EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES REGIONAL CONFERENCE 2015
“AWAKENING OUR ACTIVISM”
AGENDA
VANCOUVER
November 19-21, 2015
THURSDAY - November 19, 2015
7:00 – 9:00 Registration (Hospitality Suite)
FRIDAY - November 20, 2015
8:00 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 10:00 Welcoming Remarks
10:00 – 10:30 Health Break
10:30 – 10:35 Vignette
10:35 – 11:45 Employment Equity Staffing
11:45 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 1:20 Vignette
1:20 – 2:30 Amendments to the “Public Service Labour Relations Act”
Ms. Seema Lamba, Public Service Alliance of Canada
2:30 – 3:00 Health Break
3:00 – 4:00 Human Rights in 2015
Ms. Judy Rebick, National Speakers Bureau
4:00 – 4:05 Vignette
4:00 – 5:00 Debriefing
SATURDAY, November 21, 2015
9:00 – 9:05 Vignette
9:05 – 10:00 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women
Ms. Stevie Cameron, National Speakers Bureau
10:00 – 10:30 Health Break
10:30 – 10:35 Vignette
10:35 – 11:45 The Muslim Community
Ms. Rukhsana Syed, Committee Member of the Toronto Police Service
Chief’s Muslim Consultative Committee
11:45 – 1:15 Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 Workshops
2:45 – 3:15 Health Break
3:15 – 3:20 Slacktivism (Video)
3:20 – 4:30 Sliding Scale of Activism
4: 30 – 5:00 Closing Remarks