Community Initiatives Summative Evaluation

AHC has provided support to Community Initiatives in Edmonton since 1995 to foster capacity building essential to driving meaningful community development by and from within communities experiencing disparities affecting health and wellbeing of members. This Summative Evaluation provides insights of this essential work via assessing the impact achieved by CIs, the relevance and effectiveness of community development practices, and insights on strategies and systemic gaps among other things.

An important segment of AHC’s PASS Project was the PASS research compiled in collaboration with the University of Alberta. The purpose of the PASS Research was to investigate and identify the barriers contributing to low participation of racialized youth in recreation and organized sports and ultimately develop recommendations to policy-makers to lower those barriers. To better understand these barriers and practical recommendations to overcome them

AHC’s Participating in Arts, Sports, and Society (PASS) project is a 18-month initiative aimed at addressing the barriers and challenges faced by racialized newcomer youth in accessing and participating in sports activities. The project seeks to create an inclusive and equitable sports environment where all youth, regardless of their background, have equal opportunities for personal growth, social integration, and well-being.

To learn more about the scope of this work and the path ahead in addressing these barriers

Our 2022-2023 Annual Report highlights the continued growth and expansion of the organization over the past year in various program areas, amongst staff, volunteers, and with amount of hours served to the communities we work with!

Our 2021-2022 Annual Report highlights the continued growth and expansion of the organization over the past year amid the 3rd and 4th waves of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the successes of the ECCRC and new and upcoming initiatives in the year ahead!

Our 2020-2021 Annual Report highlights AHC’s most challenging yet successful year-to-date, navigating through the COVID-19 Pandemic while continuing to remain responsive to the new and emerging needs of our clients!

This year marks AHC’s 25th year anniversary and silver jubilee as an organization. AHC has achieved many significant milestones in the last year including the expansion to several small cities/towns and a 5-year funding agreement with IRCC, among other achievements.

Our 2019-2020 Annual Report highlights many significant achievements in AHC’s continued journey of growth and expansion including expanding our reach beyond city limits!

The 2017-2018 Annual Report highlights our continued growth and expansion in areas such as programming, program sites, staff, membership and more!

The highlights of 2016-2017 include consistently achieving higher than target numbers for all programs and services.

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.