At Vancouver Coastal Health, team respect means…valuing perspectives, addressing conflict, reaching out, listening, being aware, inclusion, communication , recognition, kindness and empathy – as defined by you! These were the words that were selected from the winning team respect statements to appear on this year’s pink shirt.

Congratulations!

Congratulations to the VCH Pink Shirt Design Team Contest winners for winning a pink pop-up party (team celebration) for their team and helping us build a definition of Team Respect:
• Julie Brandly, CNE / Mandy Lowery, Manager (T15 – LBMT, VGH*) – Inclusion
• Megan Fekete & Lori Arce / Tanja Faraguna, Manager (VGH Neurosciences) – Recognition
• David Graham, Manager (Pacific Spirit, Home Health) – Recognition
• Jennifer Seslija, Community Health Nurse / Justin Lo Chang, Manager (Pacific Spirit, Central Intake) – Kindness
• Pinar Oduncu, Admin Assistant / Ingrid Kusnierczyk, Manager (Pacific Spirit, Program Support) – Kindness
• Darren Kopetsky , Manager (Client Relations & Risk Management* ) – Valuing Perspectives
• Angela Harvey, Regional Advisor / Tom Grady, Manager (Learning Technologies, EE) – Being Aware
• Kristine Good, Public health Nurse, Colleen Moberg, Manager (Squamish Public Health*)– Listening
• Shona Panek, Critical Care Coordinator/ Corinna Curtis, Manager (Emergency Department, Powell River) – Empathy
• Milagros Ong, Resident Care Coordinator / Roxie Eremco, Manager (Richmond Lions Manor) – Communication and Reaching Out
• Courtney Emerson, Tina McLachlan, Manager (Abbotsford Regional Hospital, Medical Image/Nuclear Medicine) – Addressing Conflict

* Departments with a star also won 2016 pink shirts for their team

Thank you to everyone who participated in the contest and shared their creative ideas on team respect.

Pink shirt team orders accepted until February 4

To promote this year’s theme of ‘Team Respect,’ teams can now pre-order the new pink shirts to wear on Pink Shirt Day, February 24, 2016, at a discounted price of 4 dollars each. Team orders can be placed by completing the attached order form and emailing it to: pinkshirt@vch.ca by February 4, 2016. Please include your worksite (e.g. VGH) in the email subject line. Individual orders will start on February 4, 2016 and will be sold for 5 dollars each if there are t-shirts remaining.

Thank you 

Thank you for helping us stop bullying and conflict in workplace by bringing forward your concerns to your manger or VCH’s No-bully line 1 844 NO BULLY (662 8559). More information on workplace bullying and pink respect t-shirts is available on the Employee Relations section of VCH Connect.