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Clarington Diversity Advisory Committee
Wednesday, March 6, 7:00 PM
MAC Meeting Room 1C
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Present: Councillor Ron Hooper
Laila Shafi
Dorothy Koziorz
Ashfaque Choudhry
Rajeshwari Saharan
John Sawdon
Derryck Lamptey
Rachel Traore
Also Present: Erica Mittag — Community Development Coordinator
Regrets: Kenneth Ilechukwu
1. Meeting called to order at 7:05 p.m.
2. Review and approval of Agenda
3. Review and approval of previous meeting minutes
4. Land Acknowledgement Statement
x Presentation by Erica Mittag
x Committee discussed what other regions and municipalities are doing
(Durham, Ajax, Guelph, etc)
x Committee reviewed a statement provided by Municipal Clerk
x Committee discussed facets of the ideas of adopting a Land
Acknowledgement statement
x Committee felt that they would like to be supportive and would like to reach
out to our Indigenous Community to validate and support any statement put
forward by the Committee to Council for recommendation.
x That the Council of the Municipality of Clarington open Council meetings and
municipal events with a land acknowledgement statement. The Diversity
Advisory Committee will report back to Council with an appropriate Statement
after consultation with our local indigenous community. Moved by Derryck
Lamptey; Seconded by Laila Shafi. All in favour.
5. Strategic Planning Exercise — Part 2
x The Committee participated in a facilitated session to continue some strategic
planning.
x The goal of the exercise was to work towards developing a vision and mission
statement for the Committee.
x The Committee provided comments and discussion to the question "Why do
we exist? What is the purpose of the Committee?"
x Please see attached chart for comments and summary of this exercise.
Committee reviewed various mission and vision statement examples from
other Clarington groups and organizations as well as other local Ontario
municipal diversity committees.
Committee broke into two working groups to report back at the next meeting
on:
o Who are we as a group?
o What do we do as a group?
6. Other Business
x LGBTQ 101: Learn about the contemporary issues facing the LGBTQ
community and improve your awareness of the diversity of the
community. Keep up with the changing vocabulary used by LGBTQ
communities, the challenges they face and ways to act as an ally in the
interests of inclusiveness and safety. PFLAG Canada Durham Region
facilitates this program.
Thursday, April 11
7:OOpm-8:OOpm
Garnet B. Rickard Recreation Complex
FREE
Register at
https://ca.apm.activecommunities.com/clarington/Activity Search/Igbtg-
101/9712
x Community Services Department senior and clerical staff are participating in a
workshop facilitated by PFLAG Canada Durham Region on Thursday April 25
called Transgender Awareness. The facilitator will introduce us to the legal
and social context of trans identities, with an eye to enhancing our
understanding of the community. We will share terminology, coverage of
current issues facing trans people, and how we - individually and collectively -
can help to build a safer and more inclusive space for trans people.
Next meeting: Wednesday March 27, 7:00 PM
Municipal Administrative Centre, Room 1A