Wiring the Nation! Including First Nations? Aboriginal Canadians and Federal e-Government Initiatives
Governments are turning to new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance service delivery and improve citizen-state relations. E-government initiatives are focused on renewing administrative structures and processes, and on providing government information and services online. Eme...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/jcs.35.4.277 2023-12-31T10:06:55+01:00 Wiring the Nation! Including First Nations? Aboriginal Canadians and Federal e-Government Initiatives Alexander, Cynthia J. 2000 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/jcs.35.4.277 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/jcs.35.4.277 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) Journal of Canadian Studies volume 35, issue 4, page 277-296 ISSN 0021-9495 1911-0251 History Cultural Studies journal-article 2000 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.35.4.277 2023-12-01T08:18:12Z Governments are turning to new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance service delivery and improve citizen-state relations. E-government initiatives are focused on renewing administrative structures and processes, and on providing government information and services online. Emerging e-governance initiatives include the use of ICTs, particularly the World Wide Web, to create new patterns of engagement between policy communities and policy-makers. This essay identifies and assesses the Canadian federal government's efforts to ensure that the needs and interests of Canada's indigenous peoples are included in the wired world of government policy initiatives. The essay reveals that beyond the technological infrastructure needs of the First Nations peoples and their communities, federal policy initiatives must address and respond to the non-technical policy issues — from the cultural considerations to the privacy concerns that may be unique to the needs and interests of diverse indigenous communities in Canada — that may constrain the realization of ICTs to support Native peoples' socio-political and economic development objectives. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press - via Crossref) Journal of Canadian Studies 35 4 277 296 |
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Governments are turning to new information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enhance service delivery and improve citizen-state relations. E-government initiatives are focused on renewing administrative structures and processes, and on providing government information and services online. Emerging e-governance initiatives include the use of ICTs, particularly the World Wide Web, to create new patterns of engagement between policy communities and policy-makers. This essay identifies and assesses the Canadian federal government's efforts to ensure that the needs and interests of Canada's indigenous peoples are included in the wired world of government policy initiatives. The essay reveals that beyond the technological infrastructure needs of the First Nations peoples and their communities, federal policy initiatives must address and respond to the non-technical policy issues — from the cultural considerations to the privacy concerns that may be unique to the needs and interests of diverse indigenous communities in Canada — that may constrain the realization of ICTs to support Native peoples' socio-political and economic development objectives. |
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