Guest Author: TC Carling, President, Canadian Men’s Health Foundation The Canadian Men’s Health Foundation (CMHF) is a national, registered charity providing information, tools, and motivation for men and their families to live healthier. Canadian men are dying at an alarming rate from chronic illness and leaving their loved ones behind. Yet, 70 percent of men’s health problems…

Guest Author: Diane Jones Konihowski, Lend An Ear Coordinator Distress Centre Calgary (DCC) provides free 24-hour mental health and crisis support, professional counselling, youth peer support, referrals through 211, and our programs at SORCe. We do this via phone, chat, text, and email. For 52 years, Distress Centre has served Calgary and Southern Alberta, ensuring everyone has…

The past two and a half years have skyrocketed the daily stresses in our lives, both physically and mentally. Our brains are incredible organs, but they do get fatigued and need rest, just like an overworked muscle does.In research by David Strayer, a cognitive psychologist at the University of Utah, he found that when we…

Centre for Suicide Prevention is delighted to announce Viewpoint Foundation’s generous contribution of $100,000 a year for 3 years for our Buddy Up campaign. Viewpoint Foundation is the flagship funder of this critical initiative. This campaign needs Champions from all sectors to help spread the word that men’s suicide is preventable. Will you join Viewpoint in supporting this initiative?Buddy Up is a…

Alberta’s young people have never been at greater risk than today. The difference between now and then is that today’s war can be fought and won right here, in our classrooms, and in our homes. Alberta has experienced years of enormous change, setbacks, uncertainty, and worries in our communities, schools, and homes. Our youngest citizens have…

The Canadian Women’s Foundation is a national leader in the movement for gender equality in Canada. Through funding, research, advocacy, and knowledge sharing, we work to achieve systemic change. We support women, girls, and gender-diverse people to move out of violence, out of poverty, and into confidence and leadership. Since 1991, our partners and donors…

“Since at least the sixth century BC, music and architecture have been intimately joined by a cosmic connection, the idea that they both are generated by an underlying code. This order, revealed by mathematics and geometry, was first espoused by Pythagoras who lived in southern Italy, and it led to many Greek temples designed on…

“We have big hairy problems and we need all available hands, hearts, and minds to solve them;Including new ideas and voices paired with old capital and connections.”- James Stauch, Institute for Community Prosperity, Mount Royal University   If it feels like the past two years have been a lot, you’re not alone. We’re living through…

Hospice Calgary has operated for over 30 years offering exceptional care, service, and education since 1987. They have a model of hospice care and community programming that is envied throughout the province, and a broad reach which includes both urban and rural clients of all ages. The Calgary Hospice promises to journey with people through…