Nova Scotia has a well developed Internet infrastructure. Many communities which have accessible public access to the Internet are now expressing the need to use this new information technology to support community economic development -- business development, employment stratigies, supporting community ventyres, and creating networks to share information.

Wire Nova Scotia (WiNS) is an initiative which addresses this need by creating a network of student workers who will make the links between new information technologies and community economic development in Nova Scotia.

Some facts about WiNS:

• Forty-nine students will be hired during the summer of 1996 to work at community access computing facillities across the province. Ninteen will work in Cpae Bretton and Mulgrave and 20 will work in mainland Nova Scotia.
• Of the 49 student placement sites, 21 are Community Access Projects -- community iniatives wich benefited from a recent Industry Canada program to set up public access to computers and the Internet in rural Canada.
• The remaining 28 placement sites ate, for the most part other public facilities such as libraries, junior high commputer labs, community networks, universities and colleges.

Who's Involved ?

• The project is being coordinated by teh Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking at the University College of Cape Bretton. The WiNS project was developed by the centre in association with the L'Ardoise Enterprise Initive, Grassroots Information Association (Antigonish), and the provincial Community Access Committee.
• In addition to the central coordinating role of UCCB, five regional Support Sites will be providing management and support to a team of students in their region. These Support Sites are located in: Sydney, L'Ardoise, Antigonish, Halifax, and Yarmouth.

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