About Us
Rethinking Care Through the Human and Animal Connection
Since 2019, One Health Partners has been reimagining how animal assisted interventions and human animal support services are delivered across health, education, and social care. Based in Toronto, we are a not-for-profit working at the intersection of animal welfare, healthcare, and community services. Our approach is rooted in the One Health framework, which recognizes the deep interconnection between human, animal, and environmental well-being.
Missions, Values and Vision
While there are many facets and initiatives that define the work of One Health Partners everything we do is related and integrated by our three missions
Promoting understanding and appreciation of the human-animal bond and leveraging that for social good. Our animal assisted therapy programs and services are the clearest instantiation of this commitment.
Developing and disseminating One Health as an idea, as an interprofessional integrated model of health care and as a social movement
Building bridges between the arts, humanities and social sciences on the one hand and the biomedical and life-sciences on the other hand and within the biomedical and life-sciences better linking the human, animal and environmental research and professional communities.
Our vision is for a world that cares for the interconnected health and well-being of people, animals and our planet.
Our Partners
Paws To Care
OHP Therapy Animals
One Health Partners animal assisted therapy program: Paws to Care is the flagship community service program of One Health Partners. It is a program that brings OHP professionally evaluated, health screened and certified therapy dog, equine and cat teams to visit members of the public in community, educational, healthcare, social service and workplace settings. We have two main areas of focus: mental health and well-being and animal assisted education.
