About the Health Charities Coalition of Canada
Vision
The Health Charities Coalition of Canada (HCCC) provides health policy leadership for the health of Canadians.
Mission
The Health Charities Coalition of Canada (HCCC) is a collective authoritative voice of national health charities in public policy and health research issues that affect the health of all Canadians.
The HCCC fulfills its mission through:
- Advocating to the Federal Government and its agencies with a united voice on public policy issues related to the charitable health sector
- Sharing leadership with other HCCC members on issues of priority concern to national health organizations
- Establishing and promoting relationships within and outside of the voluntary health sector, to further the respective and shared missions of all of the members;
- Sharing information on current issues related to the voluntary health sector;
- Providing member CEOs with access to CEO Forums which create opportunities for mutual support pertaining to managing national health charities (ie. peer networking) and providing access to speakers on relevant management issues;
- Creating task forces and committees to address key priority concerns, which provides: (i) key networking and professional development opportunities with colleagues nation-wide; (ii) accessing economies of scale/coordinating cohesion within the sector;
- Facilitating access to key federal politicians and departmental officials that might otherwise be difficult for member organizations to cultivate;
- Providing opportunities for open dialogue on research issues through the CIHR President’s Voluntary Health Sector Committee and/or other research bodies.
Beliefs and Values
The Beliefs and Values supporting the Health Charities Coalition of Canada are:
- Quality of Life
- Partnership
- Balanced Initiatives
- The Total Person
- Cooperation and Collaboration
- Results-based thinking
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