Our Mission

To promote Health Equity and Social Justice by:

  • Connecting community residents to health and social support services;
  • Engaging community residents, health providers and other Community Based Organizations (CBOs) through research, advocacy and programs, and
  • Providing information to consumers, providers and policymakers to improve quality of life for all

All of our work is based on the World Health Organization's definition of health:

Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.

(From: Preamble to the Constitution of the World Health Organization as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946; signed on 22 July 1946 by the representatives of 61 States (Official Records of the World Health Organization, no. 2, p. 100) and entered into force on 7 April 1948.)