Indigenous Communities

Two people in masks and winter clothing install a white satellite dish on the red roof of a blue building in Northwestern Ontario, ensuring connectivity for healthcare IT needs under a cloudy sky. One kneels as the other lies down to complete the installation.
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Bringing Modern Banking to Pikangikum

How RBC Leveraged FSET’s Starlink Installation in This First Nation Community For many remote communities in Canada, a gap in digital equity hinders progress in nearly every aspect of life. As a large-scale Starlink installer, FSET is passionate about equipping remote and indigenous communities to upgrade everything from public safety...
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Recent Blogs

A memorial in Northwestern Ontario features a plaque on a large stone reading "In Honour Of All The Children." Toys, flowers, and decorated stones surround the site, set in a wooded area with sunlight and shade.

FSET’s Commitment to First Nation Communities

SUPPORTING RECONCILIATION  Call to Action 92 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls upon the corporate sector in Canada to build meaningful, respectful relationships with Indigenous peoples, and to provide their communities with long-term sustainable benefits.  For FSET, there is...
September 15, 2024
A woman dances outdoors in a powwow in Northwestern Ontario, wearing colourful regalia with long, flowing rainbow fringe, beadwork, and a feathered headpiece. Sunlight shines through the fringe as she moves gracefully.

FSET and the Eight Grandfather Teachings

Incorporating Ojibwe Teachings into Business Practices The Ojibwe Seven Grandfather teachings, also known as the seven sacred teachings, are traditional concepts and values that originated from the Anishinaabe people. These teachings serve as guiding principles for living a balanced and...
April 10, 2024
Three people stand outside on snow, smiling and holding a large black box with a circular design—possibly related to healthcare IT. They wear winter clothing: hoodies, jackets, hats, and sunglasses. A wooden staircase and metal building are in the background.

Grassy Narrows First Nation

Grassy Narrows joins SpaceX’s Starlink beta Asubpeeschoseewagong First Nation – known also as Grassy Narrows – became the second First Nation in Canada to get SpaceX Starlink technology in the fall of 2021, opening the door for its 1,500 community members...
September 14, 2022
Aerial view of Pikangikum First Nation by a frozen lake, with snow-covered rooftops, a brick municipal government building in the foreground, and a communications tower nearby. Trees and houses surround the icy water under a cloudy sky.

Pikangikum First Nation

How FSET’s Partnership with Pikangikum was Built Located in the heart of Turtle Island roughly 250 kilometres north of Lake of the Woods, Pikangikum became a signatory of Treaty 5 in 1905, but remained largely independent well into the 20th...
September 14, 2022
A Starlink satellite dish sits on snowy ground outside a blue building with a red awning. Two people in winter clothing stand nearby, and a sign above the entrance mentions healthcare IT, mental health, and baby programmes.

Digital Equity with Starlink

Pikangikum’s Search for Efficient Internet At FSET, we believe in innovation empowering people. Most of the time, we achieve this goal by helping others meet their needs. In the case of Pikangikum First Nation, that need was high-speed internet. Like...
May 19, 2022
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