Welcome to hopehealth.ca. This website is designed to keep you generally informed about Hope Health Ventures.
Hope Health Ventures is developing an innovative three-fold model of health education, service and research. Located in the community of Drumheller, Alberta, the three components of Hope Health Ventures are designed to operationalize the concept of “hope” in tangible expressions.
Specifically, it is envisioned that Hope Health Ventures will bring hope:
1. to the goals and interests of community development in Drumheller;
2. to students by offering new and relevant educational programming;
3. to individuals who take advantage of complementary health services;
4. through the discovery of new paths to positive health and wellness;
5. to people through the lives of professional healthcare providers who have been made sensitive to the fact that they are as much “hopecare professionals.”
Currently Hope Health Ventures is endeavoring to answer two questions:
1. What are the specific components of the educational, clinic and research centres that will be offered as part of a successful launch sequence?
2. What is the optimal timing for the launch of each of the three components of Hope Health Ventures?
Each of the tabs on this website are designed to provide a more complete picture of Hope Health Ventures. As you explore the pages of this site, we invite your feedback by way of comments and suggestions.
Jon Ohlhauser
Project Leader
News Update
April 17, 2012
Optimism Following Candidate Forum – April 17, 2012
At last night’s All Candidate Forum, the Hope College project was referenced on two separate occasions.
“We were pleasantly surprised to hear Hope College mentioned in response to two questions at the political forum. And in each response we were happy to hear the candidates reference the value Hope College could bring to rural Alberta as a college based in Drumheller and training rural health care professionals,” Jon Ohlhauser, President of Hope College.
The candidate for the Alberta Party gave his endorsement of support for the college and underscored the necessity of support from the local MLA – regardless of who that is – in order to get the college launched. The candidate for the Progressive Conservatives noted that the Hope College project was an innovative idea to bring specialized post-secondary education to rural Alberta and as such should be given serious consideration. The candidate for the Wildrose party noted that the development of Hope College so far was the result of significant grassroots engagement, engagement that was evident in individual financial pledge commitments exceeding $400,000. The Wildrose candidate contended that it was such projects that they would support helping to become reality.
“We are happy to have conversation starting points with each candidate. But beyond the comments of the candidates last night, there are some other election commitments that, if fulfilled, could help the cause of Hope College even further. For example, the Wildrose platform speaks of allowing educational support to follow students to their choice of educational institution – if this happened it would be wonderful news for Hope College. As well, we understand that the Wildrose is proposing a significant tax credit to be used from complementary health care service like chiropractic or naturopathic care. Again, if this happened it would be a tremendous boost to Hope Clinic which will be supporting Hope College. The Alberta party candidate spoke of extending the Rural Alberta Development Fund which might give us another opportunity to access funds from that source. Each candidate offered something that feeds our optimism that Hope College and Hope Clinic will soon be operational in Drumheller,” Jon Ohlhauser, President of Hope College.
For more information on Hope College or Hope Clinic, contact:
jon
hopehealth
ca
403-823-7703
