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 designated 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 and 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 transgender and gender nonconforming people.
What are Gender Pronouns?
These subtle, often unintentional, slights convey negative or derogatory messages toward individuals from marginalized groups.
What are 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 education and activities including Black History Month programming, Emancipation Day, and Kwanzaa.
What is the Anti-Black Racism Steering Committee?
This "eats strategy for breakfast", which means that factors such as success and a company’s values are often more important than a company's business strategy.
What is culture?
This Ontario law 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 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 in 2024 and allows non-union and management staff to exchange designated paid holidays for holidays of their choice.
What is the Flexible Holidays Program?