Companion to the Barriers to Employment Participation notice | July 2026
How to use this page
Pick the email below that matches your situation.
Tap Copy. Open your email app and paste it in.
Replace anything in [SQUARE BRACKETS] with your own details, and delete any line that does not apply to you.
Attach your completed notice PDF if you are sending Email 1.
Send it, then screenshot the sent message.
You do not have to use all of this.
One short email asking for what you need is worth more than a perfect one you never send. Cut anything that does not fit you.
Email 1 · Sending your completed notice
Use this when you are attaching the completed Barriers to Employment Participation PDF.
Subject line
Formal Notice — Barriers to Employment Participation and Request for Accommodation
Email body
Please find attached my completed notice of barriers to employment participation, and my request for accommodation.
The attached form is my notice. It sets out my name, my contact details, and the barriers I have identified, along with the items I am asking for in writing.
This is not a refusal to participate.
I am asking for a written response no later than [DATE YOU CHOSE ON THE FORM].
Please confirm in writing that this notice has been received and placed on my file.
Thank you,
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR FILE NUMBER, IF YOU KNOW IT]
[YOUR PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL]
Email 2 · Accommodation for an appointment
Use this when you have an appointment or intake coming up and you need something in order to attend. Shorter than the full notice, and quicker to send.
Subject line
Accommodation request — appointment on [DATE]
Email body
I have an appointment booked for [DATE] at [TIME] with [NAME OF ORGANISATION].
I am writing to ask for accommodation of my disability, for that appointment and for anything that follows from it.
What I need in order to take part:
[Delete anything that does not apply to you. Add anything that is missing.]
- Enough notice of any appointment to arrange transport and any care I am responsible for
- Help with transport, or an appointment at a location I am able to reach
- To bring a support person with me
- Information given to me in writing rather than only spoken aloud
- Appointments at [TIME OF DAY], because of my condition
- Breaks during longer sessions
- [ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED]
Please confirm the following in writing:
1. Which of these you are able to provide.
2. If there is something you cannot provide, the reason.
3. That this request has been recorded on my file.
4. Whether attendance is voluntary or required.
5. Whether you are able to provide a support person, if I am not able to bring my own.
I am asking in advance so that this is on record before the appointment rather than afterwards.
Thank you,
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR FILE NUMBER, IF YOU KNOW IT]
[YOUR PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL]
Asking is not refusing.
Requesting accommodation is not the same as declining to take part, and it should never be recorded as though it were. If anyone suggests otherwise, say in writing: this is a request for accommodation, not a refusal to participate.
Email 3 · Contact me in writing
Use this on its own if phone calls are a barrier for you. It is short on purpose.
Subject line
Request for written contact — accommodation of disability
Email body
Because of my disability, I am asking that contact about my file be made in writing, by email or by letter, rather than by telephone.
This is a request for accommodation.
Please confirm in writing:
1. That this has been recorded on my file.
2. The email address I should use for written correspondence about my file.
Thank you,
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR FILE NUMBER, IF YOU KNOW IT]
[YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS]
Email 4 · No reply by your date
Use this if the date you set has passed and nothing has come back. Send it as a reply to your own original email so the whole thread stays together.
Subject line
Following up — no response received
Email body
I sent the message below on [DATE], and asked for a written response no later than [DATE].
I have not had a reply.
Please confirm that my request was received, and let me know when I can expect an answer.
Thank you,
[YOUR FULL NAME]
[YOUR FILE NUMBER, IF YOU KNOW IT]
Reply to your own sent email.
Open your Sent folder, find the original, and hit reply. That keeps the original message, its date, and your follow up in one thread. If it ever matters later, the whole story is in one place.
Where to send it
Always use the return address printed on any letter you have received. If you do not have one, there are no office-specific inboxes — every AISH and ADAP office routes to one of four zone inboxes, confirmed from the government's own contact page in August 2026.
Who
Contact
North zone — all four Edmonton offices, St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Leduc, Spruce Grove, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Cold Lake and the north
northzoneaish@gov.ab.ca
780-415-6300
Calgary — Calgary, Airdrie, Canmore, Claresholm
calgaryaish@gov.ab.ca
Central — Red Deer, Camrose, Drumheller, Olds, Stettler, Wetaskiwin, Lloydminster, Wainwright, Rocky Mountain House
aish.centralregion@gov.ab.ca
South — Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, Brooks, Taber, Pincher Creek
southaish@gov.ab.ca
New applications and application status
That office publishes no email address. Mail to AISH and ADAP, PO Box 17000 Station Main, Edmonton AB T5J 4B3, fax 1-877-969-3006, or phone 1-877-759-6810.
Minister, Assisted Living and Social Services
alss.minister@gov.ab.ca
Not sure which office holds your file
Alberta Supports, 1-877-644-9992
Ask for the email address for written correspondence about your file, and ask them to email you while you are still on the line so you have it in writing.
Your MLA
Find yours at contact.assembly.ab.ca
After you send anything.
Screenshot the sent email showing the date, the time, the subject line and the address. Save any automatic reply. Keep it all in one folder. That folder is the thing that settles arguments later.