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Current Organizational Endorsements

The following Alberta organizations have formally endorsed the Wellness Alberta proposal to secure a well-financed, sustainable Wellness Foundation that will operate independently of the health care system. 

This list is updated regularly as the list of supporters is growing rapidly and currently represents over 3.5 million Albertans!
 
Alberta Association of Recreation Facility Personnel
Alberta Athletic Therapists Association
Action on Smoking & Health
Alberta Blue Cross

Alberta Coalition for Healthy School Communities (ACHSC)
Alberta Centre for Active Living
​Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research

Alberta College and Association of Chiropractors
Alberta College of Medical Diagnostic and Therapeutic Technologists 
Alberta College of Family Physicians

Alberta Continuing Care Association
Alberta Council on Aging 
Alberta Food Matters (AFM)
Alberta Medical Association
Alberta Motor Association (AMA)
Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association
Alberta Pharmacists' Association (APA)
Alberta Policy Coalition for Chronic Disease Prevention (APCCP)
Alberta Public Health Association
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association

Alberta Schools Athletic Association
Alberta Students' Executive Council (ASEC)
Alberta Teachers' Association
ATB Financial
​Arthur J.E. Child Foundation
Be Fit For Life

Beaver County
Boys and Girls Clubs - Western Region
Calgary Catholic School District

Calgary Rural Primary Care Network
Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta (CSFA)
Canadian Cancer Society, AB/NWT Division
Canadian Diabetes Association AB/NWT
Canadian Institute of Natural and Integrative Medicine

Canadian Paraplegic Association - AB
Cardel Place
Catholic Central High School

Chrysalis: An Alberta Society for Citizens with Disabilities
City of St. Albert
City of Edmonton
City of Calgary
City of Leduc
City of Red Deer
City of Medicine Hat
Concordia Students' Association (CSA)

Conference Board of Canada
County of Lethbridge
County of Northern Lights
Dietitians of Canada - Alberta and the Territories Region
Edmonton Catholic Schools
Edmonton North Primary Care Network

Edmonton Public Schools
Ever Active Schools
FOCUS on Seniors
Foundation for the Future Charter Academy
Grande Yellowhead Public School Division

Grant MacEwan University-Aboriginal Education Centre
Grasslands Public Schools
Growing Food Security in Alberta (GSFA)
Health & Physical Education Council (HPEC)
Health Sciences Association of Alberta (HSAA)

Heart and Stroke Foundation
High Prairie School Division (#48)
Injury Prevention Centre

Lung Association of Alberta & NWT
Leduc-Beaumont-Devon Primary Care Network 
Max Bell Foundation
Medicine Hat Family YMCA
Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University - Health Services & Optimal Therapies Clinic
Mount Royal University - Recreation
MS Society of Canada - AB & NWT Division
Municipal District of Peace No. 135
Municipal District of Taber

Native Counselling Services of Alberta
Norlien Foundation
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) -Athletics and Recreation
'NSTEP (Nutrition, Students, Teachers Exercising with Parents)
Onoway High School
Outdoor Council of Canada
Parkland County
Parks Foundation Calgary

Policy, Location and Access in Community Environments (PLACE) Research Lab
Prostate Cancer Centre
​Promoting Optimal Weights through Ecological Research (POWER) Lab
Red Deer College - Department of Kinesiology & Sport Studies
​Renfrew Educational Services

Royal Life Saving Society Canada - AB/NWT Branch
Safe Healthy Active People Everywhere (SHAPE)
Saffron Centre Ltd
​Smoky Lake County
Sport for Life Society

Sport Medicine Council of Alberta 
Society of Alberta Occupational Therapists
St. John Ambulance - Alberta Council
Strathcona County
Telus Spark

The Support Network
Town of Beaumont
Town of Black Diamond
Town of Bruderheim
Town of Canmore
​Town of Coalhurst

Town of Coronation
Town of Okotoks
Town of Picture Butte
Town of Pincher Creek
Town of Smoky Lake
Town of Two Hills
Town of Wembley
Trico Charitable Foundation
University of Alberta - Centre for Health Promotion Studies
University of Alberta - Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry

University of Alberta - Faculty of Physical Education & Recreation
University of Alberta - School of Public Health
University of Alberta - Students' Union
University of Calgary - Faculty of Kinesiology
Village of Barnwell
Village of Breton
Village of Chipman
Village of Clyde
Village of Consort
Village of Hussar
Village of Longview
Vivo for Healthier Generations

Werklund Foundation
Wolf Creek Public Schools
YMCA Calgary
YMCA Lethbridge
YMCA of Northern Alberta
YMCA Wood Buffalo
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Position paper
Wellness foundation diagram
Detailed overview
One-page overview
Strategies and focus
Return on investment
Successful foundation examples

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