Simcoe/Dufferin Ballroom

This campfire session describes new approaches taken by Grandview Children’s Centre to weave inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility into workplace culture. Describing their innovative approach to creating the IDEA committee, Grandview Children’s Centre invites discussion regarding challenges and successes for publicly supported, client and caregiver-focused agencies.

3 Key Takeaways
 

1.    Learn how a Ontario-based Children’s Treatment Centre is incorporating Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) best practices to foster a workplace culture of belonging and inclusion.
2. Learn how other organizations embed and utilize IDEA best practices into their daily work, staff engagement and communications and discuss how these strategies may be adapted within other settings
3. Collaborate with colleagues to identify actions that will promote an ideal future state that further fosters a culture of belonging and inclusion across Ontario.  
 

Maritza Basaran, Research Coordinator and Knowledge Broker, Grandview Children’s Centre
Arjana Sivayogeswaran, Behaviour Consultant, Grandview Children’s Centre