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HUMAN RIGHTS AND DIVERSITY COMMITTEE

JUNE 17, 2022 - Delta Hotel Winnipeg, St Vital Room

 

Regrets: Mary, Carlos and Manny (Emmanuel)


 

SCHEDULE

 

9:30 CT: Set-up, arrival, and coffee

10:00 CT: Open meeting

10:30 CT: Presentation by Richard Gaboton

12:00 CT: Lunch break

13:00 CT: Presentation by Sadichchha Pokharel

14:30 CT: Coffee break

14:45 CT: Resume meeting

16:00 CT: Close meeting


 

Item

Description

Animator

Time

1.

Words of welcome and roundtable

Chair

20 mins

2.

Approval of minutes from May 21 meeting

 
  • The working document of meeting minutes was approved as presented.

Chair

15 mins

3.

Equity caucus recruitment plan

 
  • To be held quarterly.
     
  • Set up caucus inboxes: indigenouscaucus@pipsc.ca
     
  •  Richard Gaboton invited members to facilitate land acknowledgement training. This is a 4-week commitment, with 2-3 hours per week of work required.
     
  1. Email invitation
     
  • To be drafted by Malcolm
     
  • Greg suggested July for the email to be sent out.
     
  1. Registration form
     
  2. Selection process
  • One member per region.
     
  • If nobody applies, we will send out another call for application and work from here. Maybe the Board of Directors could help if this happens.

Chair

30 mins

4.

HRDC action plan
 

  1. Present and agree upon goals as per conversations at May 21 meeting.
     
  • Goals have been reviewed by members and friends of the Committee (mentioned below in this document).
     
  1. Calendar of HRDC meetings
     
  2. Calendar of equity caucus meetings
     
  • PIPSC is providing funding to all regions for Pride to organize festivities.
     
  1. AGM participation on November 17
 
  • The committee decided by consensus that we should try and get a table at the next AGM. We should work on a postcard.
     
  • November 17: HRDC meeting to be held in Montreal, in a hybrid fashion.

Chair

60 mins

5.

Review committee goals for the year.
 

  • Ways to promote the issues the equity caucuses bring up.
     
  • The idea of holding open meetings for the caucuses was floated.
     
  • Orange Shirt Day Pin September 30th.
     
  • The process for pamphlets needs to be processed soon.
     

Chair

45 mins

6.

Presentations

  1. Richard Gaboton, PIPSC Education Officer, will introduce committee members to the Turtle Island course.
     
  2. Sadichchha Pokharel, PIPSC Research Officer, will introduce committee members to PIPSC’s Women in Science project.
 
  • WiS include: Learning Labs, Workshop, Speaker series, publications and Member-Ied EDI microprojects.
     
  • Microprojects include: Modernizing parental leave policies, gender inclusive bathrooms, gender equity in science discussion groups, gender bias in research funding, GBA and hiring process.

Richard and Sadi

45 mins

7.

Roundtable and closing

Chair

20 mins


 

HRDC ACTION PLAN

 

Goals:

  1. Establish caucuses
  2. Hold at least one meeting with each of the six equity caucuses with at least 3 volunteers
  3. Support the equity caucuses in identifying issues of important for public service professionals within their equity-seeking group
  4. Identify ways to present human rights and diversity issues, as identified by HRDC and the caucuses, to the broader PIPSC membership and Board of directors
  5. Support the implementation of the truth and reconciliation commission’s recommendation #57 targeting skill-based training for public service employees.


 

Timeline

 

MAY 2022

  • Hold virtual committee meeting (#1)

 

JUNE 2022

  • Winnipeg in-person meeting #2
  • Attend Indigenous Day Live
  • Prepare web post, email, and form for caucus recruitment
  • Determine selection process for caucus recruitment

 

JULY 2022

  • Caucus recruitment invitations sent

 

AUGUST 2022

 

  • Caucus member selection is completed
  • Caucus meetings begin


 

SEPTEMBER 2022

 

  • #3 HRD Committee meeting in Ottawa
  • Doodle poll - Sept 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19 (9am-4pm)


 

OCTOBER 2022

 

  • Reminder to HRD Committee members to re-apply if interested in continuing


 

NOVEMBER 2022

  • PIPSC AGM in Montréal (Nov 18-19, 2022)
  • #4 HRD Committee meeting Nov 17th in Montreal

 

DECEMBER 2022

 

  • Caucus planning for 2023
  • #5 HRD Committee meeting in Ottawa
  • Doodle poll - Dec 2, 3, 5, 9, 10, 12 (9am-4pm)


 

Action Item from this meeting:

 

  1. Malcolm to draft an email invitation.
  2. Malcolm to set up caucus inboxes: indigenouscaucus@pipsc.ca
  3. Malcolm to collect names of interested committee members and send an email to share the information about the land acknowledgement training, and add the link to the folder.
  4. Manny to explore opportunities for additional funding.
  5. Malcolm to find out if HRDC members can be observers at the AGM. However, observers participate at their own cost. 
  6. Marielle/Malcolm to create a Doodle for next meeting: Option are September 9, 10, 12, 16, 17, 19 
  7. Malcolm to add Sadi’s presentation to the Shared Drive.
  8. Malcolm to inquire if HRDC can hold one of their in-person meetings in Toronto instead of Ottawa.
  9. Greg to follow up with Manny about caucus member selection.
  10. Tanya, Malcolm and Greg to draft a postcard to include with distribution of the lapel pins..
  11. Greg to send information to his supplier for lapel pins.
  12. Malcolm to share pride season action plan with HRDC members.
  13. Malcolm to share the mural buckets on the shared drive.
  14. Marielle to verify if the HRDC distribution list is populated with the correct members.
Published on 10 February 2023