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Pickering Advisory Committee on Race Relations & Equity
Thursday, May 7, 2009
7:00 pm
Main Committee Meeting Room
Attendees: Councillor David Pickles, Chair
Sethu Madhaven, Community Appointee
Kirk Mark, Community Appointee
Steve Holt, Community Appointee
Tiera Dookhie, J. Clarke Richardson School
Margaret Lazarus, Valley Farm Public School
Absent: Devinder Panesar, Community Appointee
Raymond Facey, Community Appointee
Emily Honsberger, Dunbarton High School
Becky George, Pickering Public Library
Philip Howard, Durham District School Board
Sylvie Morel-Foster, Durham Catholic District School Board
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Councillor Pickles welcomed attendees and introductions
were made.
M. Carpino reviewed action items of the April 2/09 minutes.
Councillor Pickles asked M. Carpino to send al letter with M. Carpino to action
event photo to special guests that attended the 2009 Race
Relations Forum.
Agenda for the May 7, 2009 meeting was apptoved with two
items added under Other Business. Kirk Mark requested
that the Ontario's new Equity and Inclusive Education
Strategy be added. Councillor Pickles requested that the
Winning Entries Booklet also be added.
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M. Carpino reviewed the revised Community Survey and
highlighted the recommended changes from the previous
meeting. Further changes were noted and will be made by
M. Carpino.
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M. Carpino will compile a list of 10 Pickering based cultural M. Carpino to action.
organizations and email to committee'membors for review
and comment. Once confirmed, M. Carping will send out
the Community Survey to the 10 Pickering based cultural
organizations in June 30/09 with a deadline to respond of
July 30/09.
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[YOU]nity will have another meeting before the end of the T. Dookhie to provide
school year to wrap things up. At that meeti6g, they will names and contact
confirm the new youth committee reps. that will attend the information to M.
September 2009 committee meeting. Carpino
T. Dookhie asked for funds for [YOU]nity's last get together. T. Dookhie to
Councillor Pickles and M. Carpino advised thot money could coordinate with M.
be provided for Pizza and Drinks at their final meeting. Carpino
M. Lazarus and T. Dookhie provided the committee with an
overview of the Council Presentation (of the committee's
2008 annual report) they conducted in April 2009.
M. Lazarus and T. Dookhie met before hand and split up the
information and spoke to their sections. The presentation
went very well and took the full 10 minutes.
Councillor Pickles thanked M. Lazaurus and T. Dookhie for
their participation in the resentation. Job W II Donel
K. Mark advised that, in April 2009, Ontario's inister of
Education launched Ontario's new Equity & Inclusive
Education Strategy. The document can be found at
www.edu. gov.on.ca. The strategy is to look at the principals
of equity and reducing the gaps in student achievement.
The plan of action commences September 2009 and includes
8 areas of focus. The strategies include all aroas from
employment practices, equity policies & curricolum
development. This new strategy will help the committee
when delivering our programs particularly the In Your Word &
Expressions Contest.
C. Pickles advised that he would like to look into binding the M. Carpino to action
winning entries of the In Your Word & Expressions Contest.
S. Holt recommended that we produce an a book. K. Mark
indicated that schools would still like a hard copy. M.
Carpino to investigate the possibility of creating an a book
and rintin a cerlox bound copy. I
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One hard copy would be provided to every s hoot in the
Durham region. The inside cover of the boob will include the
names of all schools that have participated in the contest to
date.
C. Pickles asked M. Carpino to check:
a. if he can see sponsors to public the books M. Carpino to check
b. if schools will accept books with sponsors listed with Debi Wilcox
(perhaps certain sponsors are restricted). M. Carpino to check
with school board reps.
S. Madhavan asked if the committee will be replacing the
Tapestry Event with a Cultural Festival in the City's
downtown area this year. The committee would like to
consider this type of activity, parade followedjby festival, in
2010. Committee will discuss location, activilties and cost
this year to begin the process. This could be a good activity
to start in 2010 and role into Pickering's Bi-Centennial in
2011.
Meeting Adjourned: 8:45 pm
Copy: City Clerk
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