Canada's SchoolNet was a federal educational technology project in partnership with provinces, school boards, non-profit organizations, and the private sector, funded primarily by Industry Canada and developed by Ingenia Communications Corporation to promote the effective use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in libraries and schools across the country.
1995, stating that "SchoolNet is the leading program in the world in terms of letting kids get out and use computers.
"[4] Notable early projects included the SchoolNet MOO and the Special Needs Education (SNE) network.
[6] From 1999-2001, SchoolNet funded Project Achieve MOO developed at the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto.
[7] Although acknowledged by executives at Industry Canada as "one of the most successful websites in terms of the level of interest" funding for the SNE was discontinued, and the project moved with its developer Keenan Wellar from Ingenia Communications Corporation[8] to charitable organization LiveWorkPlay in 1997, before the site was discontinued when corporate sponsorship failed to materialize.