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Safe Harbour: Respect for All is about a vision in action: creating opportunities for storefront businesses, institutions, agencies, and entire municipalities to celebrate our differences, helping to create safer, more welcoming communities that support diversity and reject discrimination.

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AMSSA welcomes Canada Safeway stores across BC to the Safe Harbour: Respect for All program. Safeway staff have indicated their enthusiasm for Safe Harbour and its message of respect for diversity in workshops delivered in Vancouver, Burnaby, Chilliwack, and Powell River. Look out for the Safe Harbour logo in a Safeway near you.

The Safe Harbour: Respect for All television Public Service Announcement is now being broadcast on Shaw Cable in the Greater Vancouver region, the Fraser Valley, and Vancouver Island. Please look out for our 30-second spot and tell us what you think.

Our three radio Public Service Announcements are available below. They focus on various forms of discrimination and asks listeners: "What would YOU do if you were this witness?"

Please click on each link below:

In the Office - please click here

On the Bus - please click here

In the Lunchroom - please click here


Please let us know what you would do or if you have other situations that have happened to you or that you know about. Click here.

Click here to learn more about how you can join the growing Safe Harbour community as an individual Friend of Safe Harbour or sign up your business/organization to attend a free orientation session and become a certified Safe Harbour location. There are over 770 Safe Harbour-certified locations in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, and Newfoundland.

Safe Harbour-certified locations are equipped with the knowledge to better understand their diverse workforce and improve their service to diverse customers and clients.

Canada Safeway, RONA, TD Canada Trust, Royal Bank, Vancity, London Drugs, the YMCA, and the David Suzuki Foundation are a sample of the Safe Harbour-certified Locations committed to Safe Harbour: Respect for All across 26 BC communities. They are leaders in their dedication to providing an inclusive workplace environment and promoting diversity in their communities by following these three simple 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 Locations offer immediate and temporary safe refuge from mistreatment. Staff are also prepared to respond to discrimination. Please see Anti-Discrimination Responses for more details.

Safe Harbour Blog - have a look behind-the-scenes here!

Each Safe Harbour Location displays the colourful 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, two-spirited, and queer community, and other diverse community members.

Safe Harbour-certified Locations are setting the tone for a welcoming community – why not participate as well? Join the growing movement for diversity in BC and across Canada! Find your local Community Organizer in our directory and give them a call. We look forward to hearing from you!

Respect for All – Pass It On!