We are the 99,000 skilled and dedicated health professionals and support staff, 16,000 volunteers and 7,675 physicians who promote wellness and provide care every day to 3.7 million Albertans.

Programs and services are provided through 400 facilities throughout the province, including hospitals, clinics, continuing care, mental health and community health facilities. Edmonton metropolitan houses eight acute care sites and numerous programs and services. Partnerships with educational institutions foster unique research opportunities in medicine and health sciences placing AHS at the forefront of innovation.

AHS is setting the national standard for quality health services as Alberta’s largest employer. AHS strives to provide a patient-focused, quality health system that is accessible and sustainable for all Albertans.
 

• Caring for Canines - Debbie Ward
  I never thought I’d be living with nine greyhounds. But after falling in love with this often inhumanely treated breed there was no turning back.
• Health Care + Creativity Makes Perfect - Raina Capito
  I really like the challenge and creativity of it, and working with people. I always knew I wanted to work with people, but I wasn’t sure how.
• More Than a Whirlwind - Marilyn Martin
  I had returned to visit treasured friends I had made in the early 80s while working at University of Alberta Hospital. I will never forget that hot afternoon.
• Opportunities - Cinnamin Landhaüsser
  People come to us when their kids swallow quarters.
• Setting Down Roots - Keith Blackie
  Years ago, my wife and I honeymooned in Canada. We took a bus tour across the entire, sprawling country, from East to West. We decided there and then that when our kids were school-aged, we’d leave the UK and settle in Canada.
• The Right Fit for my Family - Daryl Silzer
  I am a real family guy, so when we were considering a move to Edmonton three years ago, things like family-friendly activities, a sense of community, and a bright future were high on our priority list.
• Why You Get Into Medicine - Cam Barr
  That’s really why everybody gets into medicine, or at least that’s why everybody says they get into medicine.
• You Have To Explore - Gabor Gyenes
  When I was offered a job at the University of Alberta Hospital I had no idea what to think of Edmonton. I just looked at the map and I saw where it was.

• An Encounter with Kindness - Mary Pat Barry
  It was Thursday, March 30th, 2006 in Edmonton. I was in the day surgery waiting room at the city’s University of Alberta Hospital with my sister, Leslie. Like many in that room it was my first encounter with cancer and I was scared.
• Christmas Eve Kindness - Kathy Holler
  We lived in 2 rooms with the luxury of sharing 1 shelf in a refrigerator which stood in the hallway, and it was rarely filled.
• Coincidences - Patrice Thomas-Crate
  Before my father’s illness I never understood organ donation. I went with my father for a workshop on organ donation. There were hundreds of people there who needed a transplant just like my father.
• Edmonton Gave Us Our Life Back - Heather Foster
  Instead, his boss and another lady took it upon themselves to seek out help for Chris and find him a doctor accepting new patients. This was a turning point in Chris’s life.
• Having a Son in Edmonton - Lili Qin
  Would you like to pursue a dream in new surroundings? Is it exciting, hard or scary? When I became an immigrant, first thing that I did was to have a baby in Edmonton.
• I Was Leaving For Good - Darlene Marchuk
  My entire world turned upside down and I found myself in palliative care at the University of Alberta Hospital.

• Moving to Edmonton? - Jay Palter
  Are you thinking of moving to Edmonton? If you are, I’m your man. I’m just a lifelong Torontonian who moved to Edmonton with my family last year. So I understand a lot of the questions and concerns you may have - the doubts and the fears.
• My Canadian Atlas - Rita Edison-White
  While cleaning a closet last week, I came across the atlas we used when we left Halifax, westward-bound for Edmonton, Alberta. That was August 2001. What wonderful memories!
• Things I Must Do - Sandy Mowat
  Sandy moved to Edmonton with her husband. She is getting to know Edmonton with new friends and getting involved in the community by volunteering.

• A Year or Two - Penny Ritco
  My husband and I thought we’d be here for a year or two. That was fifteen years ago.
• Book + Dog = Reader - Rachel Sentes
  I watched a boy – he was around 12 – who’d never seen this before. There were about 5 dogs in the room. His mom was pushing him. And he’s going “Ah no, too old for this.” Too manly, you know.
• Eclipsing Shinny - Tracey Urquhart
  As I played hockey with other rookie women of all ages and backgrounds one February several years ago, we watched a lunar eclipse unfold over the outdoor rink.
• I Wanna Be A Rock Star and Stuff - Hannah Karvonen
  RockerGirl Camp is for girls who wanna rock. But 10-year-old Hannah Karvonen Parsons wasn’t sure about going. “I was afraid that everyone was gonna be older than me and that I wouldn’t know anyone.”
• Like A Dream Come True - Rose Yoki
  My baby had major health problems, which is how we ended up in Edmonton. The Stollery Children’s Hospital is the only one in Western Canada that does pediatric liver transplants.