Minutes 25

Procès verbal 25

Monday, 20 November 2006, 6:00 p.m.

Le lundi 20 novembre 2006, 18 h

Honeywell Room, 110 Laurier Avenue West

Salle Honeywell, 110, avenue Laurier Ouest

Present / Présents : Mr. Essam Hamed (Chair/Président), Mr. Awad Loubani (Vice-Chair/Vice-Président), Mr. Dave Abbey, Ms. Jarmila Dokladalova, Ms. Rhonda Fernandes, Mr. Amyn Keshavjee, Mr. Jean Sibert Lapolice, Ms. Lenore Rayner, Mr. Ravi Shankar, Dr. Bakhshish S. Samagh, Mr. William Xie,

Regrets / Excuses : Dr. Monjur Chowdhury, Mr. Baljinder Gill, Mr. Daljit Nirman

Others / Autres : Ms. Lois Emburg, Program Manager, Human Rights & Employment Equity

Mr. Abdurahman Salman, Assistant to Councillor Feltmate

PRAYER / MINUTE OF SILENCE

PRIÈRE / MOMENT DE SILENCE

A minute of silence was taken for Dr. Mukhtar Malik who passed away after losing his battle to cancer.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
DÉCLARATIONS D’INTÉRÊT

No declarations of interest were received.

Confirmation of minutes

ratification des procÈs-verbaux

Minutes 25 of 15 October 2006 Equity and Diversity Advisory Committee meeting were approved, as amended.

That the following action be included under Item 1 - IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIM EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACTION PLAN – UPDATE:

· Action 3: Ms. Emburg to respond to Ms. Wardle without touching on the confidentiality of the issue at hand.

Ms. Emburg requested that EDAC send her a specific request so the Human Rights and Employment Equity Division can respond.

ACTION items

EXÉCUTION

1. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERIM EMPLOYMENT EQUITY ACTION PLAN - UPDATE

MISE EN OEUVRE DU PLAN D’ACTION PROVISOIRE SUR L’ÉQUITÉ EN MATIÈRE D’EMPLOI – MISE À JOUR

Ms. Emburg distributed a summary of the new hires for provincially-regulated employees for the period 1 April to 30 September 2006. Also attached was a summary of the survey that was conducted with Canadian municipalities regarding the status of their Equity and Diversity Programs.

In response to questions relating to the designated groups in other cities and the types of positions that were targeted for the survey, Ms. Emburg explained that although Ottawa has the same four designated groups as other cities, the GLBTQ group is exceptional in Ottawa.

Action 1: Ms. Emburg to circulate a copy of the new survey form to EDAC.

Action 2: Ms. Emburg to provide quarterly reports on the status of the Employment Equity Initiatives in January, April, June and September 2007.

2. ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS 2007 RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND SELECTION PANEL APPOINTMENTS

COMITÉS CONSULTATIFS ET CONSEILS – PROCESSUS DE RECRUTEMENT ET NOMINATION DES JURYS DE SÉLECTION POUR 2007

Chair Hamed and Vice-Chair Loubani will participate in the 2007 Selection Panel. Members were encouraged to participate in the open houses scheduled in January 2007.

3. DECEMBER AND JANUARY MEETING SCHEDULE – FOR APPROVAL

CALENDRIER DES RÉUNIONS DE DÉCEMBRE ET JANVIER - APPROBATION

The Committee agreed to cancel the December meeting and have a potluck at Vice-Chair Loubani’s home.

The next regular scheduled meeting is 15 January 2007.

Action: Coordinator to send cancellation notice to appropriate staff.

4. EDAC’S OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON

PORTE-PAROLE OFFICIEL DU CCÉD

Chair Hamed explained that EDAC would need an official spokesperson to speak to the press and public. Some members agreed that the appointed Chair and Vice-Chair of the Committee should be the primary spokespersons. Members Dokladalova, Fernandez and Shankar offered to be back-ups to the Chair and Vice-Chair.

INFORMATION

5. SUB-COMMITTEES – UPDATE

SOUS-COMITÉS - MISE À JOUR

City Housing Strategy / Stratégie du logement de la Ville d’Ottawa

Member Rayner informed the Committee that she would send a report electronically to the Committee prior to the next meeting.

Action: Member Rayner to forward electronic report prior to the January meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

LEVÉE DE LA SÉANCE

The meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Essam Hamed Carole Langford

Chair Coordinator