b'TECH & INNOVATIONus access more non-Indigenous populations. CBC also did a good one in the spring when we were up in the Northwest Territories doing the middle years drone education program for Grade 7 and 8, and that helped get the message out more for communities in that particularregion. Related to media and the students we train, lots of students in remote communities get contracts with CBC News and other major broadcasting corporations to provide video footage of their local reserve area. Because theyre so remote, its not feasible for CTV News or whoever to send a photographer into these communi-ties. They always use local people on the ground, but now theyre getting these aerial perspectives, photos andCUSTOM SUPPORTSvideos from the people weve trained, so that pretty sweet too. Specific services for building up your in-houseIndigenous Evaluation knowledge and tools.What are your goals forWe can swiftly complete a situational analysis of thefuture? your current evaluation-friendly activities and make Our goal right now is still the missionsuggestions for addressing gaps in a strategic manner.of building capacity in communi-ties. Theres something like 33,000 drone pilots in Canada and 11,000 advanced pilots, and weve trained aON-SITE TRAININGcouple hundred Indigenous people to either one of those levels. WereComprehensive training on Indigenousreally just trying to drive the capacityEvaluation delivered to you!in the communities, as were at suchWe can tailor a learning workshop / e-session to meet a nascent level right now with thethe immediate needs of your team or organization, as industry taking off. We have newwell as collaboratively develop new tools together.regulations coming into standard implementation by April 2025 that basically puts drones up to 150 kg in the sky and lowers the beyond visualPROGRAM & MANAGEMENT CONSULTINGline-of-sight activity permissions. So for me, its getting ready for theEvaluation, policy research, strategic planning, pilot development, for the curriculumgovernance training, & economic development research.and training related to the beyondOur turn-around time can be as short as two weeks from visual line-of-sight pilot licensing.design to data collection and final reporting due to our Weve worked in about nine of theefficient practices, while we also offer longitudinal studies.13 Canadian provinces and territo-ries, so [were] still just getting that mission out there, keeping on the good work that weve been doing and104172 SHERWOOD AVE.1-416-485-4430 / 1-866-885-9940preparing for the next level of regula- TORONTO, ON, M4P 2A8 INFO@JOHNSTONRESEARCH.CAtions as they come forward.INDIGENOUS INNOVATORS, ICONS & INFLUENCERS |ISSUE 1, 2023 25'