Resources & Updates
AI in Canadian Nonprofits: Key Findings
Imagine Canada and the Canadian Centre for Nonprofit Digital Resilience share key findings from their recent research on AI use in the sector, along with insights from the new Nonprofit AI Impact Hub.
ALIGN’s Well-Being Toolkit Community of Practice (CoP)
Next meeting is April 8, 2026. 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.
Sustaining Change in Neurodevelopmental Disability Initiatives
Watch this month’s Implementation Community webinar from Kids Brain Health Network on defined sustainability in neurodevelopmental disability initiatives. Explore frameworks and planning tools that support long term implementation, and discussed sustainability concepts using the F-words for Child Development.
Nurturing the Seed: The Journey to Infant/Early Mental Health & Wellness
Nurturing the Seed is a strength-based health intervention model designed for Indigenous children (birth to six) that focuses on the promotion of infant and early mental health (IEMH).
Connect: Supporting Birth, Kinship & Foster Parents. An attachment based program for parents and caregivers
This project provides training to community-based practitioners to deliver a trauma informed and attachment focused group-based intervention to birth, foster and kinship parents in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Newfoundland, and Quebec.
Advocating for Child Safety online at Parliament Hill
The Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) urges members of Parliament to prioritize the establishment of online safety laws in Canada.
Online Autism Pathway for Families
This resource is a support to agencies serving parents of children/youth with disabilities. Ensuring that patients and families receive faster, coordinated access to information and support for a neurodivergent child and all children with developmental differences is a priority for Alberta Health Services (AHS).
ALIGN's OHS Community of Practice (CoP)
Next meeting April 14, 2026. 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.
ALIGN Members Uniquely Positioned to Contribute Meaningful, Insights to Statistics Canada's General Social Survey (GSS)
Statistics Canada is seeking input from data users on proposed changes to the General Social Survey (GSS), including feedback on the Giving, Volunteering and Participating cycle of the survey which is Canada’s premiere source of information on the giving and volunteering of individual Canadians. Engaging in this consultation is a proactive way for ALIGN Members to ensure their voices are reflected in the data that shapes Canada’s social policies. By contributing their expertise, agencies help create a more responsive, inclusive, and informed system—one that better supports the individuals, families, and communities they serve.
How ALIGN Members Can Help Shape Stronger, More Sustainable Federal Funding
Fair Funding for Nonprofits is a national advocacy coalition working towards a future where a more equitable and effective federal funding system enables nonprofits to better serve their communities. The Coalition is urging the federal government to modernize how it funds the nonprofit sector—ensuring organizations have the stability, flexibility, and resources needed to create lasting impact. Don't miss your opportunity to participate in the Fair Funding for Nonprofits Pre-Budget Consultation Process!
Alberta.ca Prioritizing Victim Safety with Real-time Alerts
The electronic monitoring program is expanding to strengthen supervision of repeat offenders and give victims real-time alerts when their safety may be at risk.
Mentor Canada Research Reveals Mentorship Closes Opportunity Gaps for Racialized Youth
New Research Reveals the Critical Link: Mentorship Closes Opportunity Gaps for Racialized Youth, Confirmed by Thousands of Young Adult Voices in the "Unlocking Doors" Study.
First Nations Health Consortium (FNHC) Youth in Transition to Adulthood Services & Treaty Status Registration Support
FNHC staff work with First Nations families on treaty status registration assistance as well as advising youth during their journey into adulthood. The FNHC also collaborates and fundraises with partner organizations to implement community programming in sports and recreation, early childhood reading and youth engagement initiatives.
Alberta Caregiver Rates to Increase April 1, 2026
With deep appreciation for the crucial role caregivers play, CFS is pleased to share that effective April 1, 2026, the caregiver rates are again increasing by 2 per cent as per the Caregiver Rate Schedule.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers March 2026
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.
How ALIGN Members Benefit from National Polling Report Series: Mental Health of Canadians
This series, from Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) tracks Canadians’ mental health and offers real-time insights into how Canadians are currently coping and where disparities exist and persist.
Alberta.ca Release - MAID protections for Albertans with mental illness
New legislation would introduce safeguards for medical assistance in dying (MAID) to ensure it is not used in place of care or support for mental illness or disabilities.
Meet ALIGN's Corporate Members
Through generous contributions and strategic partnerships, ALIGN's corporate members help strengthen the financial sustainability and the sector-wide reach and impact of our programs.
Why New Data on Gaps in Government Policy Engagement Matters to ALIGN Members
New findings from the Charity Insights Canada Project reveal ongoing challenges in how governments and the charitable sector collaborate on policy issues.Among 881 respondents, many rated government engagement as ineffective—particularly at the provincial and territorial levels, where more than half expressed negative views. Respondents highlighted the need for more consistent, structured dialogue between governments and the sector, as well as stronger coordination on messaging to help amplify the sector’s collective voice.
Alberta.ca Changes to Long‑Term Illness and Injury Leave
The Government of Alberta is updating the rules for long‑term illness and injury leave under provincial employment standards to help employees take the time they need to recover from illness or injury. These changes are not related to workers’ compensation benefits or work‑related injury claims.
Youth Homelessness Prevention Toolkit for Communities
A Way Home Canada, Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and Making the Shift Social Innovation Lab (MtS) have launched a new toolkit that provides communities with practical tools to strengthen their homelessness plans by implementing coordinated, data-driven, and cost-effective youth homelessness prevention policies and programs.
Participate in WCB-Alberta Policy Consultations
WCB-Alberta reviews their funding policy every three years. As part of their policy project plan and their 2026 strategy map and objectives, they are seeking public input on their funding policy to ensure an appropriate balance of the needs of Albertans with system sustainability.
Working Paper From Resources to Routines: The Importance of Stability in the Developmental Environment
This working paper from the Early Childhood Scientific Council on Equity and the Environment explores how stability shapes children’s health and development. It offers strategies for policymakers, community leaders, service providers, and others to increase stability, as well as practical recommendations for developing more resilient systems that support young children and their caregivers.
AHS Pediatric Rehabilitation Resources
Pediatric rehabilitation helps children and youth live the best life they can, build resilience, and take part in the activities meaningful to them and their families.
ALIGN CONNECTIONS For Indigenous Children/Youth & Caregivers February 2026
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.
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!
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.
ALIGN'S Reconciliation Action Planning Consultation Service
ALIGN’s Reconciliation Action Planning Consultation Service provides Community Service Providers with tailored resources fostering meaningful engagement and support for reconciliation efforts within your organization and community.
ADS Report: Alberta Disability Summit: Listening in a Good Way-Indigenous Perspectives on Disability (ALIGN)
Listening in a Good Way: Indigenous Perspectives on Disability shares what was heard at the Alberta Disability Summit November 27, 2026 – Indigenous Cultural Understanding, held on Tsuut’ina Nation. This reflection centres Indigenous voices, lived experience, and community knowledge, highlighting barriers, strengths, and opportunities to move disability services toward more culturally grounded, relationship-based approaches.
ICYMI: Building Data Infrastructure Needed to Prevent Youth Homelessness in Canada: Learnings from BC and Calgary
What would youth homelessness prevention look like if reliable data moved across systems to inform action? The Prevention Matters! panel explored how collaborative data use across systems can strengthen policy, research, and coordinated approaches to youth homelessness prevention in Canada
ALIGN’s Winter Count Project: Acimowina – Teaching Stories
Six months before the AGM, we gathered in ceremony led by Elder Harley Crowshoe at Trellis Society, within Treaty 7 territory—the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy. This wasn’t just a meeting; it was a beginning. Elder Harley guided us in grounding our process in cultural protocol and spiritual intention. From that moment, the Winter Count became more than a project—it became a journey.
The Nonprofit’s Guide to Using AI Responsibly in the Boardroom (Tech for Good)
AI is poised to reshape how nonprofit leaders prepare, collaborate, and make decisions. This guide from Tech for Good is designed to help nonprofit boards navigate this transformation responsibly.
Bridging the distance: feeling connected when apart (Canadian Consortium on Child & Youth Trauma)
Includes strategies that have proven effective in helping to strengthen the parent-child relationship in preparation for and during separation.
OY Works Online Toolkit Helps Employers Recruit Young People Ages 18 - 29
This new one-stop online toolkit from OY Works, helps employers recruit, onboard, mentor, and retain Opportunity Youth (OY), young people 18-29 years old not currently in school, training or work and who face barriers to employment.
MHRC Report: Mental Health Pulse Check 2025
As leaders focus on strengthening Canada’s economy, this report created in partnership with GreenShield, highlighting mental health insights from 2025 and identifying critical areas of focus for 2026. reinforceing the direct link between healthy Canadians, a resilient workforce, and long-term prosperity.
