TY - JOUR T1 - Supporting Self-Determined Indigenous Innovations: Rethinking the Digital Divide in Canada JF - Technology Innovation Management Review Y1 - 2018 A1 - Jasmin Winter A1 - Justine Boudreau KW - digital KW - Indigenous KW - innovation KW - makerspaces KW - technology AB - This article seeks to revisit dominant narratives of digital technological development in Indigenous communities in Canada. By prioritizing Indigenous voices and drawing from concepts of self-determination and sovereignty, this analysis reorients discourse surrounding the “digital divide” towards a strength-based approach that positions Indigenous peoples as innovators and creators, not just consumers, of digital technologies. This article begins with a discussion of how dominant media has used technology and technological imagery to misrepresent Indigenous cultures and perpetuate colonial biases, and emphasizes the importance of making space for Indigenous future imagery. Following this is a discussion of digital storytelling and virtual landscapes, showcasing a small sample of Indigenous initiatives online, in video game and app development, and in augmented and virtual reality. Finally, this article considers the potential of “makerspaces” as a framework for future action to bridge theory and practice. PB - Talent First Network CY - Ottawa VL - 8 UR - http://timreview.ca/article/1138 IS - 2 U1 - First Nations Technology Council Jasmin Winter is a recent graduate of the Master’s in Development Practice program at the University of Winnipeg, which stands on Treaty 1 territory. Originally from Vancouver, on the unceded lands of Coast Salish peoples, Jasmin was raised by a European father and a Chinese mother. This article contains material from a Major Research Paper that was graciously supervised by Dr. Julie Nagam. Jasmin completed a field placement with the Initiative for Indigenous Futures in the summer of 2017, and was a research assistant for the Transactive Memory Keepers project. She is currently working for the First Nations Technology Council in British Columbia. She is incredibly grateful to have had these opportunities to support Indigenous-determined innovations. U2 - University of Ottawa Justine Boudreau completed her undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and is now working on a Master’s degree in Electronic Business Technologies. During the last three years, she has spent her time playing with new technology and diversifying her knowledge. She spent almost two years working with the Maker Mobile delivering workshops and integrating new curriculum for robotics and women in science and engineering. She then moved on to work for the uOttawa Richard L'Abbé Makerspace while teaching and running the first and second year engineering design courses run through the Makerlab. ER -