A Summary of Useful Technology Links
Internet as a Business and Marketing Tool
If you are considering adopting e-business you will want to review the Ministry of Small Business and Entrepreneurship E-Business Introductory Toolkit - How You Can Profit From E-Business. If you are setting up a website for your business you will also want to visit www.tourismkeys.ca to learn more about how to optimize your web presence.
Industry Canada Technical Reports Information
Information Technology Association of Canada
TAC's mission is to identify and lead on issues that affect our industry and to advocate initiatives, which will enable its continued growth and development.
Innovation
Canadian Innovation Centre
The Canadian Innovation Centre has a legacy of successfully guiding innovations and inventions to be market ready. The Canadian Innovation Centre has an important role in deploying Canada's innovation strategy. The Centre plans to help Canadian companies exploit new technologies to generate wealth and sustain Canada's competitiveness.
eBusiness
Electronic Commerce in Canada
This site is the virtual focal point for information on Canada's Electronic Commerce Strategy, outlining the various initiatives which are helping make Canada a world leader in the adoption and use of electronic commerce.
Networks
Gateway Networks Canada
Multi Services Carrier Network (MSCN) is the first in Canada and one of the largest deployments of next generation IP technology infrastructure in North America.
Communications
Communications & Networking
Canadian news on communications and networking
Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association
Source of input to government policy and public opinion, on behalf of the wireless communications industry in Canada
Yahoo! Movies Online
Your guide to the best short films on the web.
Government - Federal, Provincial, Municipal (local)
Enabling E-Government: Stepping Up to the Challenge
Canada's most significant forum on the use of technology to improve government services and operations.
CANARIE
Canada's advanced Internet development organization - is a not-for-profit corporation supported by its members, project partners and the Federal Government.
Smart Communities
Industry Canada - Smart Communities
Canadian Smart Community demonstration projects, resources and funding opportunities.
The World Foundation for Smart Communities
The World Foundation for Smart Communities is a nonprofit educational organization founded to promote the concept and facilitate the implementation of "smart communities" -- communities using information technology as a catalyst for transforming life and work to meet the challenge of the new millennium
Healthcare
North Network
Northern Ontario Remote Telecommunication Health Network A telemedicine project providing specialist consultations, CME and patient education via two-way television to rural areas in Ontario.
Canadian Healthcare Technology
Provides news and analysis of technologies, government initiatives and developments among private-sector producers of health-related I.T. solutions.
Health Canada –Telehealth
What is telehealth? What are the benefits?
Canadian Society for Telehealth
Vision: Optimal health and healthcare, anyone, anytime, anywhere - enabled by information and communication technology.
TIE - Telemedicine Information Exchange
A comprehensive, international, quality-filtered resource for information about telemedicine and telemedicine-related activities.
Education
Canada's SchoolNet
SchoolNet readies learners for the knowledge-based society. It champions lifelong learning and the creation of world-class educational resources through information and communication technology (ICT) and partnerships.
LCSNet 2000 Anywhere Anytime Learning
In 1999, Laptop computers in some selected courses made Lockerby (Sudbury area) the first public school in Ontario to integrate this technology. LCSnet's technical end is supported by a team of senior students who have been through the CISCO Networking Academy.
GIS - Geographic Information Survey
GeoConnections - Canada's Geographic Information on the Internet
They are developing the Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI), which will coordinate Canada's numerous databases of geographic information and make them accessible through a common window on the Internet; and enable partnerships between federal, provincial and territorial governments, the private sector and the academic community.
Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
URISA is an interdisciplinary society of public and private sector professionals with a special interest in the effective application of information technologies and the integration of urban and regional data. It a non-profit association of professionals using information technology to solve problems in planning, public works, the environment, emergency services, utilities and throughout state and local governments.
LIO - Land Information Ontario
LIO is restructuring the collection and management of Ontario's land information assets. The anticipated outcome? Affordable, accessible, and easy to integrate data. Data is gathered using standardized collection and management processes.
ESRI Canada
ESRI is the world's leading GIS software provider in a number of sectors including all levels of government, education, natural resources, telecommunications, transportation and utilities on a local, regional and national scale
Autodesk GIS Design Server
Autodesk GIS Design Server integrates geospatial and other enterprise systems to make location-based and design information widely available and easy to access. Whether you're running a government department, a utility, or a communications provider, Autodesk GIS Design Server can help you collect, manage, and deliver geographical information throughout your enterprise and to the public.
GIS Day 2001 - Wed., November 14, 2001
GIS Day is a grassroots event that formalizes the practice of geographic information systems (GIS). Users and vendors are opening their doors to schools, businesses, and the general public to showcase real-world applications of this important technology. GIS Day 2000 activities were held in 81 countries around the world, making it truly a global event. With thousands of events held each year, millions of children and adults were made aware of the substantial contributions that GIS technology is making in their communities every day.
Technology Jargon
Tech Encyclopedia
More than 15,000 definitions and explanations written in plain English on topics ranging from PCs, Macs, UNIX, networking, client/server, graphics, multimedia, Internet, World Wide Web, objects, major products and vendors, acronyms, buzzwords ... and much, much more.
Links to Other CBN's
On March 16, 2000, the Ontario government provided a total of $16 million through the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) to establish five regional telecommunications networks in Northern Ontario.
Community-Based Networks...
These new Community-Based Networks (CBNs) were to implement a state-of-the-art broadband telecommunications network that would ultimately service more than 200 communities in the North. Establishing a high technology environment through the CBNs initiative will further advance the North to a knowledge-based economy and will open the region to new economic development opportunities. The CBNs are based in Timmins, Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Huntsville and North Bay.
NEOnet - North Eastern Ontario Communications Network Inc.
NEOnet - www.neonet.on.ca
North Eastern Ontario Communications Network Inc. (Timmins-Cochrane-Temiskaming area)
AD~net - Algoma District Community Network
AD~net - www.adnetalgoma.ca
The Algoma District Community Network (Sault Ste. Marie-Algoma Area
807-Net - 807 Northwest Network
807-Net - www.807net.net
807 Northwest Network (Thunder Bay, Kenora, and Northwestern Ontario)
NetCentral - Central North Ontario Communications Network
NetCentral - www.netcentral.on.ca
NetCentral (Central North Ontario, Sudbury Region
MCN - The Muskoka Community Network
MCN - www.mcnet.ca
The Muskoka Community Network (Huntsville, Muskoka Region)
Blue Sky Community Network
Blue Sky Community Network - www.blueskynet.ca
Blue Sky Community Network (North Bay-Nipissing Area)