Report of the Equal Opportunities Committee

Equal Opportunities Committee
Report of the Equal Opportunities Committee
December 2014

Bob Carpenter

The Committee met on November 18 (Bob Carpenter, Madonna Gardiner, Jennifer Phillips) to review applications and select representatives of the five equity groups to sit on the EO Committee, Aboriginal Persons, Persons with Disabilities, Women, GLBT, and Racially Visible.

The Committee revised the marking format to be used to grade the applications. 

The Committee made the following recommendation:

Aboriginal Peoples
Emma Bertamini; 1st Alternate - Craig Wood.

Persons with Disabilities
Gesine Campbell; 1st Alternate - Debbie Willet.

Women
Cheryl Seymour; 1st Alternate -  Nancy Johnson; 2nd Alternate - Nadja Septier.

GLBT
Mary Ellen Lucier; 1st Alternate - Iain MacFarlane; 2nd Alternate - Melanee Jessup.

Racially Visible
Ahmed Kayka; 1st Alterrnate - Hakam Bhaloo; 2nd Alternate - Chris Lansdell.

The next item the Committee discussed was a new logo for the EO committee, keeping in line with the new UTE website that is being created.

On November 19 the Committee continued discussion on the new EO logo. It then sent suggestions to Susan Duncan, who is liaising with the company designing the new website and committee logos.

The last item the Committee discussed were possible dates for regional conferences and a date for the National EO Conference. These dates will be discussed on December 15, when the EO Chair will meet with the National President and Chair of the Health and Safety Committee.

The Committee also proposed dates in January 2015 for a meeting of the new committee.

Respectfully submitted,

Bob Carpenter
Chair of the Committee