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​Vision

Healthy Dancer Canada envisions a dynamic culture that welcomes everyone to experience and share the art of dance in all its significance and greatness. We imagine a movement in which healthy practices honour and support the diverse roots, forms, and expressions of dance.


​Mission​

Healthy Dancer Canada's mission is to empower dancers and all who engage with the art of dance by nurturing a culture of wellness within a vibrant dancing community.
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​Values

With a dancer-centered and sustainable approach, HDC values:
  • Wellness, safety, and care
    • We promote approaches, activities, and processes that protect and encourage the ongoing holistic health and wellbeing of individuals and groups.
  • Equity, diversity, inclusivity, and accessibility
    • We celebrate the many ways of being, knowing, learning, and dancing.
    • We are committed to positive experiences and outcomes for all. We strive:
      • to fairly distribute the organization’s material and non-material opportunities;
      • to create welcoming and supportive interactions, programs, policies, and practices that recognize, respect, and leverage diversity;
      • to remove barriers to participation in dance, our organization, and its endeavours.
  • Community and collaboration
    • We foster ecosystems that bring people together to share knowledge and resources as we address current issues and opportunities.
  • Integrity, accountability, and transparency
    • We recognize the importance of:
      • being open and honest;
      • being responsive and responsible to our dance community;
      • exposing complexities that underlie the decision-making of our organization.
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​Logo,​ Poster & Images

The dancing icon in our logo was created in 2012 from a sketch by founding member Andrea Downie and with graphics by Alessia Soppelsa. The figure was designed to represent all dancers (including all personal and sociocultural identities) and all dance forms. The colours surrounding the dancer symbolize our goal to have equal representation from dancers, dance educators, health professionals/researchers within our organization. Healthy Dancer Canada’s official poster and company of website dancers were created by Lisa Dickson in 2015 in the spirit of these original principles. In 2017, we added more dancers to the “company,” in an effort to better represent diverse body types and dance genres. We also updated the HDC logo with bolder text, while preserving the dancing icon.
HDC's icon
A picture of Healthy Dancer Canada's poster

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HDC Informational Brochure

View the HDC brochure.


​Annual Reports 

The Healthy Dancer Canada Annual Reports highlight our activities, successes and challenges.

​HDC Annual Report 2023
HDC Annual Report 2022
HDC Annual Report 2021
HDC Annual Report 2020
HDC Annual Report 2019
​HDC Annual Report 2018
HDC Annual Report 2017
HDC Annual Report 2016
HDC Annual Report 2015
HDC Annual Report 2014
A picture of the 2020 Annual Report cover with a dancer outside on the street in a low pose

​Bylaws & Election Information

The Dance Health Alliance of Canada, operating as Healthy Dancer Canada, is a federal not-for-profit organization incorporated by Corporations Canada. View our ByLaws.

See the information about our Election Process. ​
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  • Home
  • Page D'Accueil
  • About Us
    • Vision, Mission, Values
    • Board of Directors
    • Committees
    • Anti-Oppression & Health Statements
    • Contact Us
  • À propos
    • Vision, mission, valeurs
    • Conseil d'administration
    • Comités
    • Déclarations anti-oppression
    • Contactez-nous
  • Membership
    • Member Directory
    • Membership Information
    • Membership Registration
    • Member Sign-In
  • Adhésion
    • Répertoire des membres
    • Ressources aux membres
    • Adhésion et inscription
    • Connexion membre
  • Conference & Events
    • Event Calendar
    • Conference Information >
      • Call for Proposals 2025
      • Past Conferences
    • Webinars & Workshops
    • Sponsorship / Donation
  • Conférences et Événements
    • Calendrier
    • Informations sur la conférence >
      • Appel à propositions 2025
      • Conférences précédentes
    • Webinaires et Ateliers
    • Dons et commandites
  • News
    • News
  • Dance Resources
    • Open-Access Dance Resources
    • Members' Dance Resources
    • Scholarships & Financial Support >
      • BIPOC Scholarship
      • Dancer's Necessity Fund
      • HDC Financial Assistance Program
    • Links & Partners
  • Resources en danse
    • Resources en danse (accès libre)
    • Ressources en danse (réservées aux membres​)
    • Liens et partenaires