In 1999, David Ibsen of Collaborative Information Networks,
Dan Saunders and a host of others were involved in the TriSmart
project, a proposal to create a technologically-smart community in the
municipalities of Spruce Grove, Stony Plain and Parkland County. When
funding was not approved, we were joined by David’s wife Carole and
continued on to work with MLA Doug Horner on Uniting for Children and
Youth Network. In 2003, we were joined by others to form FACTS, (the Family and Community Twining Society).
FACTS is a non-profit society whose primary purpose is to provide a
structure for semi-autonomous networks which share information and
resources on topics of common interest.
In
2007, we began hiring summer students, in partnership with other
organizations. We continued to work with these organizations on an ad
hoc basis until 2009, when FACTSnet was created in conjunction with the Centralta Tourism Society. Since 2009, we have hired summer students
through Government of Canada programs such as Canada Summer Jobs, and
in 2014 we received additional funding from Young Canada Works. In 2015,
we also had the opportunity to take on student interns through the
Serving Communities Internship Program run by the Government of Alberta.
