Vocabulary
This social construct with no biological meaning focuses on physical traits like skin colour, facial features, and hair texture.
What is race?
NYGH is moving from an identified provider to a dedicated provider of French Language Services under this equity-based law and supports all staff to increase their proficiency in French
What is the French Language Services Act (FLS ACT)?
Known as the “Festival of Lights”, NYGH Celebrates a significant five-day long festival celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and some Buddhists around the world.
What is Diwali?
Engagement and Belonging, Policies and Programs, Training and Education, Data Collection, and Health Equity for Patients underpin the EDI Framework are collectively known as these:
What are EDI Pillars?
An initiative of the 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion and Advisory Committee introduced these personal items to identification badges 2023 as a way to create an inclusive environment for trans and gender nonconforming people.
What are Gender Pronouns?
These subtle, often unintentional, slights convey negative or derogatory messages toward individuals from marginalized groups.
What is Microaggressions?
Under this Act, Ontario organizations, including NYGH, are required to remove accessibility barriers and help make Ontario accessible by 2025.
What is the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)?
On this day every year, Staff are invited to wear Orange and observe a moment of silence at 2:15 p.m. to honour the Survivors and families of residential schools.
What is Orange Shirt Day/National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Day/September 30th.
Education modules like Managing Bias in Hiring and Microaggressions in Healthcare aim to reduce attitudinal barriers and increase cultural safety and are available through this NYGH learning management system
What is My Learning Edge?
This Committee’s subgroup, the Black History and Education Committee, is responsible for planning activities during Black History Month, Emancipation Day and Kwanzaa that was first celebrated in December 2024.
What is the Anti-Black Racism Committee? Group)
This eats strategy for breakfast, which means that a company’s culture and values are more important than its business strategy
What is culture?
This Ontario legislation outlines protected grounds of discrimination and harassment like age, family status, gender identity and gender expression.
What is the Ontario Human Rights Code?
This holiday that marks the end of Ramadan and is celebrated by the NYGH Muslim community during the first three days of Shawwāl, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar.
What is Eid al Fitr?
This tool is used across NYGH to capture instances of physical or emotional injury or statements uttered by a patient or visitor that are discriminatory or derogatory in nature
What is Safety Learning Incident Reporting (SLIP)?
With the support of the Diversity Council, this program launched and allows non-union and management staff to exchange designated paid holiday(s) for holiday(s) of their choice.
What is the Flexible Holiday Program?