> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Alberta Health Services - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/alberta-health-services/ - Published: 1999-01-02T09:18:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-03-28T22:35:16.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **Alberta Health Services (AHS)** is a Canadian provincial public health agency of the Government of Alberta. It operates under the [Alberta Ministry of Health](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Alberta-Ministry-of-Health). ## History Alberta Health Services set up the [AHS Emergency Coordination Centre](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AHS-Emergency-Coordination-Centre) in January 2020.[\[1\]](#fn1) It oversaw the activities of the [AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AHS-COVID-19-Scientific-Advisory-Group).[\[2\]](#fn2) On July 2, 2020, AHS announced it had been invited by the [World Economic Forum](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/World-Economic-Forum) (WEF) to join its [Global Coalition for Value in Healthcare](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Global-Coalition-for-Value-in-Healthcare) "to play a role in shaping future healthcare on the international stage."[\[3\]](#fn3) In October 2022, Premier Danielle Smith stated that she would pull AHS out of its consulting agreement with the WEF.[\[4\]](#fn4) On June 1, 2023, AHS distributed an internal memo announcing that Deena Hinshaw had been hired as their Indigenous Wellness Core Public Health & Preventive Medicine Lead.[\[5\]](#fn5) On June 13, 2023, Patrick Heinsen of [Borden Ladner Gervais](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Borden-Ladner-Gervais) (BLG) sent Dr. [Daniel Nagase](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Daniel-Nagase) a [letter](https://ia902609.us.archive.org/35/items/2023-06-13-letter-to-d-nagase-137388242.2/2023-06-13%20Letter%20to%20D%20Nagase%28137388242.2%29.pdf) on behalf of AHS demanding he remove his Substack articles titled "A deadly day in the ER: My thoughts on a patient’s deadly ER visit" and "The Difference Between Negligence and Homicide: a process in thought".[\[6\]](#fn6) AHS legal counsel Sarah Louw was also copied on the e-mail.[\[7\]](#fn7) ## Organization AHS has provided funding to [19 to Zero](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/19-to-Zero),[\[8\]](#fn8) and participated as a partner in the [This Is Our Shot](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/This-Is-Our-Shot) mass advertising campaign for [COVID-19 vaccines](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/COVID-19-vaccine).[\[9\]](#fn9) ## Publications - [AHS Organizational Structure (April 3, 2023)](https://web.archive.org/web/20230720175359/https://dksdata.com/DS/ahs-org-orgchart.jpg) ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=alberta%5Fhealth%5Fservices) - [Website](https://www.albertahealthservices.ca/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta%5FHealth%5FServices) ### Further reading - April 21, 2023: "[Alberta Health Services continues to deny organ transplant to “unvaccinated” patient](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/blog/alberta-health-services-continues-to-deny-organ-transplant-to-unvaccinated-patient/)" by [Liam Sturgess](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Liam-Sturgess) --- 1. *The Latest from the Emergency Coordination Centre | AHS CEO.* (2022, March 11). Alberta Health Services. [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group - Terms of Reference.* (2022, January 14). Alberta Health Services. [↩︎](#fnref2) 3. Kennedy, G. (2020, July 2). *Global recognition grows for AHS.* Alberta Health Services. [↩︎](#fnref3) 4. Tran, P. (2022, October 24). *Alberta Premier Danielle Smith cancelling health consulting agreement with WEF*. Global News. [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. Tailfeathers, E., & Austen-Wiebe, V. (2023, June 1). *Announcement - Dr. Deena Hinshaw, Public Health & Preventive Medicine Lead, IWC.* DKS DATA; Alberta Health Services. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230720175920/https://dksdata.com/DS/IWC\_Memo\_Announcement\_DH\_June1.2023 Final.pdf](https://web.archive.org/web/20230720175920/https://dksdata.com/DS/IWC%5FMemo%5FAnnouncement%5FDH%5FJune1.2023%20Final.pdf) [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. Nagase, D. (2023, June 16). *Laws in Canada Part 2: Lawyers? Law Firms?* Substack; Logical Surprises. [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. Heinsen, P. (2023). *Re: Logical Surprises - Blog Posts (BLG 014758.576).* Borden Ladner Gervais LLP. \[ Letter to D Nagase(137388242.2).pdf\]( Letter to D Nagase(137388242.2).pdf) [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Who we are.* 19 to Zero. Retrieved May 12, 2021, from [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Home.* This Is Our Shot Canada. Retrieved July 14, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref9)