May 31, 2013 - Phoenix Sinclair Inquiry

B.A. CYR - DR.EX. (WALSH) MAY 31, 2013
D.L. ROUSSIN - DR.EX. (WALSH)
S.E. TAYLOR - DR.EX. (WALSH)
D.M. KNOL - DR.EX. (WALSH)
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right.
Let's find out individually how you do that, so
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starting, say, with Sharon.
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MS. TAYLOR:
Well, one, our families are very
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mobile from the north or what we call the north end of the
city to our end, so they go back and forth, so there's that
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collaboration, also being a member of CLOUT.
But I think
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our families sort of define, you know, if we have a common
value base then it's easy to partner with places like
Andrews Street or Ma Mawi. It's about working together. I
don't know how to describe it because we just -- it just
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is.
Like, you just know that it's safe, you know it's
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respectful. We have the same values. Like I think we're
value driven, so we respect that the people that we're
serving are human beings, that they have potential, that
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they have strengths and how do we work with it.
So you
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start sort of gravitating to organizations that will assist
with that and work with your families in a respectful
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empathetic way and see them as a human being.
So I don't
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know, I don't think I'm describing it well but it basically
comes down to our values that we share and then it just
makes it easier to work with others.
And when I first started it's like, okay, you're
sort of testing to see where people sit, what are -- how do
they view the people that we're serving, do they see them
as a deficit, do they see them as a strength, because we
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