Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

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Muskoka Algonquin Healthcare (MAHC) is committed to advancing equity and inclusion, addressing bias and discrimination, and celebrating diversity in order to achieve better outcomes for patients, families, providers, and staff. Ensuring an environment free of barriers where all people feel free to be who they are is key to providing the health care that all members of our community deserve in a workplace where our teams are also supported.

MAHC is focused on employing the right people to provide the best possible health care. The organization encourages applicants from underrepresented and equity-seeking groups because reflecting the diversity of our community in our governance, leadership and workforce is important.

In June 2021, the MAHC Board of Directors approved an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. This policy sets MAHC’s commitment and continued path forward by focusing on four main pillars of delivering an exemplary patient experience, embracing our community, empowering our people, and ensuring health equity as follows:

Delivering an exemplary patient experience	Embracing our community	Empowering our people	Ensuring health equity
MAHC will: establish a baseline and use equity data to inform future decisions regarding policies, programs, guidelines, and practices develop metrics that will continuously measure our progress toward and success in creating a sustainable environment that supports equity, diversity and inclusion for all and an exemplary patient experience.	MAHC will: establish and maintain collaborative relationships and partnerships with all communities and stakeholders so that the perspectives and needs of all staff, providers, patients and families are recognized and addressed through shared and committed leadership. ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, actions and results are transparent and synergistic.	MAHC is committed to the principle that every person is entitled to work and/or receive care in a respectful, positive environment, free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and exclusion. MAHC acknowledges staff and credentialed staff receive have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to identify and eliminate discriminatory biases and systemic racism.	MAHC is committed to fair and equitable access to health care through community partnerships and engagement of underrepresented groups.

Delivering an exemplary patient experience

Embracing our community

Empowering our people

Ensuring health equity

MAHC will:

establish a baseline and use equity data to inform future decisions regarding policies, programs, guidelines, and practices
develop metrics that will continuously measure our progress toward and success in creating a sustainable environment that supports equity, diversity and inclusion for all and an exemplary patient experience.

MAHC will:

establish and maintain collaborative relationships and partnerships with all communities and stakeholders so that the perspectives and needs of all staff, providers, patients and families are recognized and addressed through shared and committed leadership.
ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, actions and results are transparent and synergistic.

MAHC is committed to the principle that every person is entitled to work and/or receive care in a respectful, positive environment, free from all forms of discrimination, harassment, and exclusion. MAHC acknowledges staff and credentialed staff receive have the opportunity to acquire knowledge and skills to identify and eliminate discriminatory biases and systemic racism.

MAHC is committed to fair and equitable access to health care through community partnerships and engagement of underrepresented groups.

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism (IDEA) Committee

MAHC's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-Racism (IDEA) Committee is responsible for developing an inclusion, diversity, equity and anti-racism action plan for MAHC. The purpose of the IDEA Committee is to:

Provide opportunities to come together to help chart MAHC’s path forward in an inclusive way.
Provide a venue for idea generation; and
Implement strategies to create a more inclusive and equitable place to work and receive care.

The IDEA Committee will be comprised of patients and family members of patients from Muskoka and area, as well as MAHC staff and credentialed staff who have a personal commitment to inclusion, diversity, equity and anti-racism. These members are committed to fostering an organization-wide approach to delivering an exemplary patient experience, embracing our community so that the perspectives and needs of all are recognized and addressed, empowering our people to ensure that every person is entitled to work and/or receive care in a respectful and positive environment, and ensuring health equity.