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I am a 69-year-old elderly and widowed person with a case of dementia, and I am living in a homeless shelter. I also have Type-1 Diabetes and obtaining medication is difficult. This is because I [...]

In response to the third annual poverty reduction summit, hosted by Vibrant Communities Canada and the City of Hamilton on April 4-6, 2017.   TAKEAWAYS AND LEARNINGS I learned so much from [...]

The word of the year… For the people working to solve The unsolvable plague of the eons But there are those who live it daily… Daily the child goes to school hungry Daily Mom and/or [...]

Rushing around making sure to have All that is needed to make our lives More secure, warm and safe Let’s see how many stops need I make. Stop one- those papers there Stop two I pick up [...]

We were thrilled to host  two sessions in early March on behalf of Employment and Social Development Canada to collect input for a Canadian poverty reduction strategy.  We had a wonderful [...]

Lee Stevens Community & Engagement Specialist   We are pleased to announce that Lee Stevens has joined the Vibrant Communities Calgary staff team as a Community & Engagement Specialist. [...]

In response to the announcement made by Councillor Brian Pincott that he will not be running in the 2017 municipal election, here is an Open Letter to Councillor Pincott From Vibrant Communities [...]

Vibrant Communities Calgary recently extended letters of congratulations and meeting requests to three Ministers who were appointed by the Government of Alberta to new roles in January 2017. The [...]

  On January, 24, 2017, I had the opportunity to attend a Town Hall with Justin Trudeau that was held at the Jack Simpson Gym at the University of Calgary. I will not admit at this point who [...]

Under the twinkling Christmas lights of Olympic Plaza downtown by the skating area, I joined a group of about one hundred Calgarians who came out on the longest night of the year. We came to [...]