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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.

Trained Safe Harbour locations are equipped with the knowledge to better understand their diverse workforce and improve their service to diverse customers and clients. They are leaders in their commitment to providing an inclusive workplace environment and promoting diversity in their communities by following these three simple principles:

Equitable treatment: Treating all clients and/or customers in an equitable manner. If a concern is expressed regarding a lack of equitable treatment, staff take this concern seriously and take steps to address it.

Providing a “Safe Harbour”: Being a temporary safe place where someone who has experienced mistreatment will receive a helping hand such as a place to sit, a telephone to use, and information about how to seek further assistance.

Prepared employees: Preparing all employees to remain aware of the value of diversity, deal effectively with discriminatory remarks or acts when they arise, and ensure that marginalized community members feel welcomed in their organization.

Each Safe Harbour 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, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirited, Queer community, and other diverse community members.

Safe Harbours are setting the tone for their community – why not participate as well? Join the growing movement across Canada in BC, Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia.

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