Chosen as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2012:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
(
Feb 20, 2012)
Some of the reasons why Capital District Health Authority was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers 2012:
established a diversity and social inclusion committee (DISC) to oversee the development of diversity initiatives, including the creation of a three-year diversity plan and departmental subcommittees
recently conducted an in-house diversity survey to solicit feedback for new initiatives and benchmark current programs against industry leaders
appointed a Coordinator for Pride Health in 2006 who is responsible for educating staff on current LGBT health and employment issues
also tasked 25 employees with the responsibility of organizing diversity training sessions for their co-workers and employs a full-time Diversity Coordinator to help facilitate training
provides cultural competence training to increase awareness among employees and support the long term goal of creating an inclusive workplace
employs a Cultural Health Interpretation Services Consultant to provide language assistance to patients
Background Information
Percentage of employees who are women: 83%.
Of managers: 64%.
Average age of all employees: 43.
Full-time employees in Canada: 6,421.
Part-time employees in Canada: 2,028.
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