Territorial Acknowledgment
SWITCH BC humbly and respectfully acknowledges the unceded and traditional territories of approximately 200 distinct First Nations in British Columbia. We further acknowledge the profound harms of colonization on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, and the ongoing, intergenerational trauma people are living with today. In our work and in our lives, we are committed to listening and learning, to truth and reconciliation, and to finding better ways of being on this land.
Navigating this Report
Collaboration
SWITCH BC was created to take a collaborative, provincewide approach to health and safety management, psychological safety, and wellbeing programs.
We collaborate with unions, physicians, and employers to create new resources, and collect and share data to identify and measure opportunities for systemic improvements.
In our annual report we have added a Collaboration Counter. It illustrates the scope of our engagement in each of our programs. Every connection counts, and those relationships are what makes SWITCH BC unique. We work across the sector, seeking advice and expertise, to build out our programs so there is immediate and ongoing collaboration with unions, employers, physicians, the Ministry of Health, and WorkSafeBC.
Abbreviation Station
We often refer to the names of our partner organizations, programs, and committees in short form. To make it easier to understand, we have created Abbreviation Stations for programs with more than one acronym.