National Connecting Aboriginal Canadian

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National Connecting Aboriginal Canadian 2003
Forum Planning Draft Objectives, Outline, Ideas
and Options
September 16th, 2002
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Forum Objectives

• Share federal, provincial and territorial
  government applications pilot results, aboriginal
  community best practices and new connectivity
  program developments
• Increase aboriginal connectivity benefits
  awareness among community leaders and government
  officials
• Maintain Aboriginal connectivity momentum and
  strengthen message that all stakeholders must
  work together
• Demonstrate that it must be community driven
• An opportunity or point in time to monitor
  progress from last years forum
• Share with the world Canadas progress on
  Aboriginal connectivity, pilots and the digital
  divide

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Lessons Learned From Last Years Forum

• Positive reviews/interest (as reported in Survey)

• Inter-departmental and national aboriginal
  stakeholder planning process really paid off
• wide ranging number of connectivity issues
• pan-aboriginal and inter-jurisdictional balance
• Community best practice presentations from across
  Canada
• Excellent mechanism for final plenary session and
  collaborative report
• Multi-stakeholder report increases credibility,
  demonstrates the importance of consultation, and
  is being circulated widely to senior DMs and FPTA

• Improvements
• - put monitors at head desk
• - signing-up Ministers, DMs, ADMs
• - aboriginal connectivity trade show
• - lack of networking time
• - others

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Key Themes to be explored/discussed

• Infrastructure

• E-Skills training and community capacity

• Aboriginal digital content development

• On-line Economic Development Opportunities

• On-line social development opportunities

• E-democracy, e-government and e-citizen engagement

• Indigenous Communities of the Americas

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Key Themes (I. Infrastructure) Lead/Champions
INAC, IC

• Panelist/Presenters

• National Broadband, CAP, Schoolnet
• Provincial B.C broadband example
• National Aboriginal Organization Connectivity
• Rural/Urban Community Example

Workshop and Panel Report

• Is there a digital divide (quantity and quality),
  improving?
• The importance of fed/prov partnerships
• What can be done to improve the situation

Other concepts/players

• CRTC role, who chairs, can we get IC ADM
• Community and private sector partnership
  booths/sessions
• Ministers for final reportage on Connectivity

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Key Themes (II. Aboriginal E-Skills) Lead/Champio
n(s) HRDC / INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• National HRDC/aro, Schoolnet
• Provincial BC and Ottawa Friendship Centres
• National Aboriginal Organization
• Rural/Urban Community

Workshop and Panel Report

• Are the AHRDas the group to do this
• Do we need a national Aboriginal Community
  Internet Mentor Program
• What is the public, private sector and community
  role

Other concepts/players

• private sector booths/sessions (Aboriginal and
  non-aboriginal IT skills)
• Ministers for final reportage on Aboriginal
  e-skills
• Program, project and pilot announcements

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Key Themes (III. Digital Content
Development) Lead/Champion(s) PCH / INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• National Culture On-line, Museums, Aboriginal
  Canada Portal
• Provincial New Brunswick Heritage
• Remote/Remote Community
• Aboriginal Organization

Workshops and Panel Report

• Are aboriginal communities on-line
• Geographic/interest communities
• Balancing Public Community Digital Content
• Can we increase awareness

Other concepts/players

• Would Laurier LaPierre chair
• Project and/or program announcements
• Ministers/DM for final reportage

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Key Themes (IV. On-line economic development
applications) Lead/Champion(s) ICabc / INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• National E-commerce, Virtual Aboriginal Trade
  Show,
• On-line Natural Resource Investment Promotion
• Provincial
• E-Commerce Business and Community
• Aboriginal Organizations

Workshop and Panel Report

• Are there international marketing opportunities
• Are aboriginal communities and companies
  internet/e-commerce ready

Other concepts/players

• Official launch of VATS (video conference with
  DFAIT/posts)
• private sector booths/sessions on e-commerce
• Program/project announcements
• Ministers/DM for final reportage

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Key Themes (V. On-line Social Development
Applications) Lead/Champion(s) Health / HRDC /
INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• National Health Canada e-health, HRDC
  E-learning, Justice Sol Gen
• Provincial Saskatchewan, Alberta
• National Aboriginal Organization
• Rural/Urban Community

Workshop and Panel Report

• Impediments to rolling out e-health and
  e-learning
• Bandwidth needs
• What can be done to improve the situation

Other concepts/players

• Announcing aboriginal e-learning pilots
• Results of e-health pilotsp
• private sector booths/sessions
• Ministers/DM for final reportage

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Key Themes (VI. E-Citizen and E-Government) Champ
ion/Lead(s) PCO and INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• International London School of Economics,
  Citizen engagement, E-Government
• National GoC e-government, TB GOL, Elections
  Canada, ACP
• Provincial
• National Aboriginal Organization
• Rural/Urban Community

Workshop and Panel Report

• Does the democratic process of the future require
  equitable Internet access
• Are partnerships an essential element to
  e-government portals

Other concepts/players

• Who chairs
• How do these results feed into national and
  international policymaking
• Linkages / focus-test with Aboriginal Canada
  Portal
• Ministers/DM for final reportage

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Key Themes (VII. Connecting Indigenous
Communities of the Americas) Lead/Champion(s)
DFAIT, CIDA and INAC

• Panelist/Presenters

• International Organizations OAS, World Bank
  Indigenous Gateway
• Other Countries Bolivia, USA, Mexico
• National CIDA, DFAIT
• National Aboriginal Organization

Workshop and Panel Report

• Are there opportunities for connecting Indigenous
  communities
• Would a twinning program help
• Opportunities for traditional/non-traditional
  information sharing

Other concepts/players

• Who chairs
• Can the results feed into OAS
• DM/Ministers for final reportage

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Forum Format, Timing and Location

• Format

• Sequential One issue/Theme at a a time
• Pros nobody misses an item, easier to
  attract/schedule presenters,
• presenters can more fully
  participate
• - Cons 7 themes final reportage would
  requires 4 days
• Concurrent Two issues per session
• Pros 7 themes and final reportage would take 2
  days
• Do we have workshops again, keep it inter-active
• Do we have a final reportage reporting session
  with Leaders/Ministers
• National Aboriginal organizations and community
  best practices session
• Workshops one overarching, or one for each
  session/theme , facilitators

Location

• Ottawa Convenient for Federal and Organizations
• February FPTA event in Toronto / easier to
  attract provinces
• Other

Other

• Do we web-cast
• Do do another collaborative report