December 3, 2020 Women's Advisory Committee (Special)

Agenda

A dial-in or live broadcast of this meeting is not available. In accordance with the July 29, 2020 direction of the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing under section 14 of the Emergency Management Act, this meeting is being held virtually. Draft minutes of this meeting will be made available on halifax.ca within three business days.

1. CALL TO ORDER

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – November 5, 2020

3. APPROVAL OF THE ORDER OF BUSINESS 

4. CALL FOR DECLARATION OF CONFLICT OF INTERESTS

5. CORRESPONDENCE, PETITIONS & DELEGATIONS
5.1 Correspondence
5.1.1 Miia Suokonautio, YWCA Halifax 

5.2 Petitions
5.3 Presentation – None 

6. REPORTS/DISCUSSION
6.1 STAFF
6.1.1 Overview of UN Safe Cities Safe Public Spaces for Women and Girls Programme’s Draft Scoping Study – Amy Siciliano, Public Safety Advisory and Brandy Whitford, Community Safety Intern, Office of Public Safety 

- Presentation[PDF]
6.1.2 Update on International Women’s Day March 16, 2021 – Caroline Hemstock, Diversity and Inclusion Advisor [PDF]
6.1.3 Overview of HRM Media Policy – Krista Vining, Legislative Assistant 

6.2 COMMITTEE 
6.2.1 Work Plan Session 
6.2.2 Christine Qin Yang: Section 14 Membership, Women’s Advisory Committee Terms of Reference [PDF]
Motion: 
That the Women’s Advisory Committee recommend that the Executive Standing Committee recommend that Halifax Regional Council request staff report with respect to amendments to Administrative Order Number 2019-004-GOV Respecting the Women’s Advisory Committee in the Halifax Regional Municipality, to include women from racialized communities as part of the Committee complement.

7. DATE OF NEXT MEETING – January 7, 2021

8. ADJOURNMENT    

INFORMATION ITEMS 

1. HRM’s Employment Equity Policy

2. “Home for Good- Centering Women’s Voices”: Advancing Women's Housing Through Systems Change: A collaborative project from Alice House, Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland NS, The Marguerite Centre and YWCA Halifax

3. “A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada:” YWCA Canada and Gender and the Economy

4. https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/gba-acs/course-cours-en.html: GBA+ course of the Status of Women Canada

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Haruka Aoyama, Legislative Assistant, at AoyamaHa@halifax.ca or 902-490-6517