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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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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 over 700 Safe Harbour-certified locations in Alberta, BC, Manitoba and in Newfoundland.

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

RONA, TD Canada Trust, Royal Bank, Vancity, London Drugs, The Sandman Suites and the David Suzuki Foundation are a sample of our Safe Harbour-certified locations committed to Safe Harbour across 29 BC communities. They are leaders in their commitment 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: 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 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, Queer community, and other diverse community members.

Safe Harbour 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!