Our Purpose, Mandate and Values

Building community to act collectively to improve our members’ lives.

Our mandate is to provide the highest quality representation to members collectively and individually

Our enduring values are:

Respect as the basis for our dealings with members, employees, colleagues, and employers. It means being sensitive and responsive to the rights of individuals.
Integrity as a cornerstone of our organization. It means that the Institute and its members act with honesty and fairness based on sound moral and ethical principles.
Co-operation as the foundation for meeting the challenges of the future. It means building partnerships and working together toward common goals.
Accountability as our commitment to ensure all of our values are respected. It means informing our members of our actions and being answerable to them for those actions.