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Diversity & Inclusion Declaration
Presented by: Cindy de Bruijn, Manager
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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That “St. Albert’s Declaration to be a Welcoming & Inclusive Community” provided as an attachment to the June 11, 2018 report entitled “Diversity and Inclusion Declaration” be approved.
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PURPOSE OF REPORT
The purpose of creating such a Declaration is to publicly identify the City of St. Albert’s intention to enhance its capacity for social, cultural, and economic excellence due to the diversity of the community and inclusivity of all residents.
COUNCIL DIRECTION
On November 6th, 2017 Council passed the following motion:
(AR-17-426)
That the "St. Albert: A Welcoming & Inclusive Community Declaration", provided as an attachment to the November 6, 2017 agenda report entitled "Diversity and Inclusion Declaration" be received as information and be brought back to Council Q2 2018 and any Council feedback be forwarded to Administration by March 1, 2018.
CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The initial draft received valuable feedback and as such, the revised Declaration aims to be brief, in plain language, acknowledge the traditional territory of the First Nations and Metis peoples in this area, and does not attempt to identify who marginalized residents might include in order to avoid the possibility that someone might be overlooked.
If supported, Administration would work to develop an implementation plan for the communication of the declaration.
STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS OR ENGAGEMENT
After the initial draft was shared with Council, feedback was received both from members of Council and residents. Resident feedback was received either through a member of Council or through the Social Master Plan annual engagement session.
Furthermore, both the Director and Manager of Community & Social Development (CSD) met with Councillor Joly directly, as she had received a significant amount of feedback. CSD staff ...
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