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Clarington Diversity Advisory Committee
Thursday, May 28, 2020, 7:00 PM
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Present: Ashfaque Choudhry
Councillor Ron Hooper
Sajida Kadri
Derryck Lamptey
Meera McDonald
Laila Shafi
Also Present: Erica Mittag — Community Development Coordinator
Regrets: Rajeshwari Saharan
John Sawdon
Rachel Traore
The meeting called to order at 7:01 p.m.
1. Land Acknowledgement
Laila Shafi read the Land Acknowledgement Statement
2. Adoption of Agenda
Moved by Ashfaque Choudhry, seconded by Laila Shafi
That the agenda of the meeting of May 28, 2020 be approved as amended.
Carried
3. Adoption of Minutes
Moved by Meera McDonald, seconded by Sajida Kadri
That the minutes of the meeting of April 23, 2020 be approved.
Carried
5. Community Updates
Erica Mittag shared:
a) Erica will be attending Clarington's Accessibility Advisory Committee meeting
of Wednesday, June 3, 2020 to speak about Clarington's Diversity Advisory
Committee and provide an update on the accomplishments to date.
b) Accessibility Awareness Week is May 31 to June 6, 2020. There will be a flag
raising at the Municipal Administrative Centre on Monday, June 1.
c) St. Paul's United Church (Bowmanville) has an Indigenous Circle and they will
be hosting virtual events beginning September 26, 2020. A representative will
speak to us at our June meeting to share more about their plans.
d) June is Pride Month in Canada.
e) Diversity Photo Library in collaboration with Clarington's Tourism Advisory
Committee is still on hold due to the pandemic.
6. Council Updates
Councillor Hooper shared:
a) Much of Council business is being conducted virtually. Council business is
proceeding in this manner and the public may attend via live stream or may
register through the Clerks Department to speak on issues.
b) The Municipality of Clarington has signed on as an Employer Partner with the
Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) which provides benefits
such as knowledge resources, webinars and training opportunities for our
staff. Erica Mittag included that this is currently being rolled out to the
municipal staff team.
7. Diversity Lens
Erica Mittag shared a consolidated summary of the Diversity Lens scope with the
group, based on the presentations last month. Erica did reach out to City of
Hamilton for an update on their draft diversity and inclusion lens however did not
receive a response back.
The Diversity Lens working group will take this framework and will begin adding
content to build it out and will report back to the Committee at a future meeting.
Erica will develop a template with guidelines to facilitate this process. Any
Committee Members who would like to assist the Diversity Lens working group will
be welcome to do so.
8. Diversity and Inclusion Training Plan
Erica Mittag is developing a Diversity and Inclusion training plan for municipal staff
and is interested in collaborating with the Diversity Advisory Committee as she
works through this. Meera McDonald offered to be on a working group.
Moved by Laila Shafi, seconded by Derryck Lamptey
That a working group be formed to collaborate and develop a diversity and
inclusion training plan.
Carried
9. Other Business
Derryck Lamptey shared a message of best wishes to all who are celebrating Eid,
Pride and Caribbean American Heritage Month in June.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:54 p.m.
Moved by Ashfaque Choudhry seconded by Meera McDonald
That the meeting be adjourned.
Carried
Next meeting: Thursday, June 25, 2020, 7:00 p.m.
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