Creating a Safe Space

We endeavor to work towards being an anti-racist, anti-oppressive institute and to be held accountable when white, able-bodied, heterosexual, cis experiences are centered over equity deserving individuals.

CHRIM’s Mission, Vision, and Values state our commitment to ensuring an environment where pregnant people, children, youth, and families in Manitoba are supported. We understand that simply stating such a commitment is not enough. Fostering a safe environment is an ongoing action. A critical lens must be used to continuously learn and do better, respecting and listening to those who have lived experience. Understanding intersectionality must be at the forefront when understanding people’s intersectional experiences of discrimination and harassment through social and historical contexts, and people’s many identities as they relate to their race, gender, sex, ability, age, culture, social class, and other identities. At CHRIM, we strive for every person to feel safe in our space.

CHRIM is dedicated to creating safer spaces for 2STLGBQ+ individuals. 2STLGBQ+ stands for Two-Spirit, Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Questioning. The plus sign includes any identities that have not been captured in this acronym and acknowledges that people define themselves along the spectrum of sexualities and identities.

See our full Safe Space statement here.

Safe Space Poster

We celebrate diversity and strive to be inclusive and supportive of everyone’s identities. Many thanks to the Research Advisory Council (RAC) and Research Advisory Council of Youth (RACY) members of CHRIM for their valued feedback on this initiative. A thank you also to the Rainbow Resource Centre for their consultation with us and their work with 2STLGBQ+ children and youth. To the various members of the CHRIM community who guide these initiatives as well, we are grateful.

We encourage our research community to print and display the Safe Space poster throughout your labs, team and office areas. If you would like the poster to be laminated, please reach out to CHRIM Communications to make this request.

Click here to download the Safe Space poster.

Report an Incident at CHRIM

We hope that utilizing this pathway can bring some guidance with where to go to report racism at CHRIM. We strongly encourage you to reach out to a trusted leader, peer, or other individual in your area to discuss this matter for support and help walk alongside you on this pathway to report.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that is your right to do so. You have options in this process and can access and voice them any time throughout this pathway.

Any person, whether a member of Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba or not, may contact Kelly Ross, CHRIM Human Resources Manager. If you are unsure of any of these steps or have questions in general related to this reporting structure, you may reach out to Kelly Ross and ask for either informal or formal guidance. Your conversation will be kept strictly confidential.

Click here to report an incident at CHRIM

Click here to learn more about reporting an incident.

Who can I talk to?

Human Resources Manager (for incident reporting)
Kelly Ross

Strategic Initiatives Coordinator (for inquiries related to the Safe Space Initiative)
Meaghan Cabel