OUR VISION
The Canadian Health and Fitness Institute inspires Active Citizenship to enhance the physical, mental, and spiritual health of all Canadians to Make Canada the Fittest Nation on Earth by December 31, 2030.
MISSION
The Canadian Health and Fitness Institute Health will be a world-leading, evidence-based, sustainable innovation engine that enables the transformation of Canada into the healthiest and fittest nation on earth.
DEFINITIONS
HEALTH
HEALTH
HEALTH
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
*Adapted from the Constitution of the World Health Organization, as adopted by the 1946 International Health Conference in New York, and which stands to this day.
FITNESS
HEALTH
HEALTH
An individual’s ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to enjoy leisure-time pursuits*
*Adapted from Park, 1989, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - their definition of “Physical Fitness”.
OUR VALUES
Integrity
Innovation
Collaboration
Sustainability
Inclusiveness
Connection with Nature
CHFI’S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CELEBRATION
The Canadian Health and Fitness Institute acknowledges that our work spans numerous Indigenous traditional and ancestral territories. We acknowledge and support the importance of truth and reconciliation with Indigenous communities and the importance of inclusion for all people and recognize the value and strength of diverse ethnicity, orientation, faith and abilities. We also believe in the importance of wholistic health and fitness for all people and that inspires our vision to have Canada become the fittest nation on earth by 2030.
We are grateful for the many blessings we all enjoy; for this beautiful nation in which we live, the freedoms we cherish, and our stunning mountains, oceans, forests, and fields.
We also give thanks for the insight, wisdom, and care of those who have contributed to all that we enjoy today as Canadians, including those present today, those who have gone before us, and the youth who inspire our future work.
In our commitment to health and fitness, we strive for wholistic health, including spiritual, emotional, mental and physical well-being for all Canadian people. We pledge to pass on an even healthier nation to future generations.