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GC08: Safe Disclosure (whistle-blower)

This policy and its associated procedure were approved by the Board at the March 31, 2026 meeting.

About the policy 

In 2022, VIU developed a Safe Disclosure Policy and Procedure to address concerns raised by VIU’s Auditors and the Auditor General, as well as VIU’s statutory obligations under the Public Interest Disclosure Act (PIDA). VIU’s existing policy, as well as comparator policies at SFU, TRU, KPU and UVF, were reviewed.  

GC08: Safe Disclosure (whistle-blower) replaced policy 41.18 Safe Disclosure and its associated procedure.  The consultation ran from Wednesday, February 18 until 4 pm on Tuesday, March 10. Input received during the community consultation helped inform changes to the policy. Thank you to everyone who provided feedback. 

Policy information 

As VIU has the most comprehensive policy of the comparators, this policy and its procedure were brought into the new template keeping existing content: 

  • First section for the “Policy Statement” was re-written as “Purpose” section 
  • “Policy statement” and Principles” sections were combined into the new “Policy” section with redundant content removed 
  • “Scope, “Roles,” and “Definitions” were brought over to the new policy in comparable sections 
  • New sections and content were added consistent with the Framework. 
  • The only major change was moving the majority of the “CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY and PROHIBITION ON REPRISALS” section of the policy into the procedures as it is more directive in nature. 

The new procedure brings over all the content from the existing procedure, adding additional sections consistent with the Policy Framework. As noted above, the majority of the “CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY and PROHIBITION ON REPRISALS” section of the existing policy is now part of the procedure. 

Documents for review 

Consultation Drafts:

Consultation Report:

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