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REQUEST FOR DECISION
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Council Policy on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)
Presented by: Laura Horton and Jenny Bourne, Human Resources & Safety, with representatives from NorQuest College Colbourne Institute for Inclusive Leadership.
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RECOMMENDED MOTION(S)
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1. That Standing Committee of the Whole recommend to Council that Policy C-HR-04 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility attached to the July 8, 2025 agenda report entitled "IDEA Council Policy" be approved.
2. That Standing Committee of the Whole recommend to Council that upon the approval of C-HR-04 Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility, Policy C-HR-04 Inclusive Hiring be rescinded.
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SUMMARY
In alignment with Council's Strategic Priority for Community Wellbeing and Council direction in the approved Postponed Motion PM-24-022, Norquest College's Colbourne Institute for Inclusive Leadership (CIIL) was engaged from September 2024 to July 2025 to assist Administration in developing an Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) Strategy. The Strategy is provided to SCOW for information and will serve to guide Administration's efforts over the next five years to gain maturity in IDEA practices, programs and policies with both internal and external impact.
Alongside the Strategy development, a Council Policy and an Administrative Directive have been prepared to support and strengthen the IDEA Strategy by outlining purpose, responsibilities and expectations. Administration recommends that Council approve the Council Policy in support of the City's commitments under the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action (2015) and to the City's Diversity and Inclusion Declaration (2020).
The IDEA Council Policy provides high level, guiding direction on how both Administration and Council will enact its IDEA commitments, actions and decision making. As such, the existing Inclusive Hiring Council Policy wo...
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