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Partners provide distance training
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Alberta Sweetgrass
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May 1, 2005
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Soon a computer with Internet access will be all a person living in a remote community will need to receive industry-recognized information technology training, thanks to the First Nations Distance Learning Program.
The program is being developed by Cisco Systems Canada, a worldwide leader in networking for the Internet, in partnership with Industry Canada, Human Resources Skills Development Canada and the First Nations SchoolNet regional management organizations (RMOs).
The RMOs involved in the project include the Sunchild Cyber school on Sunchild First Nation, the First Nations Education Steering Committee in B.C., Keewatin Career Development Corporation (KCDC) in La Ronge, Sask., ...