Purpose, vision, mission

Purpose

CATIE advances health equity with accessible information about sexual health and substance use.

Vision

CATIE envisions a society with equitable access to trusted and appropriate health information and services related to sexual health and substance use.

Mission

CATIE equips service providers, decision-makers and communities with knowledge and tools to reduce potential harms related to sexual health and substance use. We focus on increasing access to services for those underserved by the healthcare system.

Values

CATIE’s work is ever evolving and ever expanding, but never  away from the communities we have always served. No matter how much our scope of work grows, you can count on us to uphold these values:

  1. Leading from lived and living experience. We centre the expertise of people with lived and living experience in all aspects of our work.
  2. Evidence. We prioritize data-driven policies and practices to improve public health, guided by research and practice.
  3. Human rights and autonomy. We uphold the rights of individuals to make informed decisions about their health, free from coercion.
  4. Equity and anti-oppression. We seek to address not just individual behaviours, but systemic barriers to care, such as racism, colonialism and stigma.
  5. Partnerships. We bridge gaps between research, policy and practice by creating opportunities to share and learn from each other.
  6. Collaboration over competition. We work with communities, frontline workers and policy-makers to amplify our collective impact.