Enriched Website

Essence

A 100-page, multi-megabyte, audio/video website. The depository for all Da Costa 400 projects. The main contact tool for everything to do with Da Costa 400. Online network for projects, consumers, the community.

Four Components

1. Home Page:Introductionaccess key/direct links to website.
2. Overview:Chronology of Black Canadian history and culture.
3. Cavalcade: Important Black Canadian events, personalities.
4. Celebration Projects:Information/background/contacts/ recruitment.

Six Deliverables

1. 100 pages of information on Black culture and projects, with 25-30 pages in French.
2. Collaborative portal for Da Costa 400 projects.
3. A national registry of Black organizations.
4. Document depot/graphic depot.
5. Educational toolkit.
6. Online brochure.

Goals

1. Educate/illuminate/share Black Canadiana with public/Black community.
2. Commemorate/celebrate Black Canadian heritage and culture.
3. Access platform/clearing house/information base/recruitment centre/connective tissue - for audiences/artists/volunteers/sponsors - to projects.
4. User-friendly access point for Black Canadian heritage and culture.
5. Articulate a Black Canadian perspective on its heritage and culture.

Legacy

Easy, at-home access to all information on the Da Costa 400 project. A contact tool and entry into Black Canadian culture and heritage.

There is no study of Black users of the Internet, but from experience, our guess is that Blacks use the Internet less than other minorities. Money may be the problem. However, the Internet is part of our everyday life, part of business and communication, and it is growing. It is not going away.

Recommendation

This project is already a go with federal and provincial funding and Internet sponsors. July 1 is the launch date for the enriched website.

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