{"id":32246,"date":"2019-11-08T10:43:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T18:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/?page_id=32246"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T21:49:09","slug":"respect","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/respect\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><em>The British Columbia Institute of Technology acknowledges that our main campus is located on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish Nations of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musqueam.bc.ca\/\">xwm\u0259\u03b8kw\u0259y\u0313\u0259m<\/a>\u00a0(Musqueam),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.squamish.net\/\">S\u1e35wx\u0331w\u00fa7mesh<\/a>\u00a0(Squamish), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twnation.ca\/\">s\u0259l\u0313ilw\u0259ta\u0241\u026c<\/a>\u00a0(Tsleil-Waututh).<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Welcome<\/h2>\n<p>The Respect, Diversity, and Inclusion (RDI) department helps BCIT foster a respectful and inclusive working and learning environment by creating awareness and belonging through education, events, and training.\u00a0 The RDI team provides assistance to individuals with concerns of bullying, harassment, and discrimination and strives to help people resolve conflicts informally. We can also <span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW147181448 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\">accept formal complaints under the Harassment and Discrimination Policy<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\">.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\">We can provide education, preventative advice and guidance on issues related to equity, diversity, accessibility, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW147181448 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\">inclusion<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW147181448 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-CA\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW147181448 BCX0\"> and respectful environments.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2>RDI Services and Initiatives<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Accessibility at BCIT &#8211; Information on BCIT&#8217;s commitment to Accessibility and the Accessibility Plan can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/accessibility-hub\/\">Accessibility Hub website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/respect\/harassment-discrimination-and-bullying\/\">Harassment, discrimination and bullying information<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Providing advice and guidance to employees and students about EDI issues and concerns<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bcit.ca\/respect\/education-and-awareness\/\">Free Courses<\/a> &#8211; Relearning Gender, Anti-Racism, Understanding Unconscious Bias, Human Rights 101, Navigating Conflict in Working and Learning Environments, <span style=\"letter-spacing: -0.36px\">and <\/span>Respectful Workplaces<\/li>\n<li>Respectful Workplace Training<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bcit.ca\/respect\/conflict-resolution\/\">Conflict Resolution<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Canadian Centre for Diversity &amp; Inclusion (<a href=\"https:\/\/ccdi.ca\/\">CCDI<\/a>) membership<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prideatwork.ca\/\">Pride at Work Canada<\/a> membership<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Diversity Circles<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-817000 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bcit.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/DC-Logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"266\" \/><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diversitycircles.com\/\">Diversity Circles<\/a>\u00a0supports staff, students, alumni, and the public with a series of panels, workshops, conversations, tools, and connections to support an effective model to engage with increasing diversity positively, sensitively, and strategically, by leveraging the power of community-based expertise, to drive responses to diversity and empower all participants in the diversity conversation. 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