Noble Purpose and Values

Noble Purpose

Together, with our partners and students, we create tangible, action-based solutions to pressing global and community-based health and social needs. We are committed to being agents of change through innovative research, teaching and service approaches, and interdisciplinary collaborations.
We strive to cultivate student potential, develop future health leaders, and promote well-being, equity and inclusion in all our endeavors.

Values

The values are embodied through specific behaviours that are observable, measurable and where we can demonstrate how we live them.

Collaboration
At our core, we are committed to connection, mutual support, and respect. We do this by:
• Co-creating with students, colleagues, within teams, across disciplines, and engaging with community & industry partners to optimize outcomes.
• Engaging in mentorship, both formal and informal, to fuel synergistic development
• Creating generative possibilities with our local and global community.

Innovation through Excellence
We are committed to quality, rigor, and evidence-based inquiry and we innovate to help students, faculty and staff thrive. We do this by:
• Building on our strengths to improve and create novel and applied solutions to problems in health and health care.
• Showcasing the unique contributions that the Faculty of Health Sciences makes in higher education and the health ecosystem.
• Celebrating and recognizing excellence in action as this informs future scholarship and best practices
• Finding new ways to enhance processes and systems that improve efficiency and effectiveness

Diversity and Inclusion
We create conditions for students, staff, and faculty to realize their full potential. We do this by:
• Creating a welcoming atmosphere that cultivates a sense of belonging, respecting diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences.
• Listening to learn, cultivating curiosity, and actively inviting everyone’s voices including those that may feel marginalized.
• Acknowledging that people work differently and creating an environment that supports creativity, flexibility and autonomy.