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Pickering Advisory Committee
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April 2, 2009
PI CKERI 7:10 PM
Main Committee Room
Attendees: Raymond George Facey, Community Appointee
Sethu Madhavan, Community Appointee
Devinder Kaur Panesar, Community Appointee
Tiera Dookhie, J. Clarke Richardson School
Becky George, Pickering Public Library
Fred Gibson, Pickering Carib Canadian Cultural Association
Emily Honsberger, Dunbarton High School
Philip Howard, Durham District School Board
Marisa Carpino, City of Pickering
Linda Roberts, Recording Secretary
Absent: Councillor David Pickles, Chair
Steve Holt, Community Appointee
Margaret Lazarus, Valley Farm Public School
Kirk Mark, Community Appointee
Sylvie Morel-Foster, Durham Catholic District School Board
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1.0 Welcome All
M. Carpino welcomed everyone to the meeting and introductions were
made around the table.
2.0 Review & Approval of Agenda & Minutes All
M. Carpino reviewed the action items on the agenda and the Committee
approved the March 5, 2009 minutes.
3.0 Final Review
3.1) 2009 Annual Workplan
M. Carpino reviewed the 2009 annual workplan with the Committee and
made note of any changes to be made.
3.2) 2008 Annual Report
M. Carpino reviewed the 2008 annual report with the Committee and made
note of any changes to be made. She also noted for the Outreach section
on page 5 of the report, please advise M. Carpino if a member has attended
an event in 2008 on behalf of the Advisory Committee. Please email the
information to M. Carpino no later than Monday, April 6, 2009 for inclusion in
the report.
It was the consensus of the Committee to have M. Lazarus and T. Dookhie
attend the Council meeting on April 20th to present the 2008 Annual Report
and 2009 Workplan on behalf of the Race Relations Committee.
4.0 Community Survey
M. Carpino explained the framework for the community survey and reviewed
the purpose of the survey. A detailed discussion ensued as each section of
the survey was reviewed. The following comments were noted:
• Add an executive summary at the top and incorporate some points
from the community profile section in this and also have a link to the
website for further information
• Executive summary to include purpose and incentive for the
organization to participate in the survey, should be an introductory
document
The Committee went on to review each question in the survey and made
suggestions for additions and deletions. It was the consensus of the
Committee to add Yes and No boxes to the document for ease of Marisa to
completion. M. Carpino will make revisions to the survey and provide a draft action
at a future meeting.
5.0 Event Review
5.1) IYOUlnity's Youth Leadership Diversity Camp
T. Dookhie provided the Committee with an overview of the Youth
Leadership Diversity Camp which was held March 16 - 17. She noted they
had 26 participants involved this year and stated they had handed out a
survey at the end of the camp. E. Honsberger reviewed with the Committee
some very positive feedback from this survey:
• Run the camp longer
• Staff was extremely friendly and helpful
• Enjoyed the games
• Guest speaker was very interesting
• Good lessons learned
• Excellent feedback from participants
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It was noted that 3 more participants were involved through [YOU]nity's
partnership with the Womens' Multicultural Resource Centre.
M. Carpino and B. George congratulated [YOU]nity on a good well done and
a very professionally run program.
M. Carpino requested pictures be forwarded to her for inclusion on the Tiera to
website as well as for the presentation to Council on April 20t". action
5.2) Race Relations Forum
M. Carpino provided the Committee with an overview of the Race Relations
Forum which was held on March 25t". She passed around a copy of the
program from the evening as well as pictures of the event. She noted
having the pictures of each entry displayed on the screen worked very well.
Once again, a very successful event.
6.0 Other Business
6.1) Proclamations
M. Carpino noted that the following proclamation requests had been
endorsed by Council:
• March 21, 2009 -International Day for the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination
• May, 2009 - Asian Heritage Month
6.2) YOU nit
E. Honsberger announced the [YOU]nity members were officially leaving for
the year. There will be one more meeting to decide who will carry on this
sub-committee in September.
Next Meeting: May 7, 2009 at 7pm in the Main Committee Room
Meeting Adjourned: 8:40 pm
Copy: City Clerk
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