TORONTO – Former CDN Solution Provider of the Year Clear Concepts of Winnipeg always seem to produce a solution with a heart-warming story for the Channel Elite Awards competition. And, its Gold winning solution for 2015 is no different.
Clear Concepts worked with Macdonald Youth Services of Manitoba that provides support, care, and treatment for children, youth, young adults, and their families. Currently, in the Province of Manitoba Macdonald Youth Services has 17 houses- including three in Thompson, one in The Pas, and 13 in Winnipeg. In some cases, the locations are separated by distances up to 750 km. Macdonald Youth Services assist more than 8,000 at risk youth each year. They also employ approximately 225 full time staff, and work with hundreds of foster parents, volunteers, community members.
Clear Concepts implemented a videoconferencing and white boarding solution to address growing travel expenses. The Cisco Meraki Security devices secures the network, while also providing monitoring and attention these kids linking 27 locations. This technology gives both staff and youth the ability to use technology in a safe and controlled environment with very little risk that the youth were going to misuse the technology, and allow them to use the technology for homework and research in the same ways that any other child their age would use technology.
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