News

Local, Regional, and National Union Websites

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

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 Website Launch

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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.