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News Posted On Sep 27, 2016

Breakfast program at a school

Tannis, our success coach at an Edmonton school, and Sarah, our youth liaison, noticed that more and more students were hungry. A survey confirmed those suspicions: 20% of students said they were coming to school hungry all or most of the time. As they…

News Posted On Aug 08, 2016

Parenting Workshops Video

The Family Centre had the wonderful opportunity to work with 780Film—an Edmonton-based, student-run film project that aims to provide local non-profit organizations with high-quality, creative videos. The U of A students, Jordan and Kennedy, provided…

News Posted On Jul 26, 2016

Announcement: New CEO

On behalf of The Family Centre’s Board of Directors, we welcome our 9th CEO Pauline Smale to her new position. The Board has given careful consideration to the strategic leadership required to innovate and deliver outcome based services, as well…

Fundraiser for the United Way
News Posted On Jul 26, 2016

Fundraiser for the United Way

As The Family Centre is a United Way member agency, our employees experience the positive impact that United Way has in our community firsthand. Each year we run a United Way workplace campaign. This year’s theme was “You Make a World of Difference”,…

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
News Posted On Jul 26, 2016

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative

The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative (AFWI) is a multi-disciplinary initiative that connects early brain and biological development and children’s mental health with addiction research, prevention, and treatment. The AFWI seeks to translate current…

News Posted On Jul 26, 2016

The Way In

The Way In Program is an innovative partnership between Edmonton Public Schools, Alberta Health Services: Mental Health & Addictions, B&GBigs, Kids Up Front and The Family Centre which supports teens and their families to create brighter futures. This…

The Family Centre acknowledges that we are on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux. We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.

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