Adler Graduate Professional School (AGPS) is committed to creating and maintaining a work and study environment in which people are treated with decency, dignity, and respect. We aim to create a work and study environment characterized by mutual trust and the absence of intimidation, oppression, and exploitation. We recognize the right of employees and students to work and learn in a safe yet stimulating environment. This is an important goal of AGPS. Consequently, AGPS will not tolerate unlawful discrimination or harassment of any kind, and AGPS will enforce this policy and seek to prevent, correct, and discipline behaviour that violates this policy. All employees, students, and others lawfully in the AGPS workplace, regardless of their status in the organization or broader society, are expected to comply with this policy and to take appropriate measures to ensure that prohibited conduct does not occur. Disciplinary action will be taken against any employee, contractor or student who violates this policy. This may include verbal or written reprimand, suspension, or termination of employment or expulsion from studies.
Principles
AGPS is committed to an inclusive, diverse, equitable and accessible work and learning environment and promotes social equality, acceptance, understanding, and respect among its students, graduates, faculty, staff, clientele, and society. ADLER will not tolerate workplace discrimination or harassment.
- Every employee, student, faculty and/or staff member has the right to work in an inclusive, respectful workplace free of discrimination and harassment.
- All employees are responsible for respecting the dignity and rights of coworkers and the public they serve.
- All students are responsible for respecting the dignity and rights of fellow students, faculty and staff members, and all persons they encounter while studying at ADLER.
ADLER is committed to the prevention of discrimination and harassment and considers this to be a shared responsibility involving all members of the ADLER community.
- Consistent with ADLER belief that the basic and material component of human services is relationships, including professionals’ relationship with themselves, regular education and training about rights and responsibilities under this policy is required to fulfill obligations under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Ontario Human Rights Code, other relevant laws, and this policy.
- ADLER employs proactive, cost-effective strategies that reflect the school’s core values of integrity, authenticity, creativity, courage, continued learning, self-responsibility, appreciation of uniqueness, collaboration, and compassion in preventing discrimination and harassment
- ADLER prevention strategies rely on critical analysis of relevant data, the various dimensions of diversity such as race, gender, age, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation, and policy and program measures
- Allegations of discrimination and harassment are treated seriously and handled confidentially in a dignified and respectful manner in accordance with this policy and applicable.
- The needs of persons with disabilities must be accommodated in compliance with relevant law to enable full participation in prevention and resolution processes.
- Enforcement of this policy must be in conformity with the principles of natural justice.