This is one project funded by the First Nations Technology Council
They have a description of their project lifecycle broken down into five stages:
- Identify Communities in Need
- Community Engagement
- Construct the Broadband Network
- Activation
- Capacity Building
They seem very focused on the infrastructure and technical elements of delivery of broadband internet access. They mention a “Fully Integrated Technologies (FIT) Partners Working Group” which completed a 2007 study of the state of First Nations connectivity in B.C. Although they mention it is a “wide cross-section of First Nations and government technology, health, education and cultural groups” I am not certain what the specific criteria were for prioritizing access for communities..
They emphasize some of the benefits of broadband however after working through many of the readings in this course, I am left thinking a lot about how these opportunities are framed in ways that are actively decolonizing (or whether they are)