What is the ‘First Mile’? FCAT Forum Feb. 22, 2012 Vancouver, B.C. 1

| 2 The First Mile Project  Public Outreach grant from SSHRC  First Nations Partners:  Keewaytinook Okimakanak (Ontario)  First Nations Education Council (Quebec)  First Nations Help Desk (Atlantic Canada)  University Partners:  Simon Fraser University (B.C.)  University of New Brunswick (New Brunswick)

| 3 First Nations Communities 3

| 4 The First Mile project shares stories of First Nations technology projects. It is not enough just to be connected to the Internet. Who, what, how, and why people and communities connect are important too.

| 5 First Mile Broadband Development  Different First Nations develop local broadband networks in ways that reflect their unique contexts  Locally owned networks support future development  Local control means First Nations can decide what to do with these tools 5

| 6 ‘First Mile’ Broadband is: a community service that local residents, organizations and businesses can develop and access used by First Nations governments to support and deliver other community services to members, such as health or education 6

| 7 K’atlodeeche First Nation, NWT 7

| 8 The First Mile Project & OCAP  Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession  First Nations Information Governance Centre  How can First Nations apply OCAP to digital data and networks?  First Nations historically used broadband owned by external organizations  First Mile Project exploring communities taking ownership and control of broadband  First Mile Project offers examples of public services delivered over broadband

| 9 Bringing Back the ‘First Mile’ 1998: The First Mile of Connectivity Paisley & Richardson

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| 11 Assembly of First Nations e-Community Strategy 11

| 12 First Mile Website 12

| 13 First Mile Questions (examples) How is your community connected? What’s the history of connections in your community? Now your community is connected, what if anything changed? Do people think it’s important to be connected? Why/why not? How do people use the Internet? For work? At home? Do people face challenges related to technologies? Do technologies make a difference in your community? 13

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| 16 First Mile Videos 16

| 17 Blood Tribe Community Network [documentary] 17