Our Focus

We’re building a new model for equitable animal and community health and Safety.

Direct
Services

Supporting Indigenous Nations to design and operate culture-based, community-led animal-management programs.

Systems Change

Advocating for policy shifts that recognize animal management as a public-health responsibility — not an agricultural afterthought*.

Education & Engagement

Creating new learning materials for Indigenous youth and building awareness through campaigns like Red Collar Day.

Innovation & Research

Partnering with economists, veterinarians, and community leaders to design scalable, evidence-based solutions.

Our Approach

WHY ACCESS MATTERS

Health and safety shouldn’t be determined by your postal code.

Yet for more than 150 years, the systems that protect both people and animals have been built almost entirely within cities — while rural and Indigenous communities were left without the same access or investment.

That gap has created a preventable crisis — one that undermines public health, community safety, and trust in the systems meant to serve us all.

At Increased ACCESS, we take a One Health approach: recognizing that human wellbeing, animal welfare, and community health are deeply connected. We bring together economics, health, and policy to correct historic inequities and build lasting systems of care that reflect the realities, priorities, and strengths of rural and Indigenous life.

Equal care doesn’t happen by accident — it happens when people demand it.

Every policy change, every mobile clinic, every new model of care begins with someone who refuses to accept the status quo. Whether you’re a policymaker, a funder, a professional, or someone who simply believes that every community deserves access to health, safety and humane care — there’s a place for you here.

Visit our Get Involved page to take action with us. You can also:

Partner with us: Work with us to pilot or fund Indigenous-led, community-based, culturally-rooted solutions.

Amplify the story: Join our campaigns and make Red Collar Day (Nov. 1) part of your annual calendar.

Support and invest in real change: Contribute to the research, infrastructure, and on-the-ground programs that make equal care possible.