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K-Net: An Amazing First Nations Initiative in Telehealth and Online Education

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Speakers:Darlene Panacheese is the telehealth coordinator at the Mishkeegogamang Telemedicine Work Station, and gives us a video tour of the telehealth station.Linda Johnson is a high school teacher in Weagamow Lake, and talks about the Keewaytinook Internet High School.Brian Beaton is the coordinator of K-Net Services, the telecommunications department of Keewaytinook Okimakanak; a tribal council serving First Nations in Ontario's far north. He will discuss the migration of broadband and the development of applications such as telehealth and digital education through the expansion of the Kuhkenah Network, the largest First Nations-owned and managed broadband network in Canada.Brian Walmar is the Director of Research at Keewaytinook Okimakanak, a tribal council serving First Nations in Ontario's far north. The KO Research Institute (KORI) was created by the Chiefs with a twin mandate, to build research capacity at the community level and to build bridges with like-minded academics who are willing to put the