Our Plans, Policies, and Reports
Diversity and Inclusion
We are diverse individuals of all ages, colours, ethnicities, nationalities, faiths & beliefs, cultures, abilities, socio-economic and education levels, sexual orientations & gender identities.
We communicate in many languages.
We value and celebrate diversity and inclusion. We define diversity broadly and encompass many individual attributes. We create an environment that actively embraces diversity and inclusion by recognizing the value in the uniqueness of all individuals.
We strive to reflect the diversity of our neighbourhoods in our membership, our Community Boards, our volunteers and our staff.
We respect all neighbours. We expect that all who come to our neighbourhood houses and camps, all those who provide or receive services, will extend the same respect to all.
We acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples.
Respect Policy
Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House assumes the best intentions of people. Our starting point is that we are all good people.
This means that we actively encourage and nurture trust among people in our community. We expect everyone to be patient, polite, understanding, and to treat others with respect.
We also expect everyone to treat Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House’s space and other people’s belongings this way.
No matter what your race, gender, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, ability, religion, ancestry, political affiliation, language, financial status, age, record of offenses, immigration or family status, you will be respected here.
Every person is always welcome. But if behaviour compromises others, it will be the person’s behaviour that is asked to leave. The amount of time will reflect the seriousness of the incident and the number of times it has occurred.
The very same person will always be welcome when we can get beyond that behaviour.