Chief Roy Gray is the elected leader of the Fort Severn First Nation, which is located on the Severn River near Hudson Bay. Its population is 578 with 449 on-reserve members and Cree is the community language.

E-mails are the most popular use of ICTs in Fort Severn. "The biggest impact from ICTs is the ability to do business in a matter of seconds," said Madeleine Stoney, E-Centre manager.

ICTs are used very widely in the community, Stoney noted. All the band employees have access
to a central server which allows them to transfer information very efficiently.

Fort Severn is using their C-Band satellite earth station and Industry Canada’s Public Benefit bandwidth to distribute broadband services in their community through the community cable network.

Visit our Community Portal: http://fortsevern.firstnation.ca/