Having asthma or an allergy, especially a potentially life-threatening one, can be an intimidating experience at first. The keys to living a full and productive life with allergies and asthma are to learn about them and develop coping strategies. 

The Calgary Allergy Network evolved from a local group of parents meeting to share their challenges of living with allergies and asthma. We met for 2 years until succumbing to people's busy schedules and the ease/reach of the Internet. We were reaching 10 times more people by the Internet than in monthly meetings.
It's now mainly a web site which offers practical information and resources to the Canadian (and by default) the international communities. The founder and web master, N Wiebe, is a volunteer and parent of a formerly peanut-allergic child. We have other food and enviromental allergies and intolerances just to keep the fun going. Local support is still available on a limited basis. Please contact us by email and we'll likely phone you back.

We are affiliated with the Allergy/Asthma Information Association (AAIA), a registered Canadian charity dedicated to helping individuals and their families cope with allergies and asthma. It has been in operation since 1964.

Please consider supporting AAIA (and us) with your membership and/or tax-deductible donation.  The blunt reality is that if people with an interest in allergies and asthma don't support allergy/asthma organizations, then services and materials will not be available when you need them.

Our mission is to:

• To educate and support people with an interest in allergies, particularly anaphylaxis 
• To promote general awareness and knowledge in the community, emphaxising a risk management approach  
• To promote a safer environment for those at risk

• email support, limited phone support
• Web site
• educational materials 
• sources of helpful items (e.g., videos, books, EpiPen® trainers)
• video loans available
  
• meeting and conference info
• info about other helping organizations
• Allergy/Asthma Information Association (AAIA) membership and materials 

Local contact: Contact N Wiebe -- See Contact page.
 

AAIA Prairies/ NWT/ Nunavut office:
Mrs. Lilly Byrtus, Regional Coordinator Prairies/NWT/Nunavut
16531 - 114 Street, Edmonton, AB T5X 3V6 
Phone/fax (780) 456-6651 / Toll-free 1-866-456-6651
Email: prairies@aaia.ca

Other AAIA contacts (AAIA site)