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AHC Community Development Unit (CDU) Expands Outreach

The Community Development Unit (CDU) is excited to share our continued commitment to community capacity building, and to make 2025 a year of growth and impactful engagement, building upon the strong foundations AHC has established with diverse grassroot groups and ethno-cultural communities across Edmonton and beyond.

Over the past several years, the AHC CDU has fostered meaningful relationships with new immigrant community members from diverse communities from Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Central Asia, and Central America. Our dedicated team, though small, has achieved remarkable success in connecting with and supporting a growing number of Alberta based grassroot groups, including members of community associations of Tajikistan, Belarussian, Senegalese, Japanese, and Ugandan communities in the Greater Edmonton area, among others.

Ugandan community showcasing their music & traditional instruments

This year, we are expanding our outreach, providing vital support such as resource connection, mentorship in proposal writing, and assistance with activity planning. We are thrilled that several community groups will be prepared to apply for the AHC Seed Grant in March in a meeting with the AHC Community Development Review Committee (CDAC). The CDAC plays a crucial role in reviewing and approving proposals for community-led initiatives.

2025 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the AHC CDU and the communities we serve. We have planned a lineup of engaging events like Communities of Practice (CoPs), Building Inclusive Community – 4th Annual Forum, and AHC's CDAC Meetings, along with continued efforts to build new connections and provide support to more equity-deserving community-based grassroot groups. Our definitive goal remains to build a healthier, vibrant, and inclusive community for all societies across Alberta.

Lebanese community dances to their traditional tunes

Belarussians celebrate traditional Christmas

In the coming months, we will be sharing inspiring stories of success, highlighting challenges mitigated through community capacity building initiatives, and showcasing innovative initiatives led by committed community leaders. These stories will demonstrate the positive change happening within their respective communities and the power of collaborative action.

As we enter a new year, the AHC Community Development Unit (CDU) is excited to share our continued commitment to community capacity building, to make 2025 a year of growth and impactful engagement, building upon the strong foundations AHC has established with diverse grassroots groups and ethno-cultural communities across Alberta.

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As an organization working towards improving peoples’ well being, we acknowledge our presence on Treaty 6 territory and Métis Nation of Alberta Region 4, a traditional meeting grounds, gathering place, and travelling route for the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, Dene, Ojibway, Anishinaabe, Nakota Sioux, and Inuit, as our responsibility to extend support for healing to our Indigenous Community members during this difficult times. 
We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries and whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our vibrant community.

As an organization, we commit ourselves to continue to acknowledge, learn, understand, and create opportunities to educate our staff, volunteers, and community members about the lived experiences of First Nations, Inuit and Métis, walking the path of reconciliation.

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AHC is a proud proponent of diversity in the workforce, and we support an inclusive workplace that values the diversity of ideas.

AHC fosters diversity and inclusion at all levels of our organization. It is among the cornerstones of our core values of inclusion, collaboration, participation, personal development, innovation and excellence. We understand that equity deserving individuals and communities possess huge potential for growth and development but facing myriad of challenges which can be addressed through their capacity building by hiring and retaining individuals with an array of competencies, talents, experiences, and ideas to propel the innovation that drives our success. 
A diverse workforce and inclusive culture help us strengthen performance and inspire creative solutions. We believe the attention given to diversity and inclusion makes us more responsive, agile, trustworthy and innovative.

AHC's diversity and inclusion policies aim to foster an inclusive space that encourages more meaningful engagement among all program participants, employees, volunteers and other stakeholders to strengthen our performance.
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