In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative

The Youth ICT Training initiative (YICT) has been providing IT skills training and short-term employment opportunities to First Nations youth in Ontario's far North for 15 years. Initially funded by Industry Canada, YICT is developed and guided by the Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) based in Sioux Loo...

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Main Author: Tomkinson, Kristy
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Waterloo Library 2009
Subjects:
Community Development
Youth Skills
Community Information
Learning
Canada
Lookout
First Nations
Online Access:https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2456
https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2456
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spelling ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:canadianfoodstudies.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/cfs/oai:article/2456 2023-05-15T16:16:00+02:00 In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative Tomkinson, Kristy 2009-12-07 text/html https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2456 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2456 eng eng University of Waterloo Library https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2456/3038 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2456 doi:10.15353/joci.v5i2.2456 The Journal of Community Informatics; Vol. 5 No. 2 (2009): Special Issue: CI & Indigenous Communities in Canada—The K-Net (Keewaytinook Okimakanak's Kuhkenah) Experience 1712-4441 10.15353/joci.v5i2 Community Development Youth Skills Community Information Learning info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2009 ftuniwaterlooojs https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2.2456 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v5i2 2022-05-09T15:37:13Z The Youth ICT Training initiative (YICT) has been providing IT skills training and short-term employment opportunities to First Nations youth in Ontario's far North for 15 years. Initially funded by Industry Canada, YICT is developed and guided by the Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) based in Sioux Lookout Ontario. This study, initiated through the partnership between a University of Guelph graduate student and K-Net, has evolved from an evaluation of program outcomes to a search for community champions. This journey in research has revealed the importance of capturing the stories of individual creativity, ingenuity, needs, and relationships for community IT development. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) Canada Lookout ENVELOPE(77.955,77.955,-68.605,-68.605)
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Youth Skills
Community Information
Learning
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Youth Skills
Community Information
Learning
Tomkinson, Kristy
In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
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Youth Skills
Community Information
Learning
description The Youth ICT Training initiative (YICT) has been providing IT skills training and short-term employment opportunities to First Nations youth in Ontario's far North for 15 years. Initially funded by Industry Canada, YICT is developed and guided by the Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) based in Sioux Lookout Ontario. This study, initiated through the partnership between a University of Guelph graduate student and K-Net, has evolved from an evaluation of program outcomes to a search for community champions. This journey in research has revealed the importance of capturing the stories of individual creativity, ingenuity, needs, and relationships for community IT development.
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title In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
title_short In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
title_full In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
title_fullStr In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
title_full_unstemmed In Search of Community Champions: Researching the Outcomes of K-Net’s Youth Information and Communications Technology Training Initiative
title_sort in search of community champions: researching the outcomes of k-net’s youth information and communications technology training initiative
publisher University of Waterloo Library
publishDate 2009
url https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2456
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