Goal 8 - Institutional Stewardship Initiatives
Institutional Mandates
Accommodation Policy and Discrimination and Harassment Policy
Since 2012, the University of Alberta’s Discrimination, Harassment and Accommodation Policy has helped foster a respectful work environment that supports dignity and equity for all members of the university community. The policy prohibits all discrimination or harassment and commits to the duty to accommodate individuals based on protected grounds.
Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights
The University of Alberta is committed to providing a safe work, study and living environment for all staff, students, faculty and members of our volunteer community. To ensure the university meets this commitment, the university created the Office of Safe Disclosure and Human Rights (OSDHR) to support students, faculty and staff at the University of Alberta. The Office provides a confidential, neutral and safe space for members of the university community to speak in confidence about concerns including, but not limited to: discrimination and harassment, ethical concerns, health and safety violations, financial mismanagement, and other concerns (wrongdoing/misconduct).
Duty of Fair Representation
The Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA) and the Association of Academic Staff of the University of Alberta (AASUA) represent non-academic and academic staff, respectively, at the University of Alberta, providing fair representation for staff in accordance with the Alberta Labour Relations Board .
No Forced Labour, Modern Slavery, Human Trafficking, and Child Labour
The University of Alberta is committed to no forced labour, no modern slavery, no human trafficking and no child labour in accordance with Canadian Trafficking Legislation and the Government of Alberta Human Trafficking Action Plan . Similarly, the University of Alberta supports the Government of Alberta’s Human Trafficking Action Plan , which aims to combat human trafficking and protect at-risk individuals from being trafficked in Alberta. The university also supports the Government of Canada’s National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking .
Alberta’s Employment Standards Act
The University of Alberta adheres to the province of Alberta's Employment Standard Rules , which outlines laws against child labour, forced labour and modern slavery.
Employment Opportunities
Adaptation Resilience Training
The Adaptation Resilience Training program provided 30+ recent graduates from across Alberta with an eight month, paid internship working to prepare Alberta for the impacts of climate change. This program gave recent students workplace experience that will help them continue to work in the climate adaptation field.
Arts Work Experience
Arts Work Experience (AWE) is an accredited co-operative education program offering career-advancing, paid work experience to undergrads in the Faculty of Arts. AWE is flexible, with many program options allowing students to complete four, eight, 12 or 16 months of work with one of over 200 employer partners in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors.
Science Internship Program
The Science Internship Program offers students in the Faculty of Science, Faculty of ALES and Campus St. Jean the opportunity to participate in 4, 8, 12 or 16 months of work experience. The student internship opportunities are both full time and paid work experience with companies based in Canada.
ALES Mini-Internship Program
The ALES Mini-Internship Program (AMIP) offers a unique opportunity for students to get first-hand learning experience on careers in agriculture, life, and environmental sciences. Twice a year during the Fall and Winter reading weeks, this program matches students with an industry specific organization for a three-day visit and volunteer work.
Career Integrated Learning
Career integrated learning helps faculty members identify the employability skills that are practiced in their courses. Faculty members add a “skills” section to their syllabuses, helping to increase students’ awareness of the sought-after competencies taught in their courses. Career integrated learning does not require faculty members to change their course curriculums; rather, it works with existing curricula to identify the skills practiced. Through presentations by the Career Centre and an end-of-term reflective activity, students become more aware of their employability skills.