Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee

Meeting #:
Date:
Time:
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Location:
Council Chambers, Civic Centre, 2nd Floor
300 City Centre Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, L5B 3C1
and Online Video Conference
Members
  • Alvin Tedjo
  • Dipika Damerla
  • Martin Reid
  • Abdul Qayyum Mufti
  • Emi Roni
  • Joann De Murrell
  • Michelle Eze
  • Nicole Rye
  • Pamela Gunn
  • Samuel Cooper
  • Seshagiri Pingali
  • Sonia Ojha
  • Tony Oseivhi

To Request to Speak on Agenda Items - Advance registration is required to make a Deputation please
email Michelle Sanstra, Legislative Coordinator at michelle.sanstra@mississauga.ca or call 905-615-3200
ext. 5411 no later than Monday, September 11, 2023 before 4 PM.

Questions for Public Question Period - Questions for Public Question Period should be provided to the
Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into the public record.

Please note the Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee will be streamed and a video will be posted afterwards.

Contact
Michelle Sanstra, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Services
905-615-3200 ext. 5411
Email: michelle.sanstra@mississauga.ca
Find it Online
http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/councilcommittees

1.
CALL TO ORDER

 

2.
INDIGENOUS LAND STATEMENT

 

“We acknowledge the lands which constitute the present-day City of Mississauga as being part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, The Haudenosaunee Confederacy the Huron-Wendat and Wyandotte Nations. We recognize these peoples and their ancestors as peoples who inhabited these lands since time immemorial. The City of Mississauga is home to many global Indigenous Peoples.


As a municipality, the City of Mississauga is actively working towards reconciliation by confronting our past and our present, providing space for Indigenous peoples within their territory, to recognize and uphold their Treaty Rights and to support Indigenous Peoples. We formally recognize the Anishinaabe origins of our name and continue to make Mississauga a safe space for all Indigenous peoples.”

3.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA

 

4.
DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST

 

5.
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING

 

6.
DEPUTATIONS

 

Each Deputation to Committee is limited to speaking not more than 10 minutes.


Pursuant to Section 57.1 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:


Deputations shall be received and the matter shall be referred to staff for a report, unless there is a resolution or recommendation passed to “receive” the Deputation. After a Deputation is completed, Members shall each have one opportunity to make a preamble statement and ask questions to the Deputant(s) or staff for clarification purposes only, and
without debate.


Any member of the public interested in making a deputation to an item listed on the agenda
must register by calling 905-615-3200 ext. 5411 or by emailing
michelle.sanstra@mississauga.ca by September 11, 2023 before 4:00 PM

7.
PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 

 

Public Comments: Advance registration is required to participate and/or to make comments in the virtual public meeting. Any member of the public interested in speaking to an item listed on the agenda must register by calling 905-615-3200 ext. 5411 or by emailing michelle.sanstra@mississauga.ca by Monday, September 11, 2023 before 4:00 PM.


Pursuant to Section 58 of the Council Procedure By-law 0044-2022, as amended:


Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee may grant permission to a member of the public to ask a question of Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee, with the following provisions:


1. Questions may be submitted to the Clerk at least 24 hours prior to the meeting;


2.  A person is limited to two (2) questions and must pertain specific item on the
     current agenda and the speaker will state which item the question is related to;


3. The total public speaking time is fifteen (15) minutes maximum and shall not be
    extended by the Chair; and


4. Any response not provided at the meeting will be provided in the format of a written
    response

8.
CONSENT AGENDA

 

9.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

 

10.
INFORMATION ITEMS

 

11.
OTHER BUSINESS

 

12.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING

 

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 at 6:30 PM


Council Chambers, Civic Centre


and Online Video Conference

13.
ADJOURNMENT

 
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