From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec
Across Canada, discrepancies of access to broadband exist between urban centres and rural and remote Aboriginal communities. Government, public and private sector organizations are partnering to address these digital divides. Some employ a ‘First Mile’ approach that foregrounds how community-based i...
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ftuniwaterlooojs:oai:openjournals.uwaterloo.ca:article/2725 2024-09-15T18:15:01+00:00 From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec McMahon, Rob Mangiok, Thomassie 2013-12-22 text/html https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2725 https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v10i2.2725 eng eng University of Waterloo Library https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2725/3481 https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/article/view/2725 doi:10.15353/joci.v10i2.2725 The Journal of Community Informatics; Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Special Issue: Building the First Mile 1712-4441 10.15353/joci.v10i2 First Mile Aboriginal broadband Inuit broadband indigenous broadband broadband infrastructure Nunavik Kativik Regional Government rural and remote access info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2013 ftuniwaterlooojs https://doi.org/10.15353/joci.v10i2.272510.15353/joci.v10i2 2024-07-26T03:04:01Z Across Canada, discrepancies of access to broadband exist between urban centres and rural and remote Aboriginal communities. Government, public and private sector organizations are partnering to address these digital divides. Some employ a ‘First Mile’ approach that foregrounds how community-based institutions are driving development. This article provides a First Mile case study from the Inuit territory of Nunavik. We describe the cultural, social and political contexts the people of Nunavik and their government navigated to establish broadband in the region’s 14 northern villages. The Kativik Regional Government is building and administering infrastructure that delivers public services and encourages economic development, balancing centralized efficiencies with the needs of residents in villages like Ivujivik. Article in Journal/Newspaper inuit Nunavik Waterloo Library Journal Publishing Service (University of Waterloo, Canada) |
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Across Canada, discrepancies of access to broadband exist between urban centres and rural and remote Aboriginal communities. Government, public and private sector organizations are partnering to address these digital divides. Some employ a ‘First Mile’ approach that foregrounds how community-based institutions are driving development. This article provides a First Mile case study from the Inuit territory of Nunavik. We describe the cultural, social and political contexts the people of Nunavik and their government navigated to establish broadband in the region’s 14 northern villages. The Kativik Regional Government is building and administering infrastructure that delivers public services and encourages economic development, balancing centralized efficiencies with the needs of residents in villages like Ivujivik. |
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From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec |
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From the First Mile to Outer Space: Tamaani Satellite Internet in Northern Quebec |
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The Journal of Community Informatics; Vol. 10 No. 2 (2014): Special Issue: Building the First Mile 1712-4441 10.15353/joci.v10i2 |
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