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Animal-Assisted Services {AAS} are beneficial relationships that nurture One Health for People, Pets, and Partners™.
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One Health for People, Pets, and Partners™ Health in this context includes the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of people of all ages and the welfare of pets and partners (other animals) involved in delivering Animal-Assisted Services. The Canadian Foundation for Animal-Assisted Support Services (CFAS) is an impartial national registered charity that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusivity to support the well-being of Canadians and the health and welfare of animals involved in the delivery of AAS.
The charity’s programs encompass but are not limited to, special events, advocacy efforts, outreach and education, research, and the co-creation of National Standards of Canada (NSC). CFAS fosters unity in diversity among multiple stakeholders to enhance public confidence through the co-creation of Canada’s AAS Industry Sector. |
The Canadian Animal-Assisted Services Directory.
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AAS is a promising and rapidly growing sector that encompasses a variety of fragmented and unregulated (not regulated by the public sector) therapies, activities, assistance, crisis response, and interventions accessed by persons with visible and invisible disabilities, life-altering injuries, and other challenges.
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COMMUNICATING, COLLABORATING, COORDINATING AND CELEBRATING ANIMAL-ASSISTED SERVICES ONE OF CANADIANS MOST TREASURED CONNECTIONS
