Inukshuk Celebrates Quebec E-Learning Partnerships.Business Editors QUEBEC CITY, Quebec--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 20, 2004 Montreal-based broadband wireless See wireless broadband. company, Inukshuk Internet Inc., today hosted an event at the Tele-Universite in Quebec City, with Quebec's Minister of Labour, Mr. Michel Despres, as well as a number of partners and invited guests in attendance. The event was held in order to celebrate seven innovative learning projects, all from the Province of Quebec, to which Inukshuk has committed some $700,000 under its Learning Plan. These public/private partnerships are focused on the development of new multimedia, feature-rich content, covering a wide range of topics and interests. They are designed to ultimately be delivered via high-speed Internet access. "Inukshuk is proud to be part of this unique public/private sector collaboration." said Andre Tremblay, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Inukshuk. "Our Learning Plan was created to offer long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships with learning communities, and to help answer requirements for online learning content. With today's event, and our recent launch of commercial service in Yellowknife, Inukshuk continues to deliver on its vision and promise." Representatives from each of the seven projects spoke at the event. The various projects are: 1. Databank of Information Technology Learning Resources, from the Ecole de Technologie Superieure. 2. Web-Based Teaching Tool with Practical Examples on Video that Foster the Sharing of Educational Expertise (from Preschool to High school), from the Association quebecoise des utilisateurs de l'ordinateur au primaire-secondaire (A.Q.U.O.P.S.). 3. The French Language and Culture in North America: Phase 1, from Universite Laval. 4. Generic Games: Multipliers of Canadian Multimedia Learning Content on the Information Highway, from the Societe pour l'apprentissage a vie (SAVIE) Inc. 5. Integration of multimedia resources to address the school dropout (1) On magnetic media, a bit that has lost its strength due to a surface defect or recording malfunction. If the bit is in an audio or video file, it might be detected by the error correction circuitry and either corrected or not, but if not, it is often not noticed by the human problem, from the Commission scolaire des Draveurs The Commission Scolaire des Draveurs is a public Francophone school board operating in Gatineau, Quebec. The school board was created in 1986 [8] in the old city of Gatineau about 15 years before amalgamation. . 6. Web Portraits: A Day in the Life of an Engineer, from Concordia University. 7. Development of an interactive learning community on the Web that will be a showcase and a forum for the projects of school groups that use information technology as their principal teaching tool, from the Commission scolaire des Decouvreurs. Launched in 2001, Inukshuk's Learning Plan is the result of extensive consultation across the country, carried out to identify the needs and priorities of learners. It aims to answer requirements for online learning content in three specific ways: Connectedness, Content and Continuity. Inukshuk has established a Partnership Committee in each of its licensed service areas to provide direction and guidance on projects. About Inukshuk Internet Inukshuk Internet Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Microcell Telecommunications Inc. (TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : MT), a Canadian provider of Personal Communications Services See PCS. (PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1. ) under the Fido(R) brand name. Inukshuk Internet was granted licences from Industry Canada for Multipoint Communications Systems (MCS) spectrum in the 2500 to 2596 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. frequency band, to build a unique, "last mile" broadband wireless access network. The licences cover a population of some 30 million people, comprising all the provinces and territories of Canada, with the exception of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Inukshuk Internet and SSI (1) See server-side include and single-system image. (2) (Small-Scale Integration) Less than 100 transistors on a chip. See MSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. 1. (electronics) SSI - small scale integration. 2. Micro announced, on February 11, 2004, the launch of commercial MCS services in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. On November 19, 2003, Inukshuk Internet announced that it had formed a new venture with Allstream Inc. and NR Communications to further expedite and extend MCS network deployment. For more information, visit www.inukshuk.ca, and www.microcell.ca. Fido is a registered trademark of Microcell Solutions Inc. |
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