Developing a safe and healthy workplace for all includes taking active steps towards reconciliation. During this webinar, leading experts will discuss issues at the core of reconciliation in the workplace. Questions to be discussed include:

• How can workplaces best approach the confirmation of an employee’s Indigeneity to ensure equity-related benefits, programs, and provisions to which Indigenous employees have access are not misused by non-Indigenous employees, especially when there is no official verification such as a status card?
• How can bereavement leave better encompass notions of family as understood in Indigenous family structures? What language can be incorporated into collective agreements to provide for leaves that reflect Indigenous cultures?
• Why is the duty to inquire of particular importance when it comes to responding to workplace incidents or concerns that relate to Indigenous employees? How can workplaces incorporate Indigenous practices and teachings in responding to workplace incidents, and what value does this bring?
• How can employers incorporate Indigenous cultural training into their health and safety programs? What is the importance of learning about Indigenous worldview practices and governing systems? Why is this training essential for the psychological wellbeing of Indigenous peoples?
• What are examples of language used in collective agreements and employer policies that alienate Indigenous employees? How can employers and unions ensure they are not utilizing such language?
• In what instances should provision be made for an Indigenous support person be included in meetings with an Indigenous employee? What is the value of having an Indigenous support person?
• How can workplaces develop Indigenized hiring and retention practices?