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120 - 23 Street N.W.
Calgary , AB
T2N 2P1

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To support the young women while they are at Louise Dean Centre, a team consisting of an educator, a social worker, and a health professional works with them to improve academic achievement, social/emotional concerns, and healthy lifestyle choices for themselves and their babies. The team also accesses other supports as needed such as medical care, career development, and financial assistance.

Catholic Family Services provides counseling for the students and facilitates support groups for parenting teens, teen fathers, grandparents, and young women considering adoption. In addition to counseling, Catholic Family Services provides the on-site licensed daycare facility, the Dr. Clara Christie Infant Learning Centre, which operates during the school week to provide care for infants under the age of eighteen months. The Centre is licensed for 40 babies. The trained staff also assist the young mothers with parenting skills and offer regular workshops on topics of interest to the students.

Calgary Health Region has staff in the areas of nursing, childbirth education and dental hygiene.

Over the course of her lifetime Louise Dean was actively involved in many organizations and gave much of her time in contribution to the people of the community and city. Among her many achievements, she organized a book club which she attended for more than 50 years; was founder and treasurer of the family planning council; was elected as a trustee for the Calgary School Board and, during her term of office, successfully introduced the concept of sabbatical leaves for teachers in the Calgary public school system; served as the hospitality chairman of the Red Triangle Hostess Club of the YMCA, securing homes for servicemen and women on leave in Calgary during World War II; served on the finance committee of the Community Chest, now known as the United Way, and on the advisory board of the YWCA; was an active member of the Women's Canadian Club and its president in 1939-40; was the public relations director of the social planning council and volunteer bureau; a member of the Calgary 1967 Centennial Committee; a member of the Calgary General Hospital auxiliary for over 30 years; and served for 20 years as a representative on the Western Board of Music.

In 1976, Mrs. Louise Dean, one of the best known women in Calgary, was named the 1976 Citizen of the Year by the Calgary Jaycees.

In order to accomplish the goal of development of the student as a whole person, the Louise Dean Centre:
• Provides a multidisciplinary school program which includes an academic component, a counseling component, and a health component
• Provides a positive, caring environment where students feel secure and at ease
• Believes in the strength of a team concept where staff efforts are unified in order to provide a cohesive approach to students and their particular circumstances.
• Operates a traditional semestered program September - June with an additional 6 week summer program. Registration is quarterly.
• Offers an on-site day care for parenting students.