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

New!
In conjunction with the Studio Group, AMSSA has produced three Radio Public Service Announcements (PSAs). 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 to listen to the three PSAs:

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.

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

Safe Harbour: Respect for All – Pass It On

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 now over 700 Safe Harbour-certified locations in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Newfoundland.

Safe Harbour-certified Locations are equipped with the knowledge to better understand the needs of their diverse workforce and improve their service to diverse customers and clients. You can locate Safe Harbours in Edmonton, Calgary, Brooks, Grande Prairie, Fort McMurray, Red Deer, Innisfail, Olds & District, Trochu, Rocky Mountain House, Caroline, Acme, Blackfalds, Carbon, Linden, and Three Hills in Central Alberta.

We are proud to have the support of the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (A.U.M.A.)
17 locations of the Edmonton Public Library, the Pride Centre of Edmonton, the City of Red Deer, Grande Prairie Regional College, Caroline and Blackfalds Neighbourhood Place, the Canadian Tire in Fort McMurray, the Innisfail Chamber of Commerce, Benjamin Moore, the Colour Experts, Ten Thousand Villages, the Mountaineer Publishing Company, and the Canadian Red Cross are a sample of our proud diversity champions in Alberta. They are leaders in their commitment to providing an inclusive workplace environment and promoting diversity in their communities by following 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: 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.

Each Safe Harbour displays the colourful window decal, a certificate, and signage that proudly announces to their community that management and staff welcome and support newcomers and diverse community members.

Safe Harbour-certified locations model diversity by promoting the three Safe Harbour commitments to their customers/clients, community members, and neighbouring storefronts. By discussing these principles openly, Safe Harbour-certified locations are prepared to take immediate steps to offer safe refuge to someone facing discrimination, as well as to respond to discriminatory remarks and actions within the workplace.

Safe Harbours are setting the tone for their community – why not participate as well? Join the growing movement across Canada! Simply find your local Community Organizer in our directory and give them a call. We are looking forward to hearing from you!

Last Updated: March 28th, 2010