In response to COVID-19 Pandemic, The Alex partnered with Alberta Health Services (AHS), The Calgary Homeless Foundation (CHF) and CUPS to establish the Assisted Self Isolation Site out of a need to provide medically supported accommodations for those experiencing homelessness who needed to self-isolate. It’s a stellar example of not only system-wide collaboration, but the power of human kindness.
Oral Health is an occasionally overlooked part of overall physical well-being. In honour of Oral Health Month, and Dental Hygienist Week, we had a discussion with Shannon, our Oral Health Team Lead about her journey, oral health, and the ways in which The Alex’s programs provide support to vulnerable populations.
Oral Health is an occasionally overlooked part of overall physical well-being. In honour of Oral Health Month, and Dental Hygienist Week, we had a discussion with Shannon, our Oral Health Team Lead about her journey, oral health, and the ways in which The Alex’s programs provide support to vulnerable populations.
For the International Transgender Day of Visibility, we sat down with Brad Rains, a Child and Youth Care Counsellor at The Alex Youth Health Centre. He spoke to us a bit about himself, the services we offer for Trans youth, as well as some triumphs and challenges.
Social work is an essential part of the work we do at The Alex, and we are incredibly grateful for the amazing staff that we have. March is Social Work Month, so we sat down with Rachel Reichert, one of the Case Managers at The Alex Youth Health Centre to talk about...
Social workers span across nine programs and services at The Alex. That’s because we know their support is as important to health as anything else.
Our traditional health care system does not work for everyone. That’s why at The Alex, we aspire to provide supports that have zero-barriers.
The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC) and the Foundation for Advancing Family Medicine (FAFM) announced Alberta’s Family Physician of the Year – and she’s an Alex doctor!
Stacey, a Community Food Centre program participant, shares how our virtual programming has brought her family together during hard times.
In 1975, when she was just a girl, Beverly was taken from her birth parents after witnessing violent domestic abuse in the home. She was placed with foster parents and her older siblings all went to different homes.
What is the best birthday gift you have received? For John* it was a gift he gave to himself – walking into the RAAM clinic on his 45th birthday to ask for help with his alcohol addiction.
The Alex is thrilled to announce that it has entered into a new partnership with McLeod Law LLP, providing funding to support programming including the new Alex Community Legal Clinic presented by McLeod Law.