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Good Jobs

Good Jobs was chosen as a campaign at the Discernment Assembly on September 16, 2024 by a majority of members. This issue surfaced through a listening campaign that heard from hundreds of people about the pressing concerns in their life. Work should be dignifying, but for too many in our community, they experience barriers to good jobs. Nuances of the issue include low wages, lack of opportunities to get into the workforce, challenges with credential recognition, labour exploitation, unfair work practices, unsafe work conditions, and lack of knowledge of workers rights. At this point we have convened a Research Action Team that meets monthly and will choose which specific sub-issues to advance. 

Mental Health and Addictions

Mental Health & Addictions was chosen as a campaign focus for the Alliance on September 16, 2024. This was based on the listening campaign where we heard from hundreds of Calgarians about the most pressing issues in our city. Nuances of this issue include access to mental health supports, culturally appropriate care/interventions, the intersection of domestic violence and mental health, how mental health is handled in workplaces, support for people battling addictions (harm reduction practices), trauma-informed mental health supports, and the specific needs of youth and seniors.  At this stage we have convened a Research Action Team which meets monthly and will determine what specific issues we can advance. 

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Discernment Assembly 2024

We had an incredible turn out of over 160 people at our Discernment Assembly on Monday September 16, 2024 at Scarboro United Church, each one coming with a priority issue on their mind. We heard about widespread affordable housing challenges, heart-breaking  stories of individuals struggling with mental health and addictions, the grind and disheartening process of trying to find a good job these days, and a moving overview of how the Environment and Climate Change are existential issues, especially through the lens of our call to reconciliation with indigenous peoples in Canada. 

Ultimately, through 3 rounds of voting including a round for institutions and 2 rounds for individuals to vote with a personal commitment to work on the issues, the two chosen issues for the Alliance to focus on were Mental Health, and Good Jobs, with a commitment to work in a spirit of reconciliation and right relationship with our indigenous neighbours as to how they are impacted by these issues as well.

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Green Line to Eau Claire advocacy successful!

Victory! In June of 2024 Calgary Alliance turned up our advocacy efforts regarding the Green Line, asking council to ensure the Green Line would get built to Eau Claire. We are pleased to say that council voted on July 30th, 2024 to ensure a revised Phase 1 would still go to Eau Claire, as a key part of our messaging was that the Green Line needs to be built so that it can eventually serve North Calgary. Had the downtown section been scrapped and the core of the line not built to go to Eau Claire, we despaired of whether this transit line would ever make it over the river. 

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Discernment Assembly 2024

We are holding a Discernment Assembly on Monday September 16th at 7pm at Scarboro United Church. All member institutions are requested to come with their Core Teams ready to vote on the broad campaign topics on which the Alliance will focus our work for the next couple of years. 

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Leaders Retreat

Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 09:30 AM

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