A new Community Information Technology Centre in Deer Lake, which will house a seven station community computer access and training site, a videoconference suite, as well as workstations for disabled users and for multi-media production. This is expected to promote better decision making and improve accountability. It will be the first step toward applications such as telehealth and telediagnostic procedures such as cardiology and radiology. Pending a successful evaluation and the desires of the communities, Grade Ten will be offered in 2001-02. Isolation has meant fewer choices for First Nation communities, especially in critical areas such as education and health.
Teachers are able to choose where they want to work now.
However, technological innovations are making northern Ontario communities more attractive to teachers. It's pretty exciting. Until now, students who wanted a secondary education had to leave their community. In fact, half of the students return home before the end of the first semester. The Internet High School will give them that choice.