,%r CDJ;nb DSbP°an- S6SbncD >SbDC_SbL LC C-a Tanami Network told viewers in Canada how _.nb, Ami(bD 1-D _O 1g4-C they use their Aborigine-owned and controlled nb C_ _D video-conferencing network, which links Warlpiri schools in the cities. The Warlpiri can communi- 11-0 a C-"OC Q/Jc IICC/lC(' aPçb D46 c-DDCb. D/1 a - cate with aboriginal groups in Canada, the United Q/C DJSbr CO l I, SPnSbOCD// _)J .DaSôçb- States and Sweden. Warlpiri representatives said bçb( L\ C 05 a`b CcJ 1Y b that they planned to recoup their infrastructure 4c° ] flb D»G/bJ 17 costs within two years, and run the network on a d,d` CL-)Ja CLbIlb056565P5rb Db-) çbnCO52- cost-recovery basis. 45629 c. " Despite frequent transmission glitches, the 'bLc-'D45b nasb LsbbnrbDa- Ds6"Cb\C-Sb Inuit and Aborigine leaders exchanged information on self-government and mining development, and joked about their contrasting weather conditions. .o4CL< 25-%Jfl ,,J (Dsb A%L1%L`: Pav5,,I>flbti` Ae`c"gnCD0%rc Community Comments edCHD4'/5L>ad s62CD56d`6ns6PSJ Dç6;nDç'` "To be linked to other communities is a growing P%J` -'r i'-. r L56Dr>1,4CC-DsbD` Vbsbns6LLSb>c concern. What theyfound most interesting, I saw r ; nrasbC>rLc-1bDc-b >PDsb- and heard on Thursday, was the Aboriginalsfrom C"DFL J KA'H- 9brL\c Australia. It was unbelievable how this technology m'rc >"c r > bSbÎ CLb\ lbjCbncnf%rc now can link to communicate `live', even though LPL 61r Sb,C>ybdçbIDnb «bnrJ we are a world apart. It is amazing! As well, older aLL, ar`Lra-b >sb`c- Js6C_>Sb>Sb af` b- Inuit should have the opportunity to try out video- SbcLanb `b C> bds,nb conferencing." nar S6,C>ybdC &Ibn- Baker Lake (NWT) I'L, CAP 0-d ° Discussion Group ;nb S6D56 Ac..V C>c-Pnb 1CL56d` lc-'+Jr 30 Synopsis of Presentations, >%L(&cD-.c >sbwbpâb>`. November 25 (Day Three: Economic Development) s,adr AC c-ancna-Sjc D`,';6/?PIC c »c >r n4 Whitehorse/Yellowknife Internet Panel b LKLbd: The final day of presentations began with panels r abJC C%Pla-l ar4C-br broadcasting from Whitehorse and Yellowknife, baCr, 4LL--- rb/ dr. Lob to describe initiatives linking Northerners to the s6D LfD' C Internet. From Whitehorse, Brenda Chambers of J`rb >PP"C"DF D'b- ?bb\bdCbncn,-Sb Northern Native Broadcasting Yukon, Julie rSb L Yukon and provide access to the Internet. On 1>SbCDo dam` b<% behalf of the NTnet Society of the NWT, Bob (T %r rL- 61 Johnson and Dave Nicholson in Yellowknife JLÇbCDsdyrlb demonstrated how viewers may soon be able to b C S6rL-C1>ynJ1 get on the Internet, which links more than 30 million JDA' b 6aCr. computer users around the world. <` Y ; Yellowknife Business Development Panel ç6',GCCS6nCDlL,JbjÇb.),,,I,C Richard Bushey of the NWT Construction 4D< North outlined the benefits of computer links a - VbDr2. - aD`C bf throughout the North, particularly in light of the sb>LLbd` rr )C>°,,-sb \>nCLb 18 spoke of the expense and inefficiency of sending A P' CY, p%bç'çbb"b DÇ6cD/2 4`615nabd 0 and receiving newspaper copy by fax. Gary Karst, AD° C°< Sb who works for a local architecture and engineering bJCrb firm, explained how he sends information, nl-`n `nd( S6 &O- including mechanical drawings, by modem to A E» abo DPnsb,asb<%LC colleagues throughout Canada. DnCsbn`na1,5%brb DPDSbCSbD51-D,` 100,000-''J%LC 88-e ,ac-'o ,a Paul Bush, 4.3 r4° P`