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Clarington Diversity Advisory Committee
Wednesday, April 24,7:00 PM
MAC Meeting Room 1A
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Present: Councillor Ron Hooper (until 8:15 p.m.)
Derryck Lamptey (until 8:00 p.m.)
Rajeshwari Saharan
Laila Shafi
Rachel Traore
Also Present: Erica Mittag — Community Development Coordinator
Regrets: Ashfaque Choudhry
Kenneth Ilechukwu
Dorothy Koziorz
John Sawdon
The meeting called to order at 7:07 p.m.
1. Adoption of Agenda
Moved by Rachel Traore, seconded by Rajeshwari Saharan
That the agenda of the meeting of April 24, 2019 be approved.
Carried
2. Adoption of Minutes
Moved by Rachel Traore, seconded by Laila Shafi
That the minutes of the meeting of March 27, 2019 be approved.
Carried
3. Committee Mission and Vision Statements
Laila Shafi reviewed the Mission and Vision Statements developed at the March 27,
2019 meeting. Amendments were made to the wording by the Committee members.
Moved by Rachel Traore, seconded by Laila Shafi
That the mission and vision statements as amended be approved.
Carried
4. Land Acknowledgement Statements
Erica Mittag provided an update on the status of developing a Land Acknowledgement
Statement. A meeting has been set up with Dave Mowat, Consultation, Lands and
Membership Supervisor with Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation, for Tuesday,
May 14 at 1:00pm. The following committee members will attend with Erica Mittag:
Derryck Lamptey, Rajeshwari Saharan, Rachel Traore (to be confirmed) and Councillor
Ron Hooper.
5. Strategic Planning Exercise
The Committee brainstormed and had some initial discussion towards developing a
workplan and goals. The discussion will continue at the next meeting of the committee.
Next meeting: Wednesday May 22, 7:00 PM
Municipal Administrative Centre, Room 1A