Current Developments
Building a New Canada: Meeting the Civic Challenges of Social Inclusion
Final Program
- Date:
- November 27 and 28, 2005
- Location:
- Holiday Inn Plaza la Chaudiere, Gatineau, Quebec
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2005
- 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
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Registration
- 6:30 – 6:45
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Welcome and Introductions
- Moderator: Dr. Joey Edwardh, Inclusive Cities Canada (ICC) National Co-Chair; Executive Director, Community Development Halton
- 6:45 – 7:30
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Meeting the Civic Challenges of Social Inclusion: Cross-Canada Findings and Priorities
- Christa Freiler, ICC National Coordinator
- Marvyn Novick, ICC Policy and Research Consultant; Professor of Social Policy, Ryerson University
- 7:30 - 9:00
Theme Panel 1: Make Civic Democracy Work
- Mayor Rob MacIsaac, Burlington; Civic Panel Co-Chair
- Councillor Pam McConnell, Toronto; Civic Panel Co-Chair
- Councillor Janice Melnychuk, Edmonton; Civic Panel Co-Chair
- Mayor Barbara Sharp, North Vancouver; Civic Panel Co-Chair
- Councillor Carl White, Saint John; Civic Panel Co-Chair
- Moderator: Peter Clutterbuck, ICC Research Consultant
- 9:00
- Reception
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28
- 8:00 - 8:45 a.m.
- Continental Breakfast
- 8:45 - 9:30
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The Social Dimensions of the New Deal for Cities and Communities
- The Hon. John Godfrey, Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities)
- Moderator: Mayor Barbara Sharp, City of North Vancouver
- 9:30 - 10:45
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Theme Panel 2: Affirm Urban Diversity
- Lewis Cardinal, Edmonton Civic Panel Co-Chair; Steering Committee; Edmonton Urban Aboriginal Accord Initiative
- Tam Goossen, Toronto Civic Panel; President, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
- Suzanne Muir, Burlington Civic Panel; Diversity Coordinator, Halton District School Board
- Ken Pike, Saint John Civic Panel ; Executive Director, Fundy Association for Community Living
- Ellen Woodsworth, Vancouver Civic Panel; Vancouver City Councillor
- Moderator: Amanuel Melles, Toronto Civic Panel Co-Chair; Director, Organizational Capacity Building, United Way of Greater Toronto
- 10:45 – 11:00
- Break
- 11:00 - 11:30
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What is the role of the federal government in building inclusive cities and communities?
- David Christopherson, NDP Critic for Labour, Steel Policy, Cities and Infrastructure
- Moderator: Walter Mulkewich, Former Mayor of Burlington, President, Performing Arts Burlington; Burlington Civic Panel
- 11:30 – 12:45
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Theme Panel 3: Reduce disparities in living conditions
- Leticia Adair, Saint John Civic Panel; Executive Director, Immigrant and Refugee Support Centre
- Nathan Cardinal, Researcher, Centre for Native Policy and Research, Vancouver
- Helen Ferguson, Burlington Civic Panel; Elderly Service Advisory Committee
- Faduma Mohamed, Toronto Civic Panel; Labour Community Services
- Phil O’Hara, Research and Policy Analysis Coordinator, Edmonton Social Planning Council
- Moderator: Joey Edwardh
- 12:45 – 1:45 p.m
- Lunch
- 1:45 – 3:15
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Theme Panel 4: Invest in social infrastructure
- Dr. Anne Golden, President and CEO, Conference Board of Canada
- Michael Bach, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Association for Community Living
- Tania Best, Chair, Advocacy and Policy Committee, National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada
- Moderator: Pam McConnell, , Toronto City Councillor; Board member, Federation of Canadian Municipalities
- 3:15 – 3:30
- Break
- 3:30 – 4:45
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Theme Panel 4: Invest in social infrastructure
- Jane Barry, Saint John Civic Panel; Executive Director, Greater Saint John Community Foundation
- John Campey, Executive Director, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto
- Walter Mulkewich, Burlington Civic Panel; Chair, Performing Arts Burlington
- Don Rutherford, Vancouver Civic Panel; Executive Director, North Shore Neighbourhood House
- Rob Smyth, Manager of Strategic Services, Community Services, City of Edmonton
- Moderator: Randall Hatfield, Executive Director, Saint John Human Development Council
- 4:45 – 5:00
- Concluding comments
