Since its establishment in 1953, Winnifred Stewart has evolved, grown, and empowered countless individuals with diverse abilities to discover their goals and dreams. Through exploration, experience, and sharing stories, Winnifred Stewart helps to facilitate meaningful relationships in order to build natural supports in an individual's chosen community. We support individuals with diverse abilities to realize their goals, and desires, and help to make the resources available and accessible for them to lead fulfilling lives.

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Vision and Mission

Vision

People with diverse abilities will have a voice, a choice, and a place to belong for their entire lives.

Mission

Winnifred Stewart walks alongside adults with intellectual disabilities, amplifying their right to belong and fostering community inclusion.

Strategic Directions

Accountability

Creator

Stakeholders, individuals and families will gain access to our dementia care program (Mindful Hearts). Mindful Hearts will expand to support a higher quality of life and care for families and the PDD community in Alberta.

• Expand the Mindful Hearts Training program

• Build the Mindful Hearts facility

Innovator

Achieve the highest standards in quality of care for our individuals and push the limits on innovative ways to strengthen quality of life and meaningful inclusion.

• Achieve a greater variety of programming

• Renovate and expand main building

• Grow community inclusion

Sustainability

Leader

Winnifred Stewart will take a leadership position with government, stakeholders, family and community.

• Foster a high-performing culture

• Improve our program communication to sector stakeholders

High-Level Performer

Winnifred Stewart will continue to grow our culture and people ensuring a happy, inspiring, caring and high-performing environment.

• Advocate for the disability sector

• Expand our community programing

• Ensure fiscal responsibility

Responsiveness

Change Agent

Winnifred Stewart will be adaptive in our approach to providing quality care to ensure the changing needs of our community are served.

• Achieve a higher level of training and research for our services

• Increase diversity of individuals

• Make better use of technology and automation

Promoter

Winnifred Stewart will explore options for building a Centre of Excellence.

• Increase the current public awareness

• Align communication between Association and Foundation

• Seek and build mutually supportive partnerships with the community at large