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Recreation and parks spaces are critical hubs for community building, skill development, and healthy lifestyles. These invaluable gathering places succeed because of the dedication of recreation and parks employees.
This is why Community Compass developed resources to help support employers in the sector with fostering equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in their workplaces.
The Indigenous Employee Toolkit is designed to help organizations foster cultural sensitivity and inclusivity for Indigenous employees by addressing their unique practices, beliefs, and experiences.
The toolkit offers four actionable steps to achieve this:
This toolkit, created in partnership with the Fyrefly Institute for Gender and Sexual Diversity, explores key concepts such as gender and sexual diversity, common barriers faced by 2SLGBTQIA+ employees, and strategies organizations can use to build respectful workplace environments.
An accessible job posting aims to reduce barriers so that all candidates feel welcomed to apply, can help attract qualified candidates, and promote an inclusive workplace.
This guide is not exhaustive and is meant to provide you with considerations to help you develop job postings that are accessible to as many people as possible.
Interviews can be a stress inducing experience for many – making sure they are done in the most inclusive way possible can help reduce this stress and allow people to show up as the best versions of themselves.
This guide is not exhaustive and is meant to provide you with things to consider when hosting interviews.
A toolkit to help organizations and individuals identify conscious and unconscious biases that can influence how to assess and select candidates during the hiring process. Recognizing and addressing these biases supports fair hiring decisions and helps build inclusive, growth-focused workplace cultures.
Developed to sustain the learnings from the Community Compass program from attending career events to promote jobs and careers in the recreation and parks sector. It includes messaging identified as important for promoting the sector, and steps to prepare to attend career events.
When putting together a presentation it is crucial to consider the diversity of people that may be attending your session.
This guide is not exhaustive, and is meant to help you develop a presentation that is accessible and inclusive to as many people as possible.
Reminder that inclusion is more than a checklist — It’s a COMMITMENT to learning, creating safe spaces, and challenging your assumptions and biases.
Tells the story of how recreation and parks can become spaces where everyone belongs. Through real experiences and lessons learned, it highlights the importance of building trust, listening to communities, and creating inclusive programs. This guide encourages organizations to apply these insights to ensure all community members have the opportunity to connect, participate, and thrive.
The Alberta Recreation & Parks Association would like to acknowledge the First Nations, the Métis, the Inuit and all of the people across Alberta who share a history and a deep connection with this land. We dedicate ourselves to moving forward in partnership with Indigenous communities in the spirit of reconciliation and collaboration.