OTTAWA, Canada (DJC) – John MacDonald, Chair of the Smart Communities
Selection Committee today announced Canada’s 12 Smart Communities
Demonstration Projects. These communities will become world leaders in the
integration of information and communication technologies into community
life – in areas such as health care, education, training and business.
There will be one Smart Community from each province, one from the North and
one Aboriginal community.
“The overall quality of business plans made choosing among them difficult,”
said Mr. MacDonald. “I am confident that these demonstration projects have
enormous vision for the future that involves the use of information and
communication technologies, and will inspire innovation in other Canadian
communities.”
The 12 Smart Communities were chosen from an original pool of 129
communities that submitted letters of intent. This number was reduced by
the Selection Committee to 46 communities which submitted comprehensive
business plans detailing the strategic, operational and financial aspects of
the proposed projects.
Experts from a range of fields made up the National Selection Committee,
which evaluated the letters of intent and business plans against selection
criteria in five strategic areas: community engagement, organization, smart
services, infrastructure and results. Each of the 12 selected Smart
Communities will enter into a contribution agreement process with Industry
Canada to provide up to $5 million per community in matching funding.
The $60 million Smart Communities program was announced in 1999 under the
Connecting Canadians initiative, which aims to make Canada the most
connected nation in the world.
Below is the listings of the 12 selected Smart Communities and the
members of the National Selection Committee. To obtain a copy of the
National Selection Committee Report, call 1-800-575-9200 or visit the web
site at www.smartcommunities.ic.gc.ca
ABORIGINAL
The Kuh-ke-nah Network Of Smart First Nations
(Keewaytinook Okimakanak)
Sioux Lookout, ON
NORTH
Yellowknife Smart City Project: Partners In Change, A Northern Odyssey
(Yellowknife SMART Communities Society)
Yellowknife, Dettah, N’dilo, NWT
BRITISH COLUMBIA
SMART CHOICES Project (Smart Choices Society of British Columbia)
Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody
ALBERTA
Calgary InfoportTM Community Empowerment Project
(Calgary Research and Development Authority)
Calgary
SASKATCHEWAN
The Headwaters Project
(Keewatin Career Development Corporation)
Northern Saskatchewan including La Ronge
MANITOBA
Manitoba Smart Network
(Manitoba Smart Network Inc)
Brandon, Neepawa, Souris, Carberry, Minnedosa
ONTARIO
SmartCapital
(Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation)
Regional Municipality of Ottawa – Carleton
QUEBEC
Le Carrefour Virtuel De La Mauricie
(Le Groupe Forces)
Shawinigan, Shawinigan-Sud, Grand-M?re
NEW BRUNSWICK
La Peninsule acadienne: Le village global francophone au coeur de la
cooporation internationale
(Concertation Rurale Centre-P?ninsule) P?ninsule acadienne: Baie de
Miramichi, Tracadie Sheila, Centre-P?ninsule, Lam?que-Shippagan-Miscou,
Caraquet
NOVA SCOTIA
Western Valley Smart Community — Rural Innovation/Global Transformation
(Western Valley Development Authority)
Annapolis, Digby, Clare, Annapolis Royal, Bridgetown, Middleton
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Virtual Charlottetown
(Charlottetown Area Development Corporation)
Charlottetown, Town of Cornwall, Town of Stratford
NEWFOUNDLAND
SmartLabrador: Technology On Top Of The World
(Labrador Information Technology Initiative)
Labrador
SMART COMMUNITIES
NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITTEE
Nicole Beaudoin, President and CEO, Quebec Business Women’s
Network
France Bouchard-Michaud, Registered Nurse and Cosmetologist
Wade R. Cachagee, President, CREE-TECH Inc.
Kay Crinean, Executive Director, NovaKnowledge
Angeline Fournier, Associate Founder, FTTG Strategies
Debbie L. Good, Investment Advisor, Nesbitt Burns
Thomas P. Keenan, I.S.P. Dean and Professor, Faculty of Continuing
Education, University of Calgary
Erin M. Keough, Executive Director, Open Learning and Information
Network
Frederick A. Lepine, Owner, Flying Colors Design
Anne Marie Lussier, Owner, Prairie Computers
Teresa MacNeil, Former Professor, St. Francis Xavier University
Glenn A. McInnes, Co-Founder and Vice President, Corporate
Development, ManagementVitality.com Inc.
Deborah S. McLaren, Executive Director/Manager, Missouri Coteau
Development Corporation
Donna Mercier, Assistant Vice President (Yukon) and Chair of the
Board of Internal Management, Northwestel Inc.
Gerry Miller, Executive Director of Information Services and
Technology, University of Manitoba
Frederick Morash, Past President and CEO, Island Telecom Inc.
Nathan Nifco, Chairman and CEO, SmartSources.com Technologies Inc.
Robert Noce, City Councillor, City of Edmonton
Peesee Pitsiulak, Principal, Nunavut Teacher Education Program,
Nunavut Arctic College
Jean-Bernard Robichaud, Rector, University of Moncton
Mark Schneider, Vancouver Bureau Chief, CTV News
Irene A Seiferling, Public Policy Consultant, Former President and
Chair, Consumers’ Association of Canada
Jean Watters, President, Laurentian University
