The Pontiac Group says COVID-19 is a good opportunity to show how its drones can deliver goods to remote First Nations and those isolating themselves during the pandemic.
Indigenous people are becoming more self-reliant and asserting self-determination through the aerospace sector with technology like drones and through entrepreneurship and education.Indigenous people are decolonizing the sky with emerging aerospace technology like drones and connecting communities through regional airlines. Many remote Indigenous communities in Canada have been relying on the aerospace industry for everything from transportation of goods, mail and medical supplies for decades.
His vision is to help Indigenous communities take control of the transportation of goods and medicines through the use of drones.Taylor's journey into the industry began while in Moose Factory, Ont., working on education programming for remote communities. This began Taylor's efforts trying to solve how to bring a regular influx of essential supplies to a community in desperate need of those services. But he was also interested in finding a way to help communities help themselves.
"I benefit from delivering this and the community benefits from delivering this — and in tandem, together, we can achieve greater things than anyone could do in isolation," Taylor said. "There's no panacea, cookie-cutter solutions that really work in our communities — we have to find the right fit for the right place and the best people to do that are the people that originate from there."Along the east coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, a small airline is making a big difference for isolated Inuit communities.
She went from being a pilot, to creating an aerial photography company, to launching her own airline called Iskwew Air based out of Vancouver International Airport.
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