This document discusses diversity, inclusion, and respect in the workplace. It defines diversity as recognizing the equal worth and dignity of all individuals through providing equal rights and opportunities without discrimination. An inclusive workplace is accessible to all and respects people's differences in areas like age, ethnicity, gender, beliefs, and family status. The workplace should be free of discrimination, harassment, and violence and should aim to create understanding between all members of the community.

1. Diversity in the Workplace
Respect, Dignity and Inclusion

2. What does Diversity in the Workplace
mean?

3. Respect, Dignity, and Inclusion
Ontario, in a non-judgemental way :
 Recognizes the dignity and worth of every person
 Provides for equal rights and opportunities without discrimination
 Aims to create understanding and mutual respect for the dignity
and worth of each person
 Ensures each person feels part of the community
 Contributes fully to the development and well-being of the
community

4. An accessible workplace
If a workplace is going to respect diversity it needs
to be accessible to all (accessible: to provide
equal access to all members of the workforce)
What are things that a company can do to make
the workplace more accessible?

5. Equal Opportunity in Mississauga

6. Developing Perceptions
 How you are perceived by others is based on your behaviour,
actions and deeds in the community
 What are perceptions that people have in the community about
others?
 Youth
 People with tattoos
 People with an accent
 Single parents

7. A workplace is a community
 You are part of this community/group
 Things that you say or do could impact respect for diversity in
the workplace
 Every word or deed has value or hurt for the person listening
to you

8. Diversity Inclusion in Canada

9. Ontario Human Rights Code
The Ontario Human Rights Code prohibits actions that discriminate against people
based on protected grounds
 Age Ancestry, colour, race
 Citizenship Ethnic origin
 Place of origin Creed
 Disability Family status
 Marital status (including single status) Gender identity, gender
 Receipt of public assistance (in housing only) Record of offences
(employment only)
 Sex (including pregnancy and breastfeeding) Sexual orientation

10. Workplace Violence
What is Workplace Violence?

11. Workplace Violence
Physical force by a person against a
worker, in a workplace, that causes or
could cause physical or emotional injury to
the worker

12. Workplace Violence is also…
An attempt to exercise physical force
against a worker, in a workplace, that
could cause physical or emotional injury to
the worker

13. Workplace Violence Continued
A statement or behaviour that it is reasonable
for a worker to interpret as a threat to exercise
physical force against the worker, in a
workplace, that could cause physical or
emotional injury to the worker

14. Workplace Harassment
Engaging in a course of vexatious comment or
conduct against a worker in a workplace that is
known, or ought reasonably to be known, to be
unwelcome
vex·a·tious= intending to cause annoyance, frustration or worry

15. Workplace Harassment

16. Domestic Violence
Employers who are aware, or ought reasonably
to be aware, that domestic violence may occur
in the workplace must take every reasonable
precaution in the circumstances to protect a
worker at risk of physical injury