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Page 1 CORP0228—2/02 Minutes PICKERING ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RACE RELATIONS & EQUITY May 3, 2007 7:20 pm Main Committee Room Attendees: Councillor David Pickles – Chair Kirk Mark, Community
Appointee Adrian Rampersad, Dunbarton High School Constable Keith Richards, Durham Regional Police Services Mariyah Gonzales, Dunbarton High School Philip Howard, Durham District School
Board Marisa Carpino, City of Pickering Linda Roberts, Recording Secretary Regrets: Tanya Malika Foster, Community Appointee Sethu Madhavan, Community Appointee Fred Gibson, Pickering
Carib Canadian Cultural Association Joanne Guindon, Durham District Catholic School Board Cathy Grant, Pickering Public Library Margaret Lazarus, Valley Farm Public School Ansar Siddiqui,
Pine Ridge Secondary School Sharon Singh, Pine Ridge Secondary School Siobhan Saravanamuttu, Dunbarton High School Item /Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion)
Action Items /Status (include deadline as appropriate) 1. Welcome & Introductions Councillor Pickles welcomed everyone and introductions were made. 2. Review & Approval of Agenda Marisa
reviewed items from the previous meeting. 3. Approval of Minutes & Business Arising Marisa went over the business arising from the April 5th minutes.
Page 2 CORP0228—2/02 Item /Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items /Status (include deadline as appropriate) Mariyah relayed the events of the day
from the Annual Cultural Show which was hosted by the Dunbarton High School. Attendance was good the night of the event, with over $1,000.00 being raised for the orphanage in Africa.
Marisa congratulated the school for a well run event. Councillor Pickles handed out a draft letter which will go out to all the Race Relations contacts to invite them out to our meetings.
He asked for comments/feedback on this letter. Minutes from the April 5, 2007 meeting were approved. Mariyah to bring photos to next meeting 4. Annual Workplan Marisa went over the workplan.
She explained this is an annual workplan, and we would like to try to finalize this at our next meeting. She noted that some of the items have already been achieved, Heritage Day and
the writing contest. She indicated the Multi Faith Holiday Celebration is a more recent addition to the workplan. Councillor Pickles recommended we coordinate with other race relations
advisory committees, as well as other organizations outside the area. Discussion ensued with respect to the writing contest and the publishing of the essays. Points touched on: Objective
would be to have some printed this year School board could purchase at cost Use as a marketing tool to get businesses to support this event in the future Start with the winners from
the last three years We need to showcase it, make it stand out over everything else Must look marketable Need to go out to the schools to speak, possibly Councillor Pickles and Marisa
to go with a printed version of the program Potential sponsors must be cleared with the school boards Draft a sample for next meeting Philip Howard, representative from the Durham District
School Board, indicated that the information needs to get back to the school boards after the awards. It could then be published in their newsletters to help promote the event. He stressed
the Councillor Pickles and Marisa to draft Marisa to forward excerpts from the winning entries with photos to Philip
Page 3 CORP0228—2/02 Item /Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items /Status (include deadline as appropriate) importance of receiving items for approval
at the start of the school year, as this is when decisions are made. Further discussion ensued on the types of entries for the contest and the publishing as well as the outline of the
booklet. Mariyah questioned whether these could go into the “My Ontario” book. Survey A draft of the proposed survey was passed around. Councillor Pickles briefly outlined the contents.
Discussion ensued and comments and suggestions were given. Councillor Pickles noted he would like to get the Community Survey out as soon as possible. The plan for now would be to send
it out for initial feedback by next week, and then again in the Fall to a larger group. Councillor Pickles indicated he would like to have final comments in by next week. He noted this
would be subject to changes, but would like to see it mailed out as soon as possible. It was felt the survey should reflect the opinions of the organization or group as a whole as opposed
to an individual. Marisa and Councillor Pickles to send out prior to next meeting 5. Canadian Tapestry Event Councillor Pickles discussed the June 9th Tapestry event at the Pickering
Museum Village. The last on-site meeting will take place this Saturday with the organizations involved. Marisa to follow up with Tanya and Sethu on their participation 6. Other Business
a) Canadian Commission for Unesco Councillor Pickles handed out material received from the Canadian Commission for Unesco, for discussion at the next meeting
Page 4 CORP0228—2/02 Item /Ref # Details & Discussion & Conclusion (summary of discussion) Action Items /Status (include deadline as appropriate) b) c) Lincoln M. Alexander Award Correspondence
received regarding the Lincoln Alexander Award nominations for 2007. Submission deadline is May 31, 2007. Nominations can be made individually or suggestions may be made to the Committee.
Councillor Pickles passed around a newspaper clipping from the Globe and Mail for the members to read for discussion at a future meeting. 7. Adjournment Adjournment: 9:15 pm Next Meeting
– June 7, 2007 7:00 pm