Partnering with HIM

HIM values collaboration, cooperation, and has a long history of building lasting partnerships with healthcare providers, community organizations, researchers and corporate partners to host, promote, and support health focused programs and services for GBQ men and gender diverse communities across BC.

If you are interested in GBQ men and gender diverse people’s health and wellbeing and your values align with HIM’s values, then we already like you, so let’s grab some coffee and talk about how we can work together!

Strategic Partners

We work with our strategic partners on high impact interventions, programs, and services in communities across BC. Our strategic partners value and invest in our work as our organization grows and developed through the years. Click here to meet our Strategic Partners.

Program Partners

We collaborate with community organizations and various specialized partners who help us inform, develop, and deliver our programs to the communities and populations we serve. Our program partners play an essential role in sharing their knowledge and experience ensuring that our programs meet community needs. Click here to meet our Program Partners.

Community Partners

Our community partners are mobilizers, amplifiers, and connectors in the communities we work to support. They help us reach the communities that need our programs and services the most. Community partners help inform how we engage with and reach these communities through the work they do and the space they hold in the community. We value their ability and willingness to bridge between us and the community. Click here to meet our Community Partners.

Corporate Partners

Businesses and corporations have great access to resources, power, and influence, which gives them a unique opportunity to make a positive difference in our communities. At HIM, we’re excited to explore partnerships with businesses that recognize their social purpose and are committed to being true allies to our communities. Click here to explore corporate partnerships at HIM.

Our Partnership Values

To ensure that we build partnerships that centre around the best interest of our communities, we at HIM look at potential partnerships through the lens of the following values:

  • Community First: All our partnerships are built around the short, medium, and long-term needs of our communities. Whether we collaborate to develop a new program, expand a service, or create a new space, our collaboration will always aim put community at the centre.
  • Mutual Benefit: For partnerships to be viable and sustainable, we understand that the relationship should be reciprocal and mutually beneficial to us and to our partners.
  • Allyship & Ethical Conduct: HIM requires all partners demonstrate a history of allyship with our communities, or a strong and genuine desire to be allies with the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. HIM elevates partners who demonstrate positive values and ethical conduct.
  • Innovation: HIM has always been a progressive and innovative organization in its approach to promoting community health and wellbeing. We are always eager to explore new ideas frameworks of collaboration that allow us to deliver our mission in creative and impactful ways.