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Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) 2018 Alberta Healthy Community Symposiums: Creating Communities for Everyone

When: Monday, March 5, 2018 - 6:30pm to Thursday, March 8, 2018 - 4:00pm
Where: Ridgewood Community League Hall, 3705 Mill Woods Road East, Edmonton AND Cranston Residents Association Hall, 11 Cranarch Road SouthEast, Calgary
Cost: free (limited travel subsidies also available)

2018 Alberta Healthy Community Symposiums: Creating Communities for Everyone

For 2018, Communities ChooseWell is teaming up with the Alberta Cancer Prevention Legacy Fund to bring you our annual Healthy Community Symposiums. The theme this year revolves around creating communities that enhance the health and sense of belonging for all community members, and the title is 'Creating Communities for Everyone'.

There will be two events held:

  • Edmonton, March 5th & 6th, at the Ridgewood Community League Hall (3705 Mill Woods Road East, Edmonton) - Click here to register
  • Calgary, March 7th & 8th, at the Cranston Residents Association Hall (11 Cranarch Road SouthEast, Calgary) - Click here to register

Both Symposiums will be comprised of an evening session (6:30-9pm) on the first day and a day session (8:30am-4pm) on the second day. Subsidies to support travel and accommodations will be made available in the near future.

Keynote Speaker: Jim Diers

Jim Diers is driven by a passion to get people more involved in their communities and in the decisions that affect their lives. Over the past 40 years, he has served as a grass roots community organizer, community developer, and founding director of Seattle’s Department of Neighborhoods. Jim now shares the lessons from that work in his courses at the University of Washington; in international consulting through the Asset-Based Community Development Institute; and in his book, Neighbor Power. Click here to visit his website.