Infrastructure for communities the map forgets.
Emergency response networks, environmental monitoring, and publishing — built in, for, and with rural Newfoundland communities.
Emergency response networks, environmental monitoring, and publishing — built in, for, and with rural Newfoundland communities.
Our Work
Community safety and community stories — both rooted in the same land, the same relationships, the same commitment to keeping knowledge where it belongs.
Off-grid emergency communications for communities without reliable cellular coverage.
Non-fiction and creative works rooted in the Western Newfoundland experience.
Monitoring
Rural and remote areas in Newfoundland have sparse environmental monitoring coverage. We're building community-owned sensor networks where the data is needed most.
Open Source
Tools we build for ourselves, released for anyone to use.
What we bring
Hardware and data live where the community is, not in a distant cloud.
Data ownership, access, and sharing decisions stay with the community.
Open-source, documented deployments other communities can adapt.
Bay St. George based. We know the terrain, the partners, and the gaps.
Leadership
Founder & Director
WEJI Northern Technologies is founded and directed by Gary Lucas, a member of the Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation based in Bay St. George, Newfoundland. He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Memorial University of Newfoundland and brings more than 20 years of experience in data management and forecasting — the systems, governance, and analytical discipline that keep environmental data accurate, owned, and useful to the communities it comes from.
That background shapes how WEJI builds: local-first infrastructure, rigorous data governance, and reproducible, open systems designed to stay in community hands.
Contact
For partnerships, co-development, and funding inquiries.