Health Equity
At NYG, improving health equity includes ensuring patients can access care in their preferred language through this provider of Interpretation Services.
What is "All Languages"?
Under this Act, Ontario organizations, including NYG, are required to remove accessibility barriers and help make Ontario accessible by 2025.
What is the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?
An initiative of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Advisory Committee, these personal items were introduced to identification badges in 2023 as a way to create an inclusive environment for transgender and gender nonconforming people.
What are Gender Pronouns?
This holiday begins with the first new moon of the year and includes traditions like the God of Fortune, red envelopes with lucky money, and dragon dances.
What is Lunar New Year?
This term refers to subtle, everyday behaviours or comments that may unintentionally reinforce bias, exclusion, or harm in the workplace, and is a focus of mandatory training at NYG.
What is Microaggression?
As part of Quality Improvement, NYG reduced wait times for patients with this painful condition, which disproportionately affects individuals of African and Caribbean descent.
What is Sickle Cell Disease?
This NYG policy ensures individuals with disabilities can be accompanied by their trained support animals on NYG premises, with alternative arrangements in place when health or safety concerns arise.
What is NYG Service Animals Policy?
An initative of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Committee, this NYG statement is displayed across all sites in multiple languages and communicates our commitment to inclusion and belonging, reinforcing that all members of our diverse community are valued, respected, and welcome.
What is “You are welcome at NYGH”?
This holiday celebrates the miracle of a one-day supply of oil lasting eight days and is marked by nightly menorah lighting.
What is Channukah?
Unlike equality, which treats everyone the same, this concept responds to people based on their needs and circumstances.
What is Equity?
This NYG initiative collects demographic data such as race, language, and gender to better understand patient needs and address care disparities.
What is Everyone Counts: Health Equity Measurment Survey?
This annual week celebrates the contributions of people with disabilities and promotes removing barriers to accessibility and inclusion; during the week, staff and physicians are encouraged to wear red.
What is National AccessAbility Week?
Observed on November 20, this day honours individuals whose lives were lost to anti-trans violence and is recognized at NYG through actions like flying the Transgender Pride flag.
What is Transgender Day of Rememberance?
Previously the "civic holiday," this day, recognized by Canada’s House of Commons in 2021, marks the abolition of slavery across the British Empire and is observed annually on August 1.
What is Emancipation Day?
Unlike explicit bias, which expressed deliberately and openly, this type of bias operates outide of your awareness and control.
What is unconcious/implicit bias?