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Since it first helped a community in Hawaii develop its own network following one of its yearly summits several years ago, the Indigenous Connectivity Institute (ICI) has been putting on bootcamps and workshops in Indigenous communities as part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide.

(Photos of previous workforce training workshops courtesy of the Indigenous Connectivity Institute. Graphic by Joey Sabourin/Hill Times Publishing.)

Rural, remote communities training local workers to help bridge digital divide

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By Hannah Daley
| August 28, 2024

A group looking to make it easier to find local workers when building broadband network infrastructure in rural and remote areas of Canada is aiming to do so by training Indigenous communities to grow their own workforces.

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