Safe Harbour - British Columbia
Safe Harbour: Respect for All is about a vision in action: creating opportunities for businesses, institutions, agencies, and municipalities to celebrate our differences, helping to create safer, more welcoming communities that support diversity and reject discrimination.
Thank you to diversity leaders who joined us at our 3rd annual Safe Harbour Champion's Breakfast on November 1st, 2011! Thank you to Title Sponsor, Vancity. Congratulations to the Comox Valley Airport for winning the 2011 Award. Congratulations as well to our seven finalists: Canada Safeway, Alano Club in Courtenay, Cook Street Village in Victoria, the Senior’s Connection Department with Mission Community Services Society, MLA Raj Chouhan’s Community Office, in Burnaby Edmonds, MLA Spencer Chandra-Herbert’s Community Office in the West End, Vancouver, the Service BC centre in Duncan.
Safe Harbour Commitments:
*Equitable Treatment for All: welcoming all clients and/or customers in a respectful manner. If a concern is expressed regarding a lack of respectful treatment, employers and staff take steps to address it.
*An Immediate Safe Place: providing an immediate safe place for someone experiencing discrimination in or near the worksite which may include a place to sit, a glass of water, a phone to use, and access to a list of resources.
*Prepared Employees and Worksites: preparing all staff to implement these commitments.
Safe Harbour-certified Locations
Each Safe Harbour-certified location displays the window decal, a certificate, and other signage that proudly announces to their community that their management and staff welcome and support newcomers, visible minorities, people with disabilities, youth, seniors, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirited community, and other diverse groups.
Staff at Safe Harbour-certified Locations are prepared to offer immediate and temporary safe refuge for anyone facing mistreatment or discrimination. Some of the Certified Safe Harbour locations include: Canada Safeway, Vancity, Rbc, TD Canada Trust, RONA, Ten Thousand Villages, Vancouver Island University, the City of Burnaby, the Surrey Board of Trade, Service Canada, DIVERSE Magazine, and the YMCA.
Click here for a complete list of list of Safe Harbour-certified locations.
Become a Safe Harbour-certified Location
We invite businesses, organizations, and municipalities across British Columbia to participate in the two-hour Safe Harbour workshops, delivered by a local facilitator. Safe Harbour designates your organization as one committed to inclusion.
Contact AMSSA or a Community Organizer near you to participate and learn more about how your organization can become better equipped with the knowledge to better understand a diverse workforce and enhance service to diverse customers and clients. There are over 1,000 Safe Harbour-certified locations in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, and Newfoundland.
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