FirstVoices Keyboards vs EMSA

The latest ground-breaking FirstVoices innovation from the First Peoples' Cultural Council is an Indigenous language keyboard app for Apple mobile devices. The FirstVoices Keyboard App contains keyboard software for over 100 languages, and includes every First Nations language in Canada, Australia and New Zealand, plus many languages in the USA. When the FirstVoices Keyboard app is installed on an iPhone or iPad, any one of the 100+ custom keyboards can be activated in any application on the device. Users are able to select their keyboard(s) of choice within their email, social media, word processing or other apps, enabling unlimited communication in their mother language. Interested in learning more about FirstVoices and our other Indigenous language apps? Please email First Peoples' Cultural Council: info@firstvoices.com.

Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan aims to ensure that Canadian waters and coastlines remain safe and clean for both current and future generations. As part of this initiative, Transport Canada is funding the Enhanced Maritime Situational Awareness (EMSA-CASM) system. The EMSA-CASM system provides Indigenous and coastal communities, as well as other users, with near real-time information on maritime activities in Canadian waters, along with various geospatial data to support marine safety, environmental protection, maritime operations, and local knowledge. The EMSA-CASM Mobile Application allows users to access information and contribute field data to their community through mobile-enabled web applications according to their permissions. The Application offers the following features: • Allowing the creation of form surveys for their custom needs; • Allowing the access of maps designed on the web; • Viewing, creating, and editing observations with multiple attributes; • Attaching photos, audios and video to observations; • Locating themselves and sharing their location; • Recording their tracks and sharing them; • Working both online and offline. The contributions made by users are synchronized with the EMSA-CASM server and can be shared with other stakeholders.