Appendix II - Interview Questions for Program
Administrators
1. What was the motivation behind applying for and running the Digital Inclusion Grant?
2. Please tell us a bit more about how the pandemic has impacted Connected North's
operations and work.
• Other than the Digital Inclusion Grant, were there any other resources that were available
to you to help address these challenges as an organization?
3. How would you evaluate the success of the overall Digital Inclusion Grant program?
4. What were the biggest strengths and weaknesses of the Digital Inclusion Grant?
(please consider all aspects broadly related to applying for funding, operations,
communication, logistics, device and software set up, marketing etc.)
5. What were the greatest challenges you faced while running the Digital Inclusion
Grant?
6. What gaps in technology access have you identified through your work that you
believe still persist and continue to impact Indigenous youth's learning, social
connection and community involvement?
• What other types of resources/programming do you feel would be helpful to address
those gaps (related to Connected North or other opportunities/collaborations)?
7. If you were to run this program again in the future, what would you change about it?
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