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That the following actions be taken with
respect to the 7th and 8th Reports of the London Diversity and Race Relations
Advisory Committee (LDRRAC) from its meetings held on August 20, 2015 and
September 17, 2015, respectively:
a) the
following actions be taken with respect to the Policy and Planning
Sub-Committee:
i)
the
Public Participation Meeting for the LDRRAC name change BE SCHEDULED for
October 2015, and BE HELD at a central location;
ii)
the
Policy and Planning Sub-Committee minutes from its meeting held on August 6,
2015, BE RECEIVED; and,
iii)
the attached London Diversity and Race Relations
Advisory Committee Work Plan – 2015, BE RECEIVED;
b) the
following actions be taken with respect to the Award and Recognition
Sub-Committee:
i) the
Civic Administration BE DIRECTED to bring forward a by-law to enact the attached
revised Council Policy 1(10), with respect to the “Diversity, Race Relations
and Inclusivity Award”;
ii) the
attached revised Diversity, Race Relations and Inclusivity
Award Nomination Form BE APPROVED; and,
iii) the
Awards and Recognition Sub-Committee minutes from its meeting held on August
10, 2015, BE RECEIVED;
c) the
communication, “In and Out, Diverging Perspectives on LGBT Inclusion in the
Workplace”, received from the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion, BE
FORWARDED to the office of the Fairness Commissioner, for review and with a
request for comment to the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory
Committee.
d) the
following actions be taken with respect to Police Street Check Practices:
i) clause
10 part a) of the 7th Report of the London Diversity and Race Relations
Advisory Committee (LDDRAC), having to do with police street check practices,
BE REFERRED to the Police Services Board for consideration during their
review of this matter; it being noted that 10a) reads as follows:
“a) the
London Police Services Board BE REQUESTED to consider the following with
respect to Police street check practices in the City of London:
i)
directing
the London Police Service to halt the current street check practice pending
the completion of the local and provincial street check practice review;
ii)
providing
statistics demonstrating to the LDRRAC how the current street check practice
assists as a crime-prevention, crime-solving tool;
iii)
publicly
posting street check statistics, in a timely fashion;
iv)
including
the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee in all future
public communications with respect to the street check practices; and,
v)
providing
a presentation with respect to the current street checks practices at a
future meeting of the LDRRAC”;
ii) a
representative of the Human Rights Commission, a “human rights” Lawyer and
the Ontario Ombudsman BE INVITED to submit information and or attend a future
meeting of the LDRRAC to provide additional information with respect to this
matter;
it being noted that
the LDRRAC is concerned with the practice of street checks and considers it
to be a form of racial discrimination; and,
e) clauses 1, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9 and 11
of the 7th Report, BE RECEIVED.
f) the
Civic Administration BE REQUESTED to consider the Advancing Equality and
Inclusion – A Guide for Municipalities (City for All Women Initiative,
Ottawa) in the preparation of the Community Diversity and Inclusion Strategy;
it being noted that consideration of this publication was deferred from the
August 20, 2015 London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee
meeting;
g) the
following actions BE CONSIDERED, in conjunction with work already underway by
the Civic Administration with respect to the final report of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC):
i)
providing
information to the London Diversity and Race Relations Advisory Committee
(LDRRAC), from the Civic Administration, with respect to the Civic
Administration’s review of the TRC “calls to action”;
ii)
developing
Indigenous cultural competency training for all municipal employees;
iii)
reviewing
and potentially endorsing the attached United Nations
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP); and,
iv)
developing
a prominent memorial in London, acknowledging the history of Canada’s
residential school system and its former students;
it
being noted that a verbal presentation was received from S. Morrison with
respect to this matter which is further detailed at
http://www.trc.ca/websites/trcinstitution/index.php?p=890
h) clause
10 of the 8th Report, BE REFERRED to the Mayor and the Advisory Panel on
Poverty for consideration; it being noted that clause 10 reads as follows:
“the
Mayor BE REQUESTED to consider expanding the membership of the Advisory Panel
on Poverty to include representatives of diverse populations that are
disproportionately impacted by poverty; it being noted that the LDRRAC
recognizes the value of the current membership of the Panel and supports the
initiative taken by the Panel on this important matter”; and,
i) clauses
1 to 6 and 9 of the 8th Report, BE RECEIVED.
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