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AHC Honours Individuals and Organizations with the Partnership and Excellence in Service Awards for their Contribution in Growth and Development of the Organization

On June 25, 2025, we celebrated our 30th Anniversary by honouring our collaborators, partners, and supporters with the Partnership Award and the Excellence in Service Award. For 30 years, AHC has been fortunate to have dedicated and passionate individuals and organizations supporting us in our mission, helping us ensure that equity-deserving individuals and newcomers have the services and programs they need to thrive.

To honour our remarkable collaborators, we introduced these awards to acknowledge individuals and organizations that have gone above and beyond to serve our clients and communities. Their dedication has shaped AHC into the organization it is today, helping equity-deserving individuals and newcomers access the crucial services and programs they need to thrive.

These recipients truly exemplified the spirit of community service and commitment.

Partnership Award recipients include the following organizations and individuals:

    • Explore Edmonton
    • A&H Steel
    • Francophonie Canadienne Plurielle
    • Edmonton Small Band for Seniors
    • Martial Arts for Cultural Connections
    • Eritrean Canadian Multicultural Association
    • Kyrgyz Association in Canada
    • GardaWorld
    • Family and Community Support Services (FCSS)
    • Edmonton Community Foundation (ECF)
    • Edmonton Community Adult Learning Association (ECALA)
    • Kerry Rusk

Excellence in Service Award recipients include the following individuals:

    • Lyndel Kasa
    • Sherry Depner
    • Melanie Kidder
    • Nancy Sheng
    • Tracy Patience
    • Bernadette Lahtail
    • Emmanuel Onah
    • Angelica Quesada
    • Shahriyar Khan
    • Dr. Abu Conteh
    • Erick Estrada
    • Brkti Ngusse
    • Lady Yukiko Perez Rico
    • Nadira Aktar
    • Suzana Dumo
    • Nebiyeleul Aynekulu
    • Nilton Romero
    • Nelson Pereira
    • Adele Kaswera Mbayahe

Each of these awardees has demonstrated exceptional commitment to serving our community and uplifting those around them. Their contributions have not gone unnoticed, and we are deeply thankful for their unwavering partnership. Congratulations to all the winners and to everyone whose collaboration is essential to our organization.

We could not have achieved our 30-year milestone without your continued partnership. Your dedication fuels our mission, and we are excited to continue this journey together as we strive for a more equitable future.

 

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Land Acknowledgment

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.

Action for Healthy Communities Society of Alberta (AHC's) Diversity and Inclusion Statement

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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