aerial photo of the campus in the fall season

Cultivating a Healthy Workplace Culture

In Action:

  • Develop a culture of recognition
  • Develop a plan to provide training on practices that cultivate a healthy culture
  • Expand and support VIU gatherings encourage participation
  • Implement key aspects of VIU's Internal Communications Strategy
  • Enhance regional campus representation in VIU initiatives and communications
  • Enhance employee orientation activities
  • Create further opportunities for relationship building
  • Conduct experience survey every l-2 years on satisfaction with People Plan
  • Continue to evaluate employee orientation to assess where updates are necessary.
  • Encourage flexible work arrangements that are appropriately supported.

Success Highlights

  • Service Awards
  • EDI Awards
  • VIU Voices
  • Appreciative Inquiry, neuroscience, coaching approaches to leadership activated in training
  • 2021 employee experience survey launched and action planning underway in response
  • Working From Home Working Group (2020)
  • Manage Here series: Trauma Informed Leadership, Anti-racism training, others
  • Online communication, events, and relationship building enhanced during COVID
  • Flexible Work Framework (2021) and Evaluation (2022)