WHY does Microsoft Canada have licensing for Government, Educational and Non-Profits but not for Canada's First Peoples?
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WHY does Microsoft operate across Canada on sovereign Indigenous territory without compensation to and inclusion of all Indigenous groups?
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WHY are the First Peoples often LAST to be given recognition and fair treatment?
Providing greater access to Microsoft products to Indigenous Peoples will stimulate levels of adoption, use, learning and will spawn virtually endless opportunities for Indigenous communities in the knowledge-based digital economy.
The Microsoft Indigenous Licensing Initiastive should enbrace the principle of For Indigenous Indigenous (FiBi)
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First Nations and other Indigenous groups participating in the program should be licensed by Microsoft to administer the program to those Indigenous peoples within their territory who apply under the program.
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The Microsoft Indigenous Licensing Initiastive should enbrace the principle of For Indigenous Indigenous (FiBi)
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First Nations and other Indigenous groups participating in the program should be licensed by Microsoft to administer the program to those Indigenous peoples within their territory who apply under the program.
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The Microsoft First People’s licensing program should honour and respect Indigenous rights to self-identification such as the Supreme Court ruling Powley v. Regina which creates a test to identify Indigenous peoples in Metis communities.