Chair: Councillor Nakagawa

Meetings: At least every two months or at the call of the chair.

Mandate: The role of the Reconciliation, Social Inclusion and Engagement Task Force is to review and provide recommendations and strategic advice to City Council on:

• Establishing and maintaining mutually respectful relationships between the City and local First Nations and Indigenous peoples;
• Supporting existing and proposing new initiatives to further the City’s reconciliation of its past relationships with Indigenous peoples;
• Raising awareness of the harm that has been inflicted on Indigenous peoples as a result of Canada’s historic relationships with them;
• Raising awareness about the importance of social equity and inclusion;
• Identifying and addressing discriminatory and exclusionary City policies and practices;
• Supporting existing, and proposing new, initiatives to facilitate social equity and inclusion;
• Reviewing and updating the City’s Engagement Strategy;
• Developing new engagement tools and guidelines for staff;
• Establishing approaches for collecting demographic information from engagement participants;
• Implementing approaches for reaching and including residents and groups who do not typically participate in City engagement processes;
• Reviewing and updating related plans and policies.

For more information on the Task Force, please see the Terms of Reference

Contact:  I 604-636-4487

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