2020
All of us Standing Strong
Events of the past year have heightened our awareness and deepened our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). To truly live our values, we must include and respect all individuals and embrace their unique qualities, dimensions and characteristics.
Our DE&I program, Stronger Together, builds on our organizational values of caring and teamwork, and through this, we are working to provide an environment where our people feel safe and supported.
We celebrate the diversity of our colleagues and the communities we serve and have solidified our commitment through our Stronger Together pledge, which provides guiding principles for how we act and serves as a reminder for what we need to do to create meaningful change for the future.
We are a proud Employer Partner with the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI), an organization which provides extensive resources to help companies take action on diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
Our front-line employees at our collection sites have also embraced a variety of local diversity initiatives, such as celebrating Pride month in June, working with community agencies to provide internships to people with intellectual disabilities, and adopting protocols to help people with autism spectrum disorder obtain medical tests with less stress.
Advancing Health Equity and Access for British Columbians
In British Columbia, 10 LifeLabs locations participated in a pilot run by the Rick Hansen Foundation (RHF). RHF assessed the accessibility of these locations based on the holistic user experience of people with mobility, vision and hearing disabilities, and deemed the locations ‘RHF Accessibility Certified.’
At the same time, we’re helping increase equity and respect in our communities. We’re using our communications channels to support the BC Centre for Disease Control Foundation and their efforts to bring attention to the opioid crisis and to promote the use of respectful, non-stigmatizing language related to substance use disorders, addiction and people who use drugs.