Self-identification and workplace experience survey
Recognizing all dimensions of diversity including gender identity, race and ethnicity, sexual identity, Indigenous identity and disability is critical to delivering exceptional care and building a great place to work.
With a commitment to advance equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the organization, our team engages with staff and medical staff to embed EDI principles in VCH policies, practices, programs and services.
With a commitment to advance equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) across the organization, our team engages with staff and medical staff to embed EDI principles in VCH policies, practices, programs and services.
The EDI team is focused on four main goals:
- Have a workforce broadly reflective of the community.
- Identify and address barriers within the system.
- Attract and retain a talented, diverse workforce skilled at working in an inclusive and respectful manner.
- Create policies, plans, programs, practices and services that meet the diverse needs of our staff, medical staff, clients and community.
An important step is understanding the state and needs of our workforce and identifying opportunities to improve our workplaces. In 2022, VCH launched an anonymous EDI-focused self-identification and workplace experience survey for all staff and medical staff.
We worked closely in partnership with the Indigenous Health team to adopt a trauma-informed and culturally safe process to collect sensitive information and mitigate potential harms that could be caused by data collection. This is in alignment with the anti-racism data act.
Insights from the survey will inform our work towards providing a culturally safe, inclusive work environment that celebrates our diverse workforce in the delivery of care.