Who we are. What we do. How we #RefocusTheResearch to make a difference.

We stand for women and women’s health. The Alberta Women's Health Foundation is a healthcare initiative of the Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation supporting the advancement of care and research in women's health. The initiative exists to fill urgent gaps in women’s health research, an area historically underfunded and sometimes nonexistent. The AWHF is spearheading an awareness and fundraising campaign to #RefocusTheResearch, challenging Albertans to shift their attention, money and energy from women's appearances to women's health. Women make up just over half of our country's population, and gave birth to the entire population; women's health is community health.

AWHF's first PSA goes live across the country!

The Alberta Women's Health Foundation is proud to have launched its first-ever PSA, which aired for the first time this May. Please help spread the message by sharing with friends and family!

A letter from Kelly about her mom

A letter from Kelly Opper about her mother, Wendy, whose healthcare journey highlights the gaps we need to address in women's health and women's health research.