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Minutes
PICKERING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ON RACE RELATIONS & EQUITY
June 1, 2006
7:00 pm
Main Committee Room
Chair Councillor Pickles
Attendees:
Councillor David Pickles - Chair
Margaret Lazarus, Glengrove Public School
Fred Gibson, Pickering Carib Cultural Association
Malvina Ram, Community Appointee
Kim Krane, City of Pickering
Guests:
Rick Lea, Executive Director, Durham Region Local Training Board
Evelyn Smith
Regrets:
Jacqueline Moriarty, Community Appointee
Kirk Mark, Community Appointee
Tish Sheppard, Durham Catholic District School Board
Nazneen Dindar, Durham District School Board
Councillor Pickles welcomed everyone to the meeting and
introduced the presenters
ecial...Guest..presentation
Rick Lea, Executive Director, Durham Region Local Training
Board, and Evelyn Smith, Community Development Council of
Durham presented to the committee on establishing an
Immigrant Services Centre in Durham (potentially in Pickering
first).
* See attachments for details of the presentation - please
rovide comments
A rovalof. Notes & Business Arisin
Minutes of the May 4,2006 meeting were approved.
Councillor Pickles to
invite Rick & Evelyn to
a future Council
meeting to make this
presentation
Councillor Pickles extended an invitation to Committee
Members to attend the Canadian Tapestry Event on Sunday,
June 11, 2006
Councillor Pickles attended the C.A.V.E. Youth at Risk Meeting
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- Tapestry Event is taking place at Pickering Museum Village
June 11, 2006 from 12 Noon to 4:30 pm
Councillor Pickles, Kim Kranc, Malvina Ram and Margaret
Lazarus confirmed their attendance
Promotion has taken place and community groups have all
been confirmed
Hoping for nice weather and a great turn out
5. Durharl1ReiOl1alPoIiceService
The Committee was advised that Joe Mitschang has been
transferred and a re lacement is unknown at this time
SurvEf -Ideas frol1l the Committee
A draft "Survey Proposal" prepared by Councillor Pickles was
sent out to Committee Members. He further noted that his
intent is to have the Survey completed by fall in order to present
the results in the form of a Report to the Mayor and Council
Members before Council adjourns for the elections. A
discussion on the mechanics of how to conduct this survey with
different interest groups and type of questions within the
community entailed.
Councillor Pickles advised that he would like to go out into the
community and have informal interviews with members of
various cultural & faith organizations (refer to survey questions
previously provided).
We need to reach out and open the lines of communication to
identify what their needs are and provide groups with an
opportunity to voice their concerns.
Councillor Pickles has asked for Committee Members to assist
in conducting the survey's over the summer months. Perhaps
approaching one or two groups with one member from the
Committee, along with Councillor Pickles would be best.
Members of the committee provided comments and feeback on
the draft survey questions - members thought the questions
were very appropriate, covered all angles, and were very
specific. The questions will assist us in receiving more of the
answers we need, without having to ask too many questions
and without taking up too much time of the groups.
Councillor Pickles would to invite Shawna Mutton to September
Race Relations Committee Meeting to discuss the possibility of
a Youth Surve to parallel our surve .
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Press release to be
sent out to all
Community contacts to
advise of the Tapestry
event
Members of the
Committee to provide
comments on which
groups to approach
first
Councillor Pickles will
make a list of groups
he would like to
contact - members of
the committee can sign
up to assist with
interview
Kim Kranc to contact
Shawna Mutton
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Thursday, September 7, 2006
7:00 pm - Main Committee Room
All Committee Members are asked to confirm their
attendance!
A.d" ol.lrnrnent
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm
For information purposes only, a copy of the draft Survey Proposal and Survey Outline is attached.
Copy: Chief Administrative Officer
City Clerk
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