Culture of Care Leadership Commitment
Committing to safe behaviours across our campuses is a shared responsibility. We encourage you to join leaders across the institution in owning your safety performance and that of others.
We work safely and commit to:
- Accepting that the health, safety and well-being of our faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors is a legal, moral, ethical, academic and operational imperative.
- Integrating health, safety and well-being into all aspects of research, teaching and community engagement activities.
- Maintaining compliance with health and safety legislation and university policies and procedures.
We take responsibility for safety performance and commit to:
- Taking personal accountability and holding peer leaders and direct reports accountable for health, safety and well-being performance.
- Participating in leadership initiatives and training that foster the improvement of health, safety and well-being across the university.
- Resourcing, promoting and measuring health and safety performance.
We champion safety and commit to:
- Engaging faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors in improving health, safety and well-being.
- Actively building and supporting environments that are safe, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, equitable and respectful for all faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors.
"Safe behaviour is the shared responsibility of all University of Alberta faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors. It is a legal and ethical obligation that prevents injuries and illness, saves lives and contributes to a rewarding working, learning and living experience. As university leaders, supervisors, staff and students we understand that we must work together to promote and sustain a culture of safety at the U of A."
Bill FlanaganPresident and Vice-Chancellor
We work safely and commit to:
- Accepting that the health, safety and well-being of our faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors is a legal, moral, ethical, academic and operational imperative.
- Integrating health, safety and well-being into all aspects of research, teaching and community engagement activities.
- Maintaining compliance with health and safety legislation and university policies and procedures.
We take responsibility for safety performance and commit to:
- Taking personal accountability and holding peer leaders and direct reports accountable for health, safety and well-being performance.
- Participating in leadership initiatives and training that foster the improvement of health, safety and well-being across the university.
- Resourcing, promoting and measuring health and safety performance.
We champion safety and commit to:
- Engaging faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors in improving health, safety and well-being.
- Actively building and supporting environments that are safe, welcoming, diverse, inclusive, equitable and respectful for all faculty, staff, students, contractors and visitors.
Senior leadership commitment
In 2023, members of university senior leadership made a commitment to ensuring that people’s health, safety and well-being is central to everything we do.