Celebrating “respect every day” on Pink Shirt Day!
Thank you to the many staff and physicians throughout VCH that celebrated the power of a respectful workplace by wearing pink and dropping by our pink tables to show their support. “We wanted to focus on something different this year – respect every day,” said Kathleen Daluz, Manager of VCH’s Respectful Workplace program. “It reminds us all of the importance of demonstrating VCH’s respectful workplace values every day – not just on Pink Shirt Day.”
Here to help
VCH is committed to a bully-free work environment – 365 days a year – and offers confidential conflict resolution services to employees who are experiencing any type of disrespectful behaviour or conflict within the workplace. The emphasis is on finding a compromise to a problem that is suitable for both parties where they will agree to a resolution with the assistance of a trained mediator (HR advisor) who acts as a neutral third party. Read more on conflict resolution supports and tips from an HR Advisor.
What is respect?
In 2016, we asked staff to share what respect means to them and these phrases now make up our key respect behaviours at VCH:
- Empathy
- Kindness
- Courage to speak up
- Listening to others
- Recognition
- Including other staff
Thank you to all our dedicated staff for remembering to demonstrate respect in the workplace every day and showing others that these behaviours are a key part of VCH culture.
Photo gallery
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- Nurses from Burns Trauma High Acuity in their “nice needs no filter” shirts.
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- Richmond HR team (left to right): Noelle Mori, Julie Geerts, Kim Ma.
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- Arthur Orsini in a pink tie.
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- Michael Pasche, spiritual health practitioner, in a pink shirt.
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- Pink cupcakes to celebrate.
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- Pink shirts in the crowd at VGH’s Innovation Fair.
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- VGH’s OR Team 4 wore pink caps.
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- Dr. Lee and Dr. Dewar display their dapper pink caps.
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- VGH surgeons with pink caps in action.
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- Dr. Durham and Dr. Finlayson are tickled pink to show their support for Pink Shirt Day.
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- Staff from UBC Hospital TCU 2.
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- UBC Hospital TCU team display their support for Pink Shirt Day.
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- VGH Recruitment team.
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- VGH HR team at the Pink Shirt Day table.
More information
More information on VCH’s Respectful Workplace program is available on the Employee Relations intranet page (internal link). If you have any questions, please email Kathleen Daluz, HR Manager.