9TH REPORT OF THE
LONDON
DIVERSITY AND RACE RELATIONS
Advisory
Committee
meeting held on September
15, 2016, commencing at 12:10 PM, in Committee Room #4, Second Floor, London
City Hall.
PRESENT: S. Lewkowitz (Chair), A. Hamza, Z.
Hashami, L. Hernadez, R. Hussain, S. Morrison, L. Osbourne, A. Sanchez and I.
Silver and J. Martin (Secretary).
ABSENT: C. Callander and F. Cassar.
ALSO PRESENT: T. Allott, F.
Andrighetti, C. Camillo, M. Goodfellow, K. Husain, S. Khan, A. Prince, T.
Tomchick-Condon and T. Wall.
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That it BE NOTED that no pecuniary
interests were disclosed.
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That it BE NOTED that the meeting was
opened with an Acknowledgement of Indigenous Lands by S. Lewkowitz.
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That it BE NOTED that Vinod Varapravan shared
a teaching.
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That it BE NOTED that the London Diversity
and Race Relations Advisory Committee received a verbal update from S.
Lewkowitz, on behalf of the Policy and Planning Sub-Committee with respect to
the proposed committee name change.
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That it BE NOTED that the London Diversity
and Race Relations Advisory Committee received the minutes of the Awards and
Recognition Sub-Committee, from its meetings held on August 8, 2016 and
September 12, 2016, respectively.
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That it BE NOTED that the London Diversity
and Race Relations Advisory Committee received a verbal update from S.
Morrison, on behalf of the Education Sub-Committee, with respect to the
Community Forum on Racism.
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That it BE NOTED that the London Diversity
and Race Relations Advisory Committee received the 8th Report of the London
Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee, from its meeting held on August
18, 2016.
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That it BE NOTED
that the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee received the
Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on August 30, 2016, with respect
to a draft coloured crosswalk policy.
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That it BE NOTED
that the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee received the
Municipal Council resolution, from its meeting held on August 30, 2016, with
respect to the 7th Report of the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory
Committee.
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That it BE NOTED
that the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee received a
communication from M. Goodfellow with respect to her resignation from the
London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee.
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That the following
actions be taken with respect to the Pay Equity Report being developed by
Civic Administration:
a)
the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to attend a future meeting of the London Diversity
and Race Relations Advisory Committee (LDRRAC) to provide a presentation and
hold a discussion with respect to the process and practices that will be included
in the pay equity report;
b)
the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to investigate and report with respect to the
intersectionality of race to gender, in pay equity; and,
c)
the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to include the LDRRAC in the development of
the Pay Equity Report and provide the draft report to the LDRRAC prior to
submission to the Corporate Services Committee (and Municipal Council);
it being noted that
the LDRRAC has a significant number of people available to assist and support
the development of the above-noted report.
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The meeting adjourned at 1:27 PM.
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NEXT MEETING DATE: October
20, 2016