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PolicyWise for Children & Families Edmonton & Calgary · Treaty 6 & Treaty 7 territory
ASTACKRA × PolicyWise · Digital System Blueprint

This is bigger than a website.

The concept treats PolicyWise’s RFP as a connected transformation: positioning, identity, messaging, content operations, evidence discovery, accessibility, AI-search representation, analytics, governance, training and adoption.

The operating system

Eight systems working as one.

The visible website is only the public interface. The deeper value is the system behind it.

01

Brand platform

Positioning, value proposition, visual system, voice, tone and governance.

02

Content system

Page-level messaging, editorial standards, reusable content types and publishing workflows.

03

Evidence architecture

Research, projects, initiatives, resources, people and news connected through shared metadata.

04

Accessibility

Semantic structure, keyboard access, focus states, reduced motion, contrast and WCAG-oriented QA.

05

Search + AI discovery

Structured data, clear entities, source attribution and answer-engine-friendly information architecture.

06

Privacy + trust

Consent-aware analytics, transparent sourcing and privacy-conscious forms and data collection.

07

Measurement

Analytics events, search behaviour, content performance and reporting designed around real decisions.

08

Adoption

CMS training, documentation, approval workflows, templates and post-launch support.

What evaluators can test now

Not slides. Working architecture.

This concept already demonstrates the structural decisions behind the proposed production system.

CMS

Structured content

Custom Research, Project, Initiative, Resource and Team content models.

Find

Discovery

Server-side filtering and cross-content search.

Trust

Source clarity

External sources and third-party resources stay distinguishable.

AA

Accessibility

Keyboard-aware navigation, reduced motion and semantic patterns.

AI

Structured data

Organization, website and content entities exposed in JSON-LD.

Ops

Editable system

Staff-facing fields keep key metadata manageable without code.

PolicyWise leadership
PolicyWise research leadership
Human adoption matters.A new system only works when the team understands and trusts it.
Beyond launch

Build the capability, not dependency.

The RFP asks for training, documentation and 60–90 days of post-launch support. The production approach should leave PolicyWise stronger internally—not dependent on an agency for routine content updates.

Templates, governance rules, CMS fields, accessibility patterns and analytics reporting would be documented as part of the operating model.