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University of Alberta-Support Staff Association

January 30, 2012
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web.net is pleased to work with the good people at the union for the support staff at the University of Alberta, assisting them with a full suite of online service: details here.

Developmental Disabilities Association

November 30, 2011
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web.net is pleased to announce the launch of a new Drupal 7-based private area for the staff at DDA. More information here.

Ontario Colleges Library Service

September 30, 2011
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web.net is pleased to have worked with the Ontario Colleges Library Service to deliver a new public site and move a complex business process online for them. More information here.

Canadian Ethnocultural Council

June 27, 2011
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The Canadian Ethnocultural Council is coalition of groups representing ethnocultural groups across Canada. The Council is a long-time member of the Web Networks community, and they came to us when they needed a site they could easily manage themselves, and that would allow them to seamlessly publish their multilingual multimedia resources on Hepatitis C. Web Networks is pleased to assist the Council on this improtant issue: you can view their new bilingual Drupal-powered site at http://www.ethnocultural.ca.

ELLICSR

May 12, 2011
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ELLICSR ("Electronic Living Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Research") is a collaborative space for health, wellness and cancer survivorship research, located at Toronto General Hospital. Web Networks began to work with ELLICSR when it won the RFP to assist in creating an online resource and support network for childhood cancer survivors. While working on that project, ELLICSR wanted to launch a new corporate site, so we rapidly designed, prototyped and configured a new Drupal site for their team, viewable at http://www.ellicsr.ca

Local Union Media Association Online

March 30, 2011
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"LUMA" is an amazing association of local Canadian Auto Workers volunteer activists who are passionate about getting an alternative message online in support of workers and social justice. Web Networks is proud to have partnered with LUMA to develop a new, open source Drupal powered website launched today on Web Networks' own Toronto-based servers. Our team developed a Drupal-based site that makes it easy for LUMA media activists to add Youtube videos, podcasts, images, and text to the site.

Common Thread Community Chorus

February 14, 2011
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Common Thread Community Chorus is a unique soprano, alto, tenor, bass choir that promotes community and social justice through music.

The team at Web Networks worked with their volunteer committee to produce an attractive multimedia rich site, and is pleased to announce the launch of Common Thread's new Drupal-powered website, hosted on Web Networks' servers, viewable here.

Learning Inuktitut Online

January 19, 2011
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Web Networks has partnered with Nunavut-based Piruvik Centre to launch Tusaalanga.ca, an immensely popular website for learning the Inuit Language that has been relaunched, offering new dialects and new features to learners of Nunavut’s largest language.

Those hoping to enhance their skills in Inuinnaqtun, the Nattilingmiut dialect of the Qitirmiut (Kitikmeot), the Paallirmiut dialect spoken in the southern Kivalliq or the North Baffin dialect, Aggurmiutut, now have access to a wealth of new materials.

Global Information Society Watch

January 04, 2011
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The Association for Progressive Communication has partnered with Netherland-based Humanist Institute for Development Cooperation ("HIVOS") to produce a printed annual Internet Rights report with authors from all corners of the globe, called "Global Information Society Watch. Web Networks has launched their new website, and it is one of our best: striking design, integrated maps, intelligent content layout, on a fine-tuned multilingual Drupal platform. Visit the site here.

Nunavut Legislative Assembly and Languages Commissioner

October 21, 2010
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The team at Web Networks is proud to announce the launch of new Drupal-powered websites for Nunavut's Legislative Assembly (the territory's elected governing institution) and the Languages Commissioner of Nunavut.

Both groups needed new graphic designs, an ability to easily update their sites, and ongoing training, technical support, and website hosting. 

Union Course Registration

July 21, 2010
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Web Networks worked with the Professional Development staff of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) to move their course registration process online. We customized the Drupal shopping cart module, "Ubercart" to give ETFO's 70,000+ members a streamlined way to view available courses, and register and securely pay online.  We also provide ETFO with mission-critical website hosting and ongoing rapid-response technical support.

Mapping Activists Across Electoral Districts

March 13, 2010
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Web Networks is pleased to announce the release of an addition to the "CiviCRM" constituent relationship management system that allows organizations to view their membership database and/or mailing list subscribers according to the Canadian electoral district in which they live.

Local, Regional, and National Union Websites

January 15, 2010
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Web Networks is please to announce the launch of three union websites for the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union Local 707, the Saskatchewan Government Employees Union, and the Canadian Auto Workers. More information on these projects here.

CMHA Toronto Intranet

January 07, 2010
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Web Networks is pleased to announce the launch of its latest private online organization workspace for the Toronto branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. More about this project here.

Toronto School of Theology

August 07, 2009
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Web Networks is proud to announce the launch of the new Toronto School of Theology's website, developed by our Drupal experts. The school is "the largest and leading ecumenical centre for theological education in Canada", and this project included intensive planning, graphic design, Drupal content management system configuration, as well as custom coding allowing easy import of course data.

Kudos to our development team and to the TST staff who worked hard to produce a stellar result!

We've Been Busy! New Websites Launched

March 09, 2009
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The Web Networks website development team has been active working on projects for our progressive clients:

Pro Bono Students Canada, the world’s only national pro bono student organization. We migrated their current site to our user-friendly system.

Yodigo Tamil and English Field Test

February 22, 2009
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Yodigo is a computer game that delivers literacy online and offline. Yodigo’s use of video and interactivity makes learning to read and write fun, and its rewards system compels learners through lessons, increasing their literacy level.

Infrastructure Upgrade

December 03, 2008
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It’s happened mostly behind the scenes, but over the last year Web Networks has been building a completely Canadian-based, non-profit owned website and e-mail hosting infrastructure. Located at 151 Front Street, our new servers  have provided services for thousands of nonprofits and progressive organizations nationally, processing millions of message and website visits every month. We are proud of our successful hosting of the federal NDP site www.ndp.ca during the  recent election. If you are not hosting at Web Networks, you are probably supporting a U.S-based “web farm”.

Petition: E-Mail Your MP Tool

July 02, 2008
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Web Networks is pleased to announce the launch of its new online advocacy tool, “Petition”. The Petition application plugs in seamlessly to any website, giving your members and site visitors a tangible action to take in support of your campaign—sending an e-mail to their Member of Parliament in Ottawa.

National Literacy Award for Web.Net Application

June 18, 2008
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Web Networks is proud to announce that its "Tusaalanga" Inuktitut language online learning platform (developed using the open source "Drupal" system) has received the prestigious Council of the Federation literacy award. Tusaalanga is a project of the Pirurvik Centre, Web's partner in Attavik, which supports Inuktitut computing.

United Church of Canada's Emerging Spirit Goes Live

June 18, 2008
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Web Networks created a highly interactive website for the United Church of Canada in support of its "Emerging Spirit" campaign, which focuses on "establishing and nurturing a relationship between the United Church and Canadians who don't attend church."

web.net gets a brand new look!

June 05, 2008
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Web Community Resource Networks has upgraded its website! The new Web Networks website not only has updated information and resources for our community but it is also built on a Drupal plaftorm.

According to Oliver Zielke, Executive Director of Web Networks, "It's like the carpenter's house. We have been buidling Drupal sites from Nunavut to Vancouver to Guatemala to Nova Scotia for nonprofit groups and we finally got around to Drupalizing our own website."

To learn more about Drupalizing your own website, contact outreach@web.net.

Supporting Inuktitut Online

March 20, 2008
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In partnership with the Pirurvik Centre, an Iqaluit-based business supporting Inuit language, culture and wellbeing, Web Networks has

Toronto Community Housing

December 15, 2007
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The web.net team has launched one of its most ambitious projects, the new corporate website for the Toronto Community Housing Corporation("TCHC"), Canada's largest (North America's second largest) social housing provider. Check it out at www.torontohousing.ca. This site includes the Web Networks module that integrates Google maps into the "Drupal" content management system, allowing the TCHC

web.net Blogging Community

July 17, 2007
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In celebration of our 20th anniversary, we are offering members and friends free blogs. View recent posts at our community site and a full list of current blogs below:

cycling.web.net

basketball.web.net

fashion.web.net

movies.web.net

pilates.web.net

Volunteers Build Church Website

March 14, 2007
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Metropolitan United Church, located in downtown Toronto, is afamiliar landmark with an ambitious, diverse, and community-drivenapproach to modern spirituality. It also took a unique community-drivenapproach to building a website, partnering with Web Networks to undergoa process in which volunteers designed and built the site, and willcontinue to maintain it.

Drupal Usability Report Released

September 18, 2006
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Since 2004, Web Networks has been using Drupal, an open source content management system (CMS), to develop such websites as ndp.ca, www.nac.nu.ca and www.ona.org, among others.

In the summer of 2006, The The Association for Progressive Communications engaged Web Networks to conduct a usability study on Drupal.