New #mobile #app lets #Apple #iPad + #iPhone users #text in #Inuktitut #syllabics http://ow.ly/OsiPp video guide http://ow.ly/Osjyu
Items of interest from around the Circumpolar region.
Wednesday, 17 June 2015
Friday, 12 June 2015
OpenBroadcaster, KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION AND SSI MICRO TO COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL RADIO PILOT PROJECT
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"…KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION AND SSI MICRO TO COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL RADIO PILOT PROJECT
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, June 11th, 2015
The Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) and SSI Micro are very pleased to announce a collaborative partnership to launch a Regional Radio Pilot Project in Nunavut's Kitikmeot region. The Pilot Project will operate for an initial two years, with an anticipated start date in spring 2016 once all necessary regulatory authorizations are secured.
Under the framework of the Pilot Project, SSi will construct and commission a satellite-supported FM radio network in the Kitikmeot communities of Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay with initial engineering and regulatory work commencing this summer. Once in operation, SSi's radio network will provide a platform for KIA to broadcast what is proposed to be a daily Inuit Language radio service mainly focused on revitalizing the Inuinnaqtun dialect in the two communities.
To allow KIA and other community collaborators to manage content over its radio network, SSi intends to employ a web-based, media asset management system developed by Yukon-based OpenBroadcaster Inc.; thus making the Pilot Project a uniquely pan-territorial initiative.
Following the recent meeting of the KIA Executive Committee, at which KIA's formal support of the project was confirmed, KIA President Stanley Anablak stated, "The launching of the Regional Radio Pilot Project is a very important milestone in KIA's efforts to help revitalize the use of the Inuit Language in our communities. KIA is fortunate to have a technical partner in SSi Micro that has a very capable team and years of experience delivering telecommunication services in the north. This partnership allows KIA to focus our efforts on developing content for the proposed language service. To create this content, we intend to work with Inuit Language speakers in our communities and beyond to generate the material that will form the backbone of the radio service. While we are still in the very early days of this initiative, KIA already recognizes that the partnerships, infrastructure and content management systems proposed to be put in place could, if the Pilot Project proves to be successful, be scaled up to provide a regional radio service to the entire Kitikmeot."
Jeff Philipp, President and Founder of the SSi Group of Companies, noted, "As a company with deep northern roots SSi understands the value of oral communication in the Inuit culture. Today's announcement is an important step in what I hope will be the first building blocks for a Nunavut-wide radio network. I commend the Kitikmeot Inuit Association for their vision and I am proud to say that SSi has a long and successful working relationship with KIA, dating back to 1998 when we broke new ground together and built our first satellite network to bring Internet to the region's five communities. We've come a long way since then and we are constantly engaged in new opportunities to upgrade and enhance our network. I look forward to this next venture and a new era of radio communication in Nunavut."…"
https://www.facebook.com/qiniq/photos/a.472625781441.256195.29273906441/10152737614111442/?type=1&theater
"…KITIKMEOT INUIT ASSOCIATION AND SSI MICRO TO COLLABORATE ON REGIONAL RADIO PILOT PROJECT
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, June 11th, 2015
The Kitikmeot Inuit Association (KIA) and SSI Micro are very pleased to announce a collaborative partnership to launch a Regional Radio Pilot Project in Nunavut's Kitikmeot region. The Pilot Project will operate for an initial two years, with an anticipated start date in spring 2016 once all necessary regulatory authorizations are secured.
Under the framework of the Pilot Project, SSi will construct and commission a satellite-supported FM radio network in the Kitikmeot communities of Kugluktuk and Cambridge Bay with initial engineering and regulatory work commencing this summer. Once in operation, SSi's radio network will provide a platform for KIA to broadcast what is proposed to be a daily Inuit Language radio service mainly focused on revitalizing the Inuinnaqtun dialect in the two communities.
To allow KIA and other community collaborators to manage content over its radio network, SSi intends to employ a web-based, media asset management system developed by Yukon-based OpenBroadcaster Inc.; thus making the Pilot Project a uniquely pan-territorial initiative.
Following the recent meeting of the KIA Executive Committee, at which KIA's formal support of the project was confirmed, KIA President Stanley Anablak stated, "The launching of the Regional Radio Pilot Project is a very important milestone in KIA's efforts to help revitalize the use of the Inuit Language in our communities. KIA is fortunate to have a technical partner in SSi Micro that has a very capable team and years of experience delivering telecommunication services in the north. This partnership allows KIA to focus our efforts on developing content for the proposed language service. To create this content, we intend to work with Inuit Language speakers in our communities and beyond to generate the material that will form the backbone of the radio service. While we are still in the very early days of this initiative, KIA already recognizes that the partnerships, infrastructure and content management systems proposed to be put in place could, if the Pilot Project proves to be successful, be scaled up to provide a regional radio service to the entire Kitikmeot."
Jeff Philipp, President and Founder of the SSi Group of Companies, noted, "As a company with deep northern roots SSi understands the value of oral communication in the Inuit culture. Today's announcement is an important step in what I hope will be the first building blocks for a Nunavut-wide radio network. I commend the Kitikmeot Inuit Association for their vision and I am proud to say that SSi has a long and successful working relationship with KIA, dating back to 1998 when we broke new ground together and built our first satellite network to bring Internet to the region's five communities. We've come a long way since then and we are constantly engaged in new opportunities to upgrade and enhance our network. I look forward to this next venture and a new era of radio communication in Nunavut."…"
https://www.facebook.com/qiniq/photos/a.472625781441.256195.29273906441/10152737614111442/?type=1&theater
Wednesday, 3 June 2015
Rally Against Fracking in the NWT
Rally Against Fracking in the NWT
Fracking Action North (FAN) is a coalition of NWT organizations, including Alternatives North, Ecology North, the NWT Chapter Council of Canadians, Canadian Physicians for the Environment, and individuals/citizens who are concerned that hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the NWT is proceeding without a full and transparent consideration of all of the health, social, environmental and economic costs and benefits.
FAN invites all NWT residents to learn more about fracking, and the potential costs and benefits of this technology. Please browse our information and resources for links to many scientific journals and peer-reviewed articles on the impacts of fracking on human health, water quality and quantity, air quality and social and community well-being.
Coalition Members - Please take the time to visit each of our supporting groups.
Fracking Action North http://frackingactionnorth.ca/
Ecology North http://www.ecologynorth.ca/ admin@ecologynorth.ca
Alternatives North http://www.alternativesnorth.ca/ info@alternativesnorth.ca
Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) http://www.cape.ca/
Council of Canadians: NWT Chapter http://cocnwt.ca/ cocnwt@gmail.com
GNWT “Public Engagement Meetings” on its proposed regulations for Fracking in the NWT
Yellowknife June 15 6 to 8pm Multiplex Gym
Yellowknife (en français) 16 juin 18 heurs Yellowknife Inn
Ben McDonald, #FrackingActionNorth remettant au député @BobBromley une pétition contre la #fracturation http://t.co/lXKbNdW51e @aquilontno
@KieraDawnKolson s'adressant à l'@AssemblyNWT manif contre la #fracturation de #FrackingActionNorth http://t.co/gNuX5mKT6e @aquilontno
RT @aquilontno: Manifestation de #FrackingActionNorth contre la #fracturation hydraulique à #Yellowknife le 2 juin. http://t.co/yJgCKHq0f7
RT @call_randall: #cbcnorth #FrackingActionNorth #rally #yzf #nwtpoli
http://vine.co/v/ehtVebPQzmg
RT @deneze: #FrackingActionNorth #rally in #yzf http://instagram.com/p/3b73rNqLNd/
RT @deneze: #FrackingActionNorth #yzf #rally http://instagram.com/p/3b4IziKLGU/
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