Victoria Cool Aid Society – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Audit
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VICTORIA COOL AID SOCIETY engaged an external consulting firm, ADR Education in partnership with Rainwatch Advising, to conduct an independent audit of Cool Aid’s diversity, equity and inclusion culture and recommend a course of action for positive change and leadership in these areas. The purpose of this audit was to inform a course of action for Cool Aid to be more supportive of and responsive to the unique challenges faced by staff who are Indigenous, Black, People of Colour (POC), or members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community, as well as improve Cool Aid’s efforts to implement reconciliation initiatives and achieve progress on its goal to indigenize the organization.
The independent audit team (the audit team) designed a process to engage Cool Aid staff and conduct a review of Cool Aid’s policies, practices, and workplace environment to make informed recommendations about how Cool Aid can foster an inclusive and diverse workplace culture. All information gathered through the audit was treated as private and kept strictly confidential. The audit team ensured that all information received during the process was without attribution (i.e., names or other personal identifiers are not present in the data pool, or in this report).
The purpose of this report is to outline our approach to conducting this organizational audit, to acknowledge Cool Aid’s espoused values in regard to diversity, equity and inclusion, to share the audit team’s analysis and themes and provide recommendations for accomplishing the organization’s objectives.
Please note: This Report is for Cool Aid purposes and is not to be shared outside the organization
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