About Us
Swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone
Our Impact
Swim Drink Fish works at the confluence of water, people, and storytelling, using community science, technology, and communications to connect people to water. Through a network of Community Water Monitoring Hubs, Swim Drink Fish has inspired, and continues to inspire, people to know and safeguard their local waters. Swim Drink Fish initiatives are active in 171 communities in 11 countries.
What We Do
Our apps and programs connect communities with the water and with other people. We teach communities to monitor the health of their water. Together, we advocate for the protection and restoration of the places we love. We focus on water, because all communities need swimmable, drinkable, fishable water to thrive. We empower people, because it takes a community to protect water.
Our Community
We are committed to building relationships and interconnectedness with Indigenous communities through engagement and partnership. Our work endeavours to support Indigenous rights to sovereignty, self-determination, and free access to swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone. Our employees and partners come from many different cultural, linguistic, and national backgrounds.
Our Vision
Swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone
As a volunteer-led group, the Swim Drink Fish vision of creating swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone started with people. It’s this vision that has connected people to the water’s edge and given communities access to their local waters. Our vision has come to fruition, and continues to grow, thanks to the power of community-based action.
We use the tools of a diverse group of passionate water lovers with the same goal in mind: swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone. Our vision has never wavered, and that’s why the past is powering our present and the future, as we continue to look forward with people powering us there.
Our Mission
Connecting people with water
Connection leads to protection. It reads simple, but if you go beneath the surface of that sentence, we find a solution to issues and problems we’ve known about for over a century. The simple act of connecting people to water is the greatest action we can take; it is the catalyst in empowering a community to protect its water.
Our vision of creating access to swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone begins and ends with connection. It’s the action of protection that becomes the journey.
It is our programs that will take you on that journey of protecting what you love. We work at the confluence of people, water, and storytelling. Our programs connect people to the water’s edge, and with technology, we use communications tools to help tell the stories to empower a movement of people working to protect and create access to swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone.
Our values
Swim Drink Fish values community, leadership, credibility, fairness, and optimism. These are the forces behind our work for swimmable, drinkable, fishable water.
All members of the Swim Drink Fish team strive to act according to these values:
● as part of a community, connecting people and judging our success by our ability to empower others
● as leaders, being adventurous, taking risks, and helping others succeed
● with credibility, being truthful, transparent, forthright, and trustworthy
● fairly, respectful of fairness for all and with openness, transparency, and accountability at all times
● optimistically, believing that it is possible to restore swimmable, drinkable, fishable water for everyone and working hard to make it happen
Building an inclusive movement
We are committed to building relationships and interconnectedness with Indigenous communities through consultation and partnership. Our work endeavours to support Indigenous rights to sovereignty, self-determination, and free access to swimmable, drinkable, fishable water.
Our employees and partners come from many different cultural, linguistic, and national backgrounds. They all provide valuable knowledge that helps us address complex environmental issues. We use outreach programs to identify talented individuals from under-represented backgrounds for recruitment as staff, partners, and allies.
Our offices
Swim Drink Fish has 2 offices in Canada: Vancouver (BC), and Toronto (ON).
Swim Drink Fish also operates summer monitoring hubs in Edmonton and Kingston.
Swim Drink Fish is a charitable organization registered in Canada. Our registration number is 86262 2750 RR0001. Our profile on Canada Revenue Agency’s Charities and giving program website is here.