Tina Varughese was the opening keynote speaker during the 2024 Mining Health and Safety Conference in Sudbury, hosted by Workplace Safety North
If your employees don’t feel comfortable speaking openly, are afraid of retribution in sharing ideas, or don’t feel respected on the job, you may be creating a psychologically unsafe workplace.
Taking place April 16-18, the annual get-together draws health and safety leaders from across Northern Ontario’s mining industry for three days of panel discussions, networking, technical presentations, and best practices shared by experts like Varughese, all aimed at creating healthier, safer workplaces in the sector.
It might be asking a Black coworker how she gets a brush through her kinky hair, why a colleague wears a head covering, telling a peer “you don’t look gay,” or categorizing a coworker with a disability as an “inspiration.” Instead, Varughese suggested if you’re genuinely interested in learning about someone, ask about their cultural background.
Some workers might be introverts, who tend to need time to process information and gather their thoughts. “Well, at the end of the day, if you have an accent, you’re bold, you’re brave, you’re badass, and why is that? Probably because you actually had to immigrate from another country, potentially learn a language, and leave everything that you knew.”
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