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
  • Co-Chair and Councillor Dipika Damerla
  • Co-Chair and Councillor Martin Reid
  • Councillor Alvin Tedjo
  • Abdul Qayyum Mufti
  • Emi Roni
  • Joann De Murrell
  • Michelle Eze
  • Nicole Rye
  • Pamela Gunn
  • Samuel Cooper
  • Shari Stoch
  • Sonia Ojha
  • Tony Oseivhi
  • Citizen Member (VACANT)

To Request to Speak on Agenda Items - Advance registration is required. To make a Deputation, please email Eglantina Bacaj-Gondia, Legislative Coordinator at [email protected] or call 905-615-3200 ext. 5378 no later than September 16, 2025 before 12:00 PM. 

Questions for Public Question Period - To pre-register for Public Question Period, questions may be provided to the Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Following the preregistered questions, if time permits, the public may be given the opportunity to ask a question on an agenda item. Virtual participants must pre-register. Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into the public record.

Virtual Participation - All meetings of Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee are streamed live and archived at Mississauga.ca/videos. To speak during the virtual meeting or if you do not have access to the internet, contact the Legislative Coordinator and you will be provided with directions on how to participate. Comments submitted will be considered as public information and entered into the public record.

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

Contact

Eglantina Bacaj-Gondia, Legislative Coordinator, Legislative Services

905-615-3200 ext. 5378 | Email: [email protected] 

Find it Online

https://mississauga.ca/council/committees/combating-racism-discrimination-and-hatred-advisory-committee/

 

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.
PRESENTATIONS - Nil

 

7.
DEPUTATIONS

 

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. 5378 or by emailing [email protected] by September 16, 2025 before 12:00 PM. 


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.

8.
PUBLIC QUESTION PERIOD - 15 Minute Limit 

 

Public Comments: Members of the Public that have a question about an item listed on the agenda may pre-register by contacting the Legislative Coordinator at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Following the registered speakers, if time permits, the Chair will acknowledge members of the public who wish to ask a question about an item listed on the agenda. Virtual participants must pre-register. 


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 speaking time shall be five (5) minutes maximum, per speaker, unless extended by the Chair; and
  4. Any response not provided at the meeting will be provided in the format of a written response.

9.
CONSENT AGENDA

 

10.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

 

11.
INFORMATION ITEMS

 

11.1
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Progress Report 2024

This item has attachments. 
1.Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Progress Report 2024 - 0312-2025.pdf
2.EDI 2024 Progress Report FINAL Accessible.pdf

This item was adopted at Council on June 25, 2025 and direction was provided for the item to be brought to Combating Racism, Discrimination and Hatred Advisory Committee for information.

12.
OTHER BUSINESS

 

13.
DATE OF NEXT MEETING - November 12, 2025

 

14.
ADJOURNMENT

 
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