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PRESENTATION CONCERNING A SEMI-ANNUAL UPDATE FROM BARRIE ANTI-RACISM TASK FORCE
Esther Enyolu, Co-Chair, Donald Carty, Co-Chair, Brandon Wu, Cheryl Blondell-King, Hailey MacDonald, Masa Sone and Irfan Toor, members of the Barrie Anti-Racism Task provided a presentation concerning a semi-annual update on the Barrie Anti-Racism Task Force activites.
The members of the Barrie Anti-Racism Task Force discussed slides concerning the following topics:
• The commitment and mandate of the Barrie Anti-Racism Task Force;
• Methods to address and promote needs of the City’s racialized population;
• Messaging to raise awareness about racism and impacts of white privilege and dominance;
• Connecting the City’s diversity within institutions and safe spaces for dialogue;
• Transitioning to promote changes to address needs of the City’s racialized groups;
• Strengthening to establish social inclusion;
• The Task Force’s activities, initiatives and timelines;
• The preliminary research design to understand experiences of racialized people within employment sectors;
• A summary of the anti-racism project, the data collected, the approach and people involved; and
• The timeline and next steps for the project.
Members of Council asked several questions to the presenters and received responses.