Rankin Inlet residents produce own CDs in multi-media course
Jennifer Pritchett
Northern News Services
RANKIN INLET (Aug 19/98) - Jessie Kaludjak is confident she can do just about anything on a computer after she finished producing her own CD.
"I like working with the computer," she said. "I used to think that only people with a high I.Q. could do it. Learning all those new programs was interesting and intense, but I enjoyed it."Kaludjak is one of seven people who completed the 50-hour multi-media course last week in Rankin Inlet. Six of the seven students are from the community and everyone finished with their own CD.
Kivalliq Partners in Development, the business development arm of Sakku Investments, in partnership with Centre Educatique du College Universitaire de Saint-Boniface made the course available. Multi-media instructors Louis Dornez and Ron Lamoureux from the college taught the course after shooting the second half of a promotional video for Kivalliq Partners.
Lamoureux, who was impressed by the enthusiasm of the students, said he would come back anytime to teach another course.
"They were here on time and they worked all weekend," he said.
Richard Connelly, managing director of Kivalliq Partners, said the course was so successful that it will likely be offered again next year in another Keewatin community.
"We'll have it again next year, but in the meantime, we'll take the CDS to other communities," he said.
Ross Tatty, who did his CD ROM on hunting and fishing, said that the multi-media technology is useful to promote Northern businesses.
"If they (business owners) made a CD and they took it to different areas, they could promote the business and the community," he said.
Tatty will also use his video as a training tool for his job as coordinator of traditional life skills at Kivalliq Partners.
Joe Hidalgo, Lavenia Kowmuk, Germaine Kaludjak, Robert Connelly and Michele LeTourneau also finished the course.
