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ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
FOUNDATIONAL DISCOVERY PLATFORM
$1,100,103
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED TO DATE
$329,329
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED
IN 2022
$417,647
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED
IN 2021
$353,126
TOTAL FUNDS RECEIVED
IN 2020
HOSPITAL PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Prevention and treatment strategies for many mental health conditions have not advanced in decades. More clinical research will help us deepen our knowledge of these conditions and find better ways to address them, ultimately improving care and outcomes for young people and their families. Together with Alberta Health Services and donors like Family of Support, the Alberta Children's and supporters like Sobeys, the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation is building a new and innovative Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health that will help to integrate research into community care.
In addition to launching Mental Health Research 4 Kids, Alberta Children’s Hospital is also collaborating with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) Hospital, and McMaster Children’s Hospital on the I AM SAFE program.
An important strength of the Family of Support initiative is grounded in the trust The Sobey Foundation and Empire Company Limited have shown for children’s hospitals by empowering them to allocate funds to the areas they see as most urgent.
Research and Innovation:
The Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation continues to allocate Family of Support funds to Mental Health Research 4 Kids, an innovative program focused on children and adolescents ages 0-18 years old. This program is led by researchers at the University of Calgary and the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and linked to The Summit: Marian & Jim Sinneave Centre for Youth Resilience. The official opening of The Summit in March 2023 was an important milestone for their research program, as we continue to work toward their goal of enlisting 10,000 participants – across all research topics and initiatives – to create one of the largest and best-characterized pediatric mental health samples in the world: a true living lab.
