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7 | The IFP -H alton H ills | T hursday,F ebruary 11,2021 theifp.ca Strategic Planning Session February 2021 3:30-5:00 PM Tuesday 23 Strategic Planning Session Join Us Join Halton Healthcare's Strategic Planning Session We are looking for your input to help refresh our Strategic Plan. Over the past few months our strategic planning partners at Optimus SBR have engaged with patients, families, residents of Oakville, Milton and Halton Hills and members of the Halton Healthcare team. Feedback from surveys, focus groups and one-on-one meetings has identified key themes and areas of focus. Now we'd like your feedback to make sure we are heading in the right direction. Please join Optimus SBR at our Virtual Strategic Planning Session on Tuesday, February 23, 3:30 - 5:00 pm. Event is open to everyone. To register visit www.eventbrite.ca and search 'Halton Healthcare Strategic Planning Session'. The Town of Halton Hills is joining a Canada- wide network to assist the municipality in combating racism and discrimination. Local councillors have approved a motion for Hal- ton Hills to become a mem- ber of the Coalition of In- clusive Municipalities. "Joining the coalition means joining the call to mobilize against racism and discrimination," said Mayor Rick Bonnette. The Town joins 82 mu- nicipal members across Canada that have pledged to work toward fulfilling the coalition's 10 commit- ments regarding human rights, diversity and public interest. "It's timely and fitting that the Town of Halton Hills has joined this net- work, recognizing that the municipality is taking steps to develop a diversity strategy; that we are work- ing with partner organiza- tions such as Halton Re- gion and the Halton Equity Diversity Roundtable, as well as supporting local in- terest organizations," said Bonnette. "There is no one solution nor one body that can combat issues of rac- ism and discrimination." The coalition's 10 com- mitments are: 1. Increasing vigilance against systemic and indi- vidual discrimination. 2. Monitoring discrimi- nation in the municipality and taking action to ad- dress it. 3. Supporting individu- als who experience dis- crimination. 4. Providing police ser- vices that are exemplary institutions for fighting discrimination. 5. Providing equal op- portunities as a municipal employer, service provider and contractor. 6. Supporting measures that promote equity in the labour market. 7. Challenging discrimi- nation and promoting di- versity and equal opportu- nities in housing. 8. Involving citizens by giving them a voice in anti- racism initiatives and deci- sion-making. 9. Challenging discrimi- nation and promoting di- versity and equal opportu- nities in education and oth- er forms of learning. 10. Promoting the re- spect, knowledge and ap- preciation of cultural di- versity and the inclusion of Indigenous and racialized communities in the cultur- al fabric of the municipali- ty. For further details, visit www.ccunesco.ca and click on "Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities." TOWN JOINS INCLUSIVITY COALITION Mayor Rick Bonnette put the motion forth to join the Coalition of Inclusive Municipalities. Metroland file photo MELANIE HENNESSEY mhennessey@metroland.com NEWS