WJBTN is part of a broader movement among Indigenous and remote communities seeking more control over their telecommunications infrastructure. Testing and Deploying a Remote Fiber NetworkWinning approval for the project was one thing; building it across hundreds of kilometers of remote subarctic terrain was another. The Western James Bay Telecom Network connects remote communities along the western shore of James Bay in northern Ontario. WJBTN network coordinator Peyton Reuben looks up at the overhead fiber network in Fort Albany [top]. How Fiber Changed Daily LifeShortly after the fiber network was installed, Elizabeth Kataquapit became chief of Fort Albany First Nation.