Lee Arden Lewis

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E-commerceSteps To Getting There
Lee Arden Lewis Aboriginal Associates
ITTI 2001, Industry Conference
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Capitalizing on Economic Opportunities
- Electronic Commerce - Connecting to the World
Governance
Human Capital
- Governments On-line - E-services
- Skills to Develop Content
Infrastructure
- Aboriginal Canada Online - E-smart Communities
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John Kim Bell Founder National Aboriginal
Achievement Awards
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.. building upon the traditional knowledge
foundation and future for Aboriginal Canadians
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Aboriginal Canada Online - Working together
Opportunity

• Bringing all Aboriginal communities on-line to
  the World Wide Web.

Challenges

• Equitable residential
• Internet access

• High speed
• community access

• Internet training and
• capacity development

Partnership

• As Canada deploys high speed Web access,
  Government is committed to include Aboriginal
  communities

- monitor progress
to promote remote community access to the
Internet
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.. building upon the traditional knowledge
foundation and future for Aboriginal Canadians
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Aboriginal Smart Communities - Working together
Opportunity

• Communities maximizing the Internet to improve
  economic and
• social development

Challenges

• Sharing best practices
• between all stakeholders

• Economic development

Trade
Tourism

• Social development

Learning
Health
Partnership

• Bring together and learn from leading-edge
  communities, pilots and Smart Communities program

to promote e-smart Aboriginal and Northern
communities
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.. building upon the traditional knowledge
foundation and future for Aboriginal Canadians
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Aboriginal Content Online - Working together to
Opportunity

• Using the Internet to preserve and share
  Aboriginal Culture

Challenges

• Acquiring the tools and
• capacity to

• capture and digitize
• our heritage

• strengthen languages

• showcase our arts and
• culture

Partnership

• Develop an Aboriginal
• Digital Content strategy
• - Government Content
• - Public Content
• - Multi-media Portal
• - On-line language tools

digitize and showcase Aboriginal culture
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.. building upon the traditional knowledge
foundation and future for Aboriginal Canadians
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Aboriginal E-Commerce - Working together to
Opportunity

• Bring remote and urban aboriginal businesses to
  the global on-line
• marketplace

Challenges

• Increasing awareness and
• benefits of e-commerce to
• Aboriginal businesses

Partnership

• Develop a National
• Aboriginal E-commerce
• strategy to nurture
• - business survey
• - awareness and tools
• - innovation programs

expand Aboriginal and Northern economic
opportunities
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.. building upon the traditional knowledge
foundation and future for Aboriginal Canadians
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Connecting Aboriginal Peoples to the World
Opportunity

• Market Aboriginal communities and businesses to
  the world

Challenges

• Get more Aboriginal
• communities on-line

• Being noticed on the web

Partnership

• Stakeholders working
• together to brand and
• market Aboriginal

- business opportunities
- tourism opportunities
- investment opportunities
- Virtual University of the Arctic
to further accelerate economic development
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To succeed, the Connecting Aboriginal
Canadians vision will

• Identify, partner and coordinate all Aboriginal
  online activities with
• key federal departmental stakeholders

require partnerships with all Aboriginal
stakeholders, at all levels
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To succeed, the Connecting Aboriginal
Canadians vision will

• Identify, partner and coordinate all Aboriginal
  online activities with
• key stakeholders

• Fully engage our Aboriginal partners every step
  of the way

• Seek out provincial, territorial, and private
  sector service delivery
• partnerships

require partnerships with all Aboriginal
stakeholders, at all levels
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Connecting Aboriginal Canadians
Lets all invest in the future, so that everyone
can dream of new opportunities and possibilities.
Thank You, Merci, Meegwetch, et Nakurmiik