Parliament of Canada

PARLIAMENT of CANADA

Standing Committee - Human Rights


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February 23, 2009
6:05 PM

  Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
March 2, 2009
6:35 PM

  Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
In Camera
March 23, 2009
6:35 PM

  • Cases of alleged discrimination in hiring/ promotion practices of Federal Public Service
    • Jane Badets, Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division (Statistics Canada)
    • Maria Barrados, President (Public Service Commission of Canada)
    • Geoff Bowlby, Director, Labour Statistics Division (Statistics Canada)
    • Tina Chui, Chief, Immigration and Ethno-cultural Analysis, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division (Statistics Canada)
    • Paula Green, Director General, Equity and Diversity (Public Service Commission of Canada)
    • Donald Lemaire, Senior Vice-President, Policy Branch (Public Service Commission of Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
March 30, 2009
6:30 PM

  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • Rémy M. Beauregard, President (Rights and Democracy)
    • Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Executive Director, Heritage (Canadian Heritage)
    • Leilani Farha, Executive Director (Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation)
    • Diane Fulford, Assistant Deputy Minister, Citizenship and Heritage (Canadian Heritage)
    • France-Isabelle Langlois, Assistant Director (Rights and Democracy)
    • Alex Neve, Secretary General (Amnesty International Canada)
    • John Sims, Deputy Minister (Department of Justice Canada)
Room 257, East Block Link to the notice of this meeting
April 20, 2009
6:34 PM

  • Cases of alleged discrimination in hiring/ promotion practices of Federal Public Service
    • Marcel Kabundi, Chair of the NCVM Committee at the Correctional Service of Canada (National Council of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (NCVM))
    • Waheed Khan, Member of the Visible Minority Advisory Committee at Environment Canada (National Council of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (NCVM))
    • Catherine Kizito, Chief Administrative Officer (National Council of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (NCVM))
    • Igho Natufe, President (National Council of Visible Minorities in the Federal Public Service (NCVM))
  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • Nancy Baroni, Program Director (Canadian Feminist Alliance for International Action (FAFIA))
    • Steve Estey, Chair, International Development Committee (Council of Canadians with Disabilities)
    • Bruce Porter, Executive Director (Social Rights Advocacy Centre)
    • Kathy Vandergrift, Chair (Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children)
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April 27, 2009
6:34 PM

  • Cases of alleged discrimination in hiring/ promotion practices of Federal Public Service
    • Michelle d'Auray, Chief Human Resources Officer (Treasury Board of Canada - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer)
    • Marc O'Sullivan, A/Senior Vice President, Workforce and Workplace Renewal (Treasury Board of Canada - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer)
  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • Ellen Gabriel, President (Quebec Native Women)
    • Beverley Jacobs, President (Native Women's Association of Canada)
    • Paul Joffe, Legal Counsel (Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee))
    • Jennifer Preston, Programme Coordinator, Aboriginal Affairs (Canadian Friends Service Committee (Quakers))
    • Romeo Saganash, Director, Quebec Relations and International Affairs (Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee))
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May 11, 2009
6:35 PM

  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • Gina Cosentino, Senior Advisor, Government Relations & International Affairs, National Chief's Office (Assembly of First Nations)
    • Wilton Littlechild, AFN Regional Chief (Treaties 6, 7, 8) (Assembly of First Nations)
  • Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act
    • John Farrell, Executive Director (Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communication (FETCO))
    • Ian Fine, Director General and Senior General Counsel, Dispute Resolution Branch (Canadian Human Rights Commission)
    • Fiona Keith, Counsel, Dispute Resolution Branch (Canadian Human Rights Commission)
    • David Olsen, Assistant General Counsel, Legal Affairs, Canada Post Corporation (Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communication (FETCO))
Room 160-S, Centre Block Link to the notice of this meeting
May 25, 2009
6:30 PM

  • Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act
    • Dan Danagher, Executive Director, Program Integrity, Labour Relations & Compensation Operations (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)
    • Patty Ducharme, National Vice-President (Public Service Alliance of Canada)
    • Geoffrey Grenville-Wood, General Counsel (Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada)
    • Milt Isaacs, President and Chair of the Board of Directors (Association of Canadian Financial Officers)
    • Hélène Laurendeau, Assistant Secretary, Labour Relations and Compensation Operations (Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat)
    • Daphne Taras, Professor of Labour Relations, Haskayne School of Business, University of Calgary (As an individual)
  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
Room 160-S, Centre Block Link to the notice of this meeting
June 8, 2009
6:32 PM

  • Cases of alleged discrimination in hiring/ promotion practices of Federal Public Service
    • Patty Ducharme, National Vice-President (Public Service Alliance of Canada)
    • Donna Miller, Associate Deputy Minister (Department of Justice Canada)
    • Allison Pilon, Human Rights/Employment Equity Officer (Public Service Alliance of Canada)
    • Joan Pratt, A/Director General, Human Resources and Professional Development Directorate (Department of Justice Canada)
    • John Sims, Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada (Department of Justice Canada)
  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • Akim Adé Larcher, Director of Policy and Research (EGALE Canada)
    • Eduardo Gonzalez, Deputy Director, Americas (International Centre for Transitional Justice)
  • Public Sector Equitable Compensation Act
Room 160-S, Centre Block Link to the notice of this meeting
September 14, 2009
2:08 PM

  • Examination of Canada’s international and national human rights obligations
    • David Angell, Director General, International Organizations Bureau (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
    • Tanja Bergen, Research Assistant to Dr. Erin Baines, Liu Institute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia (As an individual)
    • Chief Superintendent Barbara Fleury, Director General, International Policing (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
    • Elissa Golberg, Director General, Stabilization & Reconstruction Task Force Secretariat (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
    • Jim Junke, Director, Human Rights Policy Division (Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada)
    • Nadia Kostiuk, Regional Director General, Southern and Eastern Africa Directorate (Canadian International Development Agency)
    • Kate McInturff, Coordinator, Gender and Peacebuilding Working Group (Peacebuild)
    • Lindsay Mossman, Campaigner, Women's Human Rights (Amnesty International Canada)
    • Jennifer Salahub, Researcher, Conflict Prevention Program (North-South Institute)
    • Surendrini Wijeyaratne, Policy Analyst, Peace-building and Humanitarian Response (Canadian Council for International Cooperation)
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