General Support

The Government of Alberta has designed programs for immediate financial relief for Alberta’s families and vulnerable populations. Albertans should be focused on their health and not worry about whether they can pay their bills so they have put a number of options in place for those struggling financially.

• Emergency isolation support

• Utility payment deferral

• Student loans repayment deferral

• Banks & Credit Unions

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Follow the link for more details: https://www.alberta.ca/covid-19-supports-for-albertans.aspx

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Support for Employers

The Government of Alberta is planning to provide immediate funding and supportive measures to support local businesses, employers and employees.

• Corporate Tax Income

• Utility payment deferral

• Resources

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Support for Employees

• Job protected leave

• EI benefits

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Follow the link for more details: https://www.alberta.ca/covid-19-support-for-employers.aspx

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Individuals must apply directly to the Government of Alberta for these supports.

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Education

 

Resources for parents

Parents may want to supplement student learning by providing their children with additional resources. The following provincial resources are available to parents:

• LearnAlberta.ca: more than 4,000 digital resources aligned with Alberta’s K-12 curriculum.

• My Child’s Learning: A Parent Resource: provides parents with information specific to each grade level.

 

Additionally, many Alberta school authorities have a variety of resources available to support parents and students in learning at home. The following list provides a sample of what is available:

• Aspen View Public Schools: Educational Supports for Families provides a series of resources, many of which are publicly available to support literacy and numeracy.

• Calgary Board of Education: Learning at Home provides a number of supports for kindergarten to Grade 12.

• Clearview Public Schools: Student Resources provides resources for study skills and useful learning sites.

• Edmonton Catholic Schools: Parent Resources provides links to a wide variety of informational resources.

• Edmonton Public Schools: Activities for Parents provides a number of activities that can be done at home for kindergarten to Grade 12.

• Foothills School Division: Parent Learning Link provides a number of resources to support parents.

• Greater St. Albert Catholic Schools: Parent Resources link provides a number of resources to support parents.

• Northwest Francophone Education Region: Liens Utiles provides a number of resources to support parents.

• Southern Francophone Education Region: Ressources et Liens Utiles provides a number of resources to support parents.

 

Funding continues to flow to school authorities for the remainder of the 2019/20 school year. This will help school authorities deliver at-home learning to their students.