{"id":6094,"date":"2023-11-16T01:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T01:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/?page_id=6094"},"modified":"2025-07-15T13:10:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:10:55","slug":"career-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/?page_id=6094","title":{"rendered":"Safe Spaces for Worship and Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer gutenify-section-eb0fe2d0-3c93-11ee-bed6-f5c39f6aa39f gtfy-1\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-fa62dab0-841b-11ee-b5e1-67208a0c2993 wp-elements-1 gtfy-4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>Creating Safe and Respectful Environments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-a6b7a410-617b-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-7 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><br>The Creating Safe and Respectful Environments policy, has been created to ensure that safe and supportive environments are provided to everyone connected to the work of The United Church of Canada.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer gutenify-section-8c693730-617c-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-10\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-a7c76660-617b-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-13 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size gutenify-section-93577760-617b-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-16 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">This policy applies to all communities of faith and congregations, and to the General Council and Regional Council offices, as well as other church organizations that choose to adopt this policy. Communities of faith or other affiliated entities may adopt this policy or develop one of their own. If a community of faith or other affiliated entity develops their own policy, procedures must be in keeping with The United Church of Canada\u2019s policy so consistent application of process can be ensured. Where a community of faith or other affiliated entity has not developed their own policy, then, by default, this policy will be in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer gutenify-section-829d1f30-841c-11ee-b5e1-67208a0c2993 gtfy-19\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-boulder-color has-text-color has-link-color has-content-heading-font-size gutenify-section-e3a7c4e0-617b-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 wp-elements-2 gtfy-22 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><strong>Downloads<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer gutenify-section-9efdfd90-617c-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-25\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-99dd31c0-617a-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 wp-elements-3 gtfy-28 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/creating-safe-and-respectful-environments-policy.pdf\">Creating Safe and Respectful Environments Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-07019ab0-617c-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 wp-elements-4 gtfy-31 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BSUC_Workplace_Harassment_Response_Policy_Addendum.pdf\">BSUC Workplace Discrimination, Harassment and Violence Response Policy<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-blue-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size gutenify-section-b5cd9960-617a-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 wp-elements-5 gtfy-34 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/s09023\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/laws\/statute\/s09023\">Bill C 168<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-a80e8c10-617c-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-37 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-cd4d0060-617c-11f0-94de-f90ac745dfe7 gtfy-40 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"gutenify-section-2427cdc0-617d-11f0-8f80-b3820ee0c0ea gtfy-43 wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creating Safe and Respectful Environments The Creating Safe and Respectful Environments policy, has been created [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_gutenify_countdown_timer_type":"fixed","_gutenify_countdown_timer_evergreen_hours":24,"_gutenify_countdown_timer_evergreen_minutes":0,"_gutenify_countdown_timer_date":"","_gutenify_countdown_timer_timezone":"US\/Eastern","_gutenify_countdown_timer_end_action":"none","_gutenify_countdown_timer_hide_selector":"","_gutenify_countdown_timer_redirect_url":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6094","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6094"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6868,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6094\/revisions\/6868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgestreetchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}