Resources & Updates
Beginner’s Guide to Nonprofit Board Service - Part 1 (BoardSource)
You're new to board service and ready to make a meaningful impact—but where do you start? Discover the essentials of serving on a nonprofit board and how you can contribute to an organization’s mission and purpose.
ALIGN's Well-Being in Child and Family Services Toolkit
The way we define and understand child and youth well-being matters.
ALIGN's Indigenous Cultural Understanding Framework (ICUF)
A Digital Interactive Journey to increase cultural understanding within Alberta agencies so that all Indigenous children living in Alberta can live in dignity and respect, supported by people with a deeper understanding of Indigenous worldviews, history and current reality.
Vibrant Communities Calgary Election Platform 2025
VCC’s Election Platform outlines actionable policy priorities to guide mayoral and council candidates on what matters to Calgarians.
When young people experience homelessness, thrive as they live with HIV or brave discrimination on the basis of sexuality or identity, they have invaluable knowledge of how to best navigate these challenges.
ALIGN’s Well-Being Toolkit Community of Practice (CoP)
The Well-Being Community of Practice (CoP) is intended for service providers who are currently implementing ALIGN Association's Well-Being Toolkit. A Community of Practice (CoP) is an informal learning space where like-minded practitioners come together to share experiences, challenges, tools, and promising practices. The Well-Being Community of Practice focuses on strengthening the impact of child- and family-serving organizations on child and youth well-being.
International Youth Day Celebration August 12, 2025 (OCYA)
This year’s theme, “Advocacy through Storytelling,” highlights the power of youth voices, creativity, and connection. Youth Day provides a platform for young people to learn about their rights, share ideas, and gain inspiration for their personal and professional growth.
New Alberta Disability Assistance Program (ADAP) Launching July 2026 (Alberta.ca)
People with disabilities shouldn’t have to choose between getting the support they need and having the opportunity to pursue a meaningful career. Albertans with disabilities and the organizations that support them have said loud and clear they want supports that meet their unique needs and abilities, rather than the current one-size-fits-all solution.
Research Examining the Connection Between Sex Trafficking and the Disappearances of Indigenous Women and Girls (Thomson Reuters)
Despite being only 5% of the population, Indigenous women and girls account for over 50% of trafficking victims.
Online Child Sexual Exploitation Resources (Government of Canada)
As technology has advanced, online child sexual exploitation has increased in Canada.
Mentor Me Equal: Inclusive mentorship for systemic change
Mentor Canada and Mentorat Québec will be introducing a new mentoring initiative to address employment barriers faced by women and gender-diverse people across Canada.
Experiencing Homelessness: Challenges Faced by Families with Disabled Children (ALIGN)
Homelessness significantly worsens the challenges faced by families with disabled children, increasing stress, disrupting routines, and limiting access to essential resources and support systems. Children with disabilities are more vulnerable to the negative impacts of homelessness, potentially facing long-term consequences for their physical and mental health, education, and overall development.
ALIGN's Sector Grant Directory
ALIGN's Grant Directory is a comprehensive resource designed to empower and support the diverse for-profit and nonprofit organizations across our province.
Former Foster Kids Share Their Visions for the Future (The Tyee)
National interviews with people who grew up in the child services system call for preventive, compassionate support.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers - Special Summer Edition (August)
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.
Government of Alberta Children and Family Services Annual Report 2024 - 2025
The 2024-25 Annual Report reflects the 2024-27 Ministry Business Plan, the Government of Alberta Strategic Plan, as well as the ministry’s activities and accomplishments during the 2024-25 fiscal year, which ended on March 31, 2025.
Natural Disaster Emergency Preparedness for Agencies
Emergency preparedness for forest fires, heat waves, floods and tornados is critically important for human service agencies that serve children, youth, and families. These populations are especially vulnerable during disasters, and agencies must be equipped to protect their safety, ensure service continuity, and support long-term recovery.
Join Us! ALIGN Regional Chapter Meetings
We invite all ALIGN Association to participate in Regional Chapter Meetings. ALIGN chapter meetings serve as a vital platform for collaboration, learning, advocacy, and enhancing the effectiveness of non-profit and charitable agencies. We are stronger together!
Join Us! ALIGN AGM September 19, 2025 Red Deer
We warmly invite all members to attend our upcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM), an important opportunity to reflect on our achievements, discuss future plans, and ensure your voice is heard in shaping the direction of our organization.
ALIGN Association Golf Tournament
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for the upcoming ALIGN Association Golf Tournament September 18, 2025. Join us for a day of camaraderie, friendly competition, and fun on the fairways!
Creating Hope Society The Indigenous Boys Matter Too! program
The Indigenous Boys Matter Too! Program (IBMT) is a non-therapeutic wellness program that utilizes cultural teachings, journaling, sharing circles, community building and artistic expression to understand the historic, interpersonal and intergenerational traumas and barriers we may experience as Indigenous Male's.
Prevention Matters! Watch Storying Truths of Indigenous Homelessness (COH)
Indigenous homelessness (or what is increasingly being referred to as houselessness) is a widespread crisis across Canada. While individual experiences may vary, there is a common thread underlying its causes.
Alberta.ca Health and Safety Committees and Representatives Resources and eLearning
Health and safety committees and representatives work to address health and safety concerns with the employer.
MHRC Report Associations Between Social Media Use, Personal Screen Time, and Mental Health Indicators Among Canadian Youth
This report is a focused analysis of how social media use, personal screen time, and cybervictimization relate to youth mental health outcomes in Canada.
Honouring Our Ways: A Journey Through Community-Led Planning
Led by First Nations in British Columbia, the Comprehensive Community Planning movement builds on centuries of Indigenous community planning knowledge.
Place Matters: Communicating the Relationship Between Place, Racism, and Early Childhood Development
Two new resources from The Center on the Developing Child and the FrameWorks Institute to support advocates and communicators who are working to build understanding around the interconnected relationship between place, racism, and early childhood development.
Free Training: Homelessness Prevention: Advancing a Multi-Systems Approach
Visit the Homelessness Learning Hub now and take the FREE, self-paced training to learn how we can create meaningful, lasting change for individuals, systems, and communities.
Shared Spaces, Shared Futures: Enhancing Belonging Through Intergenerational Co-Housing
What if we brought generations together to solve two big problems at once?
Tamarack Institute's Guide to Great Meetings
The Guide to Great Meetings is a practical resource aimed at transforming meetings into spaces where collaboration and connection thrive.
ALIGN OHS Leadership Awareness Series Online Training
Learn more about OHS duties, best practices, legislation, prevention plans and more with these seven online modules from ALIGN!
ALIGN's OHS Community of Practice (CoP)
Communities of Practice often focus on sharing best practices and creating new knowledge to advance a domain of professional practice. Interaction on an ongoing basis is an important part of this.
OCYA Youth Houselessness Surveys for People With Lived or Professional Experience
OCYA is seeking feedback to better understand the causes of youth houselessness in Alberta, available services and supports, and what can be done to better support young people at risk of becoming unhoused.
Reconciliation is recruitment: A strategic workforce solution (By Tanya Tourangeau - Talent Canada)
Reconciliation in the workplace goes beyond symbolic gestures—it must be embedded strategically in recruitment practices.
Free, Virtual Course Who Cares? An ARAO Guide to Supporting Youth Mental Health
This curriculum from the Canadian Women’s Foundation addresses challenges faced by youth workers in supporting the mental health needs of Black, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQIA+ youth. It provides strategies that youth workers can implement to ensure their own wellbeing is taken into account.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers June 2025
CONNECTIONS is monthly newsletter designed to support Foster and Kinship Caregivers to ensure First Nations, Metis & Inuit children in their care have access to cultural resources, activities and events that broaden their cultural awareness.
CCCYT Launching New Podcast Beyond the System: Former Youth in Care Empowered by Experience
Hosted by the CCCYT’s former youth in care advisory committee, this podcast raises awareness about trauma as it relates to (former) youth in care.
