Have your Organization’s Concerns Heard!
The Alberta Ministry of Culture and Community Spirit is requesting responses to an online survey from the Nonprofit/Voluntary sector and Arts Sector organizations. The purpose of the dialogue is to identify challenges and opportunities for government and both sectors to work better together to help support healthy and vibrant communities. The survey applicable to sport is here. Note that Culture and Community Spirit's Cultural Policy includes sport and recreation and lottery grant programs are this Ministry's responsibility.

Provincially, there is no policy for sport. Rather, sport is found within the Alberta Sport Policy and will be found within a new Alberta Recreation Policy. The Spirit of Alberta, the Alberta Cultural Policy, defines culture in a broad sence, to include not only the arts, but also heritage, sport and recreation, and the natural environment.

The Alberta Sport Plan (A new Century for Amateur Sport: From Participation to Excellence), as advanced by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation, is a guiding document (alhough not approved by the Alberta Legislature) for the development of sport in Alberta.

Additionally, initiatives which are seeking to advance sport across Alberta include:

Alberta Sport Development Centres (ASDC) have been established by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks and Wildlife Foundation across the province. The main purpose of these Centres is to enhance and coordinate services available to Alberta's emerging athletes and coaches. Edmonton is the home for the ASDC - Capital Region.

Coach Alberta is a new and developing organization committed to providing coaches in Alberta the opportunity to connect in three key areas: Education - Networking - Advocacy.

Sport Alberta  was established in 1972 by and for the sport community ("a voice for the sport community, by the sport community"). Sport Alberta was reinvigorated on November 8, 2004 after a lengthy period of dormancy.

The Calgary Sport Council is an advocate of sport, which strives to assist, support and influence the growth of sport in Calgary. The City of Calgary Civic Sport Policy was adopted in 2005.

The City of Lethbridge Sport and Recreation Policy was adopted in 2007, recognizing the Lethbridge Sport Council as an independent body to be the unified voice for sport.