January
27, 2003 - Minister Jim Wilson to Officially Open Northern
Ontario's Emerging Technologies 2003: The e-Conference -
Contact North/Contact Nord, Northern Ontario's Distance
Education & Training Network, is pleased to announce that the
Honourable Jim Wilson, Ontario's Minister of Northern Development
and Mines and Chair of the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund
Corporation, will officially open its Emerging Technologies 2003:
The e-conference in Thunder Bay.
February
17, 2003 - Emerging Technologies 2003: The e-Conference -
Northern Ontario's Premiere Technology Event Coming to Thunder Bay
on Wednesday, February 26 and Thursday, February 27 - Over
the course of this 2-day conference, participants will discover
the latest developments and trends in e-health, e-learning,
e-government, and e-commerce.
February
25, 2003 - Emerging Technologies 2003: The e-Conference
Being Held in Thunder Bay Attracts Hundreds From Across Ontario
- Over 200 participants from Northwestern Ontario and other parts
of the province will be gathered for a wide variety of briefings
by Canada's leading experts, showcases of state-of-the-art
technologies, and focused seminars and workshops at Contact North/Contact
Nord's Emerging Technologies 2003: The e-conference.
February
25, 2003 - Emerging Technologies 2003: The e-Conference
Held in Thunder Bay on February 26 and 27 - Backgrounder
March
13, 2003 - Contact North/ Contact Nord Prepares for
Another Major Increase in Enrolment This Fall - Current
projections for daytime classes point to a 43% increase for Fall
2003 in the number of courses to be offered by Northern Ontario's
colleges, universities and school boards via the
Contact North/ Contact Nord Network.
March
18, 2003 - Contact North/Contact Nord Releases
Spring/Summer 2003 Bridging the North Course List
- Bridging the North,
Contact North/Contact Nord's reference list of programs and
courses delivered on our Network, is now available to Northern
Ontario residents.
March
21, 2003 - Contact North/Contact Nord Plays National
Leadership Role in e-Learning
- Contact North/Contact Nord, Northern Ontario’s Distance Education
& Training Network, continues its leadership role in the education and
training sector by the hosting a first-of-its-kind ‘think tank’ on
e-learning in Canada.
April
8, 2003 - Contact North/Contact
Nord Chairs First International ‘Think Tank’ on e-Learning
-
Contact North/Contact Nord, Northern Ontario’s Distance
Education & Training Network, organized and hosted the first international
Roundtable on e-Learning on March 25 and 26, 2003, in Toronto.
April
29, 2003 - Eves Government Invest $4 Million to Enhance Distance
Education in Northern Ontario -
Toronto - The Ernie Eves government is enhancing leading edge
distance education opportunities by investing more than $4 million
to improve the infrastructure provinding services to more than 100
small and remote communities in Northern Ontario.
May
23, 2003 - Contact North/ Contact Nord Part of
Group of Experts to Advise on National Funding Priorities for
Advanced Videoconferencing and Collaborative Technologies -
Contact North/Contact Nord has been invited to join a group
of leading researchers and experts from post-secondary
institutions, research centres and businesses to advise CANARIE
(Canada's advanced Internet development organization) on future
funding options for advanced videoconferencing and collaborative
technologies.
July
23, 2003 - Contact North/Contact Nord Part of International
Research on e-Learning - As a follow-up to initiating and
chairing Canada's first international "think tank" on
e-learning, the Northern Ontario's Distance Education &
Training Network is contributin to a major international research
initiative on broadband access to e-learning.
August
7, 2003 - Contact
North/Contact Nord Offers Even More This Fall
- Bridging
the North, Contact North/Contact Nord's calendar of
programs and courses delivered on our Network, is now available to
Northern Ontario residents.
September
2, 2003 - Contact North/Contact Nord, one of the Key
Leaders in Higher Education Invited by Microsoft to Special
Symposium at Microsoft World Headquarters - Maxim
Jean-Louis, President - Chief Executive Officer of Contact North/Contact
Nord, will join key experts and higher education leaders in
''Unlocking the Potential of Gaming Technology''.
September
25, 2003 - Sudbury Business and Education Leaders Elected to Board
of Directors of Contact North/Contact Nord - Doug
Smith, Chair of the Board of Directors of Contact North/Contact
Nord, is pleased to announce the election of three Sudbury
business and education leaders to the Board of Directors: Louise
d'Amour, Normand Forest and Geoffrey Lougheed.
November
3, 2003 - Contact North/Contact Nord President and CEO,
Maxim Jean-Louis, Helped Develop Canada's Immigration Strategic
Framework Released Today by Minister Denis Coderre -
Mr. Maxim Jean-Louis was one of the eight community
representatives from the National Citizenship and Immigration
Canada - Francophone Minorities Steering Committee.
