The First Mile Approach to Community Services in Fort Severn First Nation

The K-Net Story: Community ICT Development Work

The Kuhkenah Network (K-Net) provides information and communication technologies (ICTs), telecommunication infrastructure and application support in First Nation communities across a vast, remote region of north-western Ontario as well as in other remote regions in Canada. This private telecommunications network supports the development of online applications that combine video, voice and data ...

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 institutions are driving development. This article provides a First Mile case study from the Inuit...

Critique of Novel/ A review and analysis of two novels: Nation of Love and Kimiakhatoon with an approach to Rumi's life, Aida Chahragani

Abstract The Nation of Love by Elif Shafak is one of the most read and most frequently translated novels in this decade that attracted an audience from all walks of life in a short time, as it did in the original language in Turkey (2009), and became a bestselling novel quickly. The collection of the works by this Turkish writer (16 books, mostly novels) has been translated to over 40 language...

Environmental and Ecological Extra Challenges in Minority Populations; a Tale of Toxic Exposures among First Nation Populations

The Potential Use of Agroforestry Community Gardens as a Sustainable Import-Substitution Strategy for Enhancing Food Security in Subarctic Ontario, Canada

The high prevalence of food insecurity experienced by northern First Nations partially results from dependence on an expensive import-based food system that typically lacks nutritional quality and further displaces traditional food systems. In the present study, the feasibility of import substitution by Agroforestry Community Gardens (AFCGs) as socio-ecologically and culturally sustainable mean...