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Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Broadview’s Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

At Broadview Village we are committed to living as an inclusive organizational culture by:

  • Purposefully cultivating and promoting diversity, inclusion and equity of all persons regardless of their differences
  • Not accepting any discrimination, intolerance or inequitable treatment and committing to working together to combat these actions wherever they may be found
  • Valuing the unique differences inherent in all of us
  • Gaining inspiration and support through the collective voices and actions of all of us

Our Council on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

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Shieldon Elefano
CEPE Supervisor

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Barb Barron
Communications and Social Media Relations Coordinator

Art Mathews

Art Mathews
Executive Director

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Karen Kyle Martin
Executive Coordinator

Within the Council there are two working subcommittees:

The subcommittees are comprised of members of the Council and additional members.

Systemic Review Committee, with 2 areas of focus:

  • Metrics
    Reviewing practices and measurements of promotion, retention and recruitment, job satisfaction, performance management, training and development, suppliers, etc.
  • Systems
    What systems are a priority, how and when they are reviewed and by whom; agency response/responsibility and individual responsibility

Education Committee, with 2 areas of focus:

  • Education and Awareness
    Creating mandatory courses and workshops for staff regarding ageism, racism, "-phobias", etc. Promoting awareness of diversity by connecting employees through voluntary storytelling and spotlighting
  • Cultural Celebrations and Significant Dates
    Researching, promoting and informing

Completed/Implemented (to date):

  • Compliments and concerns survey used by all locations after an outside service provider has completed their service
  • Compiled and posted a list of cultural celebrations and significant dates on our Intranet and the Broadview Village website
  • Presentations by staff, program participants, program residents, and clients about these special days at internal webinars
  • Peer profile presentations at internal webinars to highlight their career with Broadview Village and their background within their own cultural background
  • Diversity training modules identified
  • Introduced voluntary exit interviews that will, among other things, help identify systemic issues and barriers that we might not be aware of
  • Created a declaration of agreement with our mission and vision statements and diversity statement for smaller service providers to sign annually
  • Created language to include in the tendering process for large service providers around our commitment to diversity
  • Introduced Land acknowledgement at the start of our internal webinars
  • Initiated monthly presentations for cultural celebrations and significant dates
  • Educated staff on the use of pronouns
  • Created a CODIE logo

Currently working on/in draft:

  • Looking into diversity training for the full Council, from an external organization
  • Looking into diversity training games that can be accessed via the Broadview Village website (for staff, participants/residents, or anyone who comes across our website.)
  • Reviewing policies and procedures to ensure language includes diversity, inclusion and equity language

What we are planning to do in the near future:

  • Create a Broadview specific policy on human diversity to compliment The Salvation Army policy
  • Create/purchase content and implement Diversity training modules
  • Create/purchase a survey of employees for self-identification
  • Seek representation from external sources/community-based groups to augment CODIE membership

If you would like any more information on any of these initiatives please contact us.

Cultural Celebrations and Significant Dates

Here you can explore and learn about different events that we celebrate and why they are celebrated

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Red Dress Day

Red Dress Day, also known as the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People, is observed on May 5th. The day honours and brings awareness to the thousands of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people who have been subject to disproportionate violence in Canada. Red Dress Day was inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress Project installation, in which she hung empty, red dresses to represent the missing and murdered women. Red dresses have become symbolic of the crisis as a result of her installation.

See at left: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Art installation at Seaforth Peace Park in Vancouver, BC, inspired by Métis artist Jaime Black’s REDress Project. The red dresses symbolize the missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls in Canada.

(courtesy Edna Winti/Flickr CC)

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