Keewatin Career Development

KCDC is a partnership of 14 Northern Saskatchewan career and educational service providing agencies. The corporation is registered as a Saskatchewan non-profit organization with operations funded through grants and service fees. The member agencies appoint individuals to the Board of Directors, which provides corporate direction. Operations are ove... rseen by the general manager and carried out by staff. KCDC was formed in 1996 to carry out a Canada/Saskatchewan Strategic Initiatives project in career services. That project was successfully completed in 1999. Subsequent agreements with Saskatchewan have ensured continued provision of technology and services in the career sector. In 2000, KCDC was awarded the Industry Canada Smart Communities Demonstration Initiative in Saskatchewan, called the Headwaters Project. In 2002, KCDC was selected as regional management organization for Industry Canada's First Nations Schoolnet Program to serve First Nations schools in Saskatchewan and Alberta. In 2003, two projects headed up by KCDC, and undertaken in partnership with New North received funding under the Broadband for Remote and Northern Development Program. KCDC also provides commercial technology products and services for organizations and individuals in remote communities. This service provides local access to ICT for remote communities, building capacity to realize the advantages the technology has to offer. Revenue from fees is used to sustain services for Northern Saskatchewan communities.Read More