As the world closed its doors in late March, the staff at The Alex Community Food Centre had to look inward and ask ourselves “What does a community resource like the CFC look like without the bustling energy of our weekly meals, the laughter of the kids in our...

The Alex has been a key player in a system-wide response to providing a safe, medically supported space for those experiencing homelessness. The Assisted Self-Isolation Site (ASIS) is a collaboration between The Alex, Calgary Homeless Foundation, HomeSpace, and CUPS....

It has now been five weeks since The Alex team (and the rest of the world), starting working within what we are now calling our "new normal." We pivoted our operations to provide safe, effective care for our community members, with our main focus on following AHS...

As we all continue to monitor COVID-19, we are collaborating with local health and emergency authorities and our social sector colleagues on our response. Here are the current precautions that The Alex is taking to minimize risk to our clients, our team, and our...

The Alex Community Health Centre is situated on the ancestral lands of the Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy) and home to the nations who signed Treaty 7 which comprise of the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, Tsuu’tina and the Stoney Nakoda. Mohkinstsis (Calgary) is...

Space matters.  When The Alex moved into our new facility in June of 2017, we were focused on some big challenges; how do we transform a manufacturing plant into a multi-purpose, multi-program social and medical space? How will we fit over 200 staff into the...