First Nations Technology Council (FNTC) http://www.fnbc.info/capacity-development

This Website provides information on province wide initiatives that focus on supporting First Nations communities with technology.  Their focus will be on language, culture, education, health, economic development, governance, land a marine stewardship and more.

The First Nations Technology Council is working towards providing data services to First Nations at reasonable costs.  This is in order to aid many BC First Nations groups that are in remote locations in which it is costly for reliable technology services.

They also provide computer training for Aboriginal people on and off reserves.

This website shows the initiative to incorporate and make technology accessible for Aboriginal people in remote locations.  This may help my personal research as I am looking into the effects of BC’s New Education Plan in which they are trying to incorporate more technology into schools.  With FNTC on board, perhaps this could be a good collaboration.

First Nations Schoolnet http://www.firstnationsnt.ca/

This site has many resources that are available for multiple research topics.  The home page has a list of current articles and issues on the site.    There are sample lesson plans, information on topics such as Government Canada providing programs to improve First Nation Education, as well as scholarship information for students.

There is a link that provides information about course content in the IT training academy which provides students with training for career-ready skills.  There is also information for online lessons in IT for things such as PC Hardware and Software training.  This site has a lot of content related to indigenous training in technology and how to implement technology in schools.  Content from this site will be useful for my research project as it is about incorporating technology in schools and the effect it will have on Aboriginal students.

BC Action Plan – Incorporating First Nation Education Act http://actionplan.gc.ca/en/initiative/first-nation-education-act

This site is an information site for the incorporation of a First Nation Education Act that is planned to be in place for September 2014.  This site offers insight about the Initiative, who will benefit and updates on the initiative.  This site also provides information on what type of money the government is putting towards this initiative.

This will help my research as it will provide statistics that I can use in my writing.

Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100033601/1100100033605

This site has a lot of useful information.  On the left hand tabs, you can read about many different topics such as benefits and rights and economic development, but in particular I looked under the Education tab.  This tab provides information on the First Nation Education act (which has extra information to elaborate from the previously listed website on my weblog) as well as Elementary/Secondary Education Programs, Post-Secondary Education programs, First Nation Education Partnerships and Agreements and more.  Since my Research is in the secondary level for schooling, this site is very beneficial because it also provides links to First Nation Student Success Programs, publications and references, and National Program guidelines for 2013-2014.  All of this information will be helpful for my research.

Aboriginal Education – Ministry of British Columbia Website http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/abed/

This again is a great site for information on Aboriginal Education in BC.  The tab on the left that shows Aboriginal Performance Data is particularly helpful for my research as it has seven years of reports on Aboriginal Student performance in the BC public school system.  This will help me discover possible trends in learning, and since technology is increasing, be able to see if there is a noticeable correlation of increase/decrease in performance levels of Aboriginal Students over these years.