1. Gender and Anti-Racism Core Groups

WHEREAS:

1. The Gender and Anti-Racism Core Groups have contributed significantly to the development of CCR policy and practices since their creation;
2. The structure of the core groups no longer meets the needs of the CCR membership;
3. The CCR adopted in May 2009 an Anti-Oppression Policy which addresses oppression based on gender and racism as well as many other forms of oppression;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that:

1. The Gender and Anti-Racism Core Groups cease to exist.
2. The Executive, in consultation with current core group members, core group candidates, Working Group chairs and other members interested, develop a proposal for new structures to address anti-oppression issues, and that this proposal be submitted to the membership at the Spring General Meeting.   In the meantime the Executive will have responsibility for ensuring gender and anti-racism issues are addressed.

2. Migration Curriculum

WHEREAS:

1. Provincial Ministries of Education have existing commitments to address stereotypes through anti-bullying and anti-racism principles of awareness, empathy, engagement, cultural sensitivity and empowerment;
2. Extensive efforts have been made to develop curriculum modifications to address the needs of newcomer students;
3. Schools are central to inculcating citizenship values among all Canadian youth;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the CCR promote the expansion of core curriculum strategies and resources for the entire student population to address the lived experiences and continuing realities of immigrants and refugees in our modern multicultural Canadian society through collaborative engagement between provincial ministries of education, settlement agencies and other relevant partners and stakeholders.

3. Temporary Foreign Workers and Welcoming Communities Initiative

WHEREAS:

1. The federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program frustrates the attempts of communities to attract and retain population permanently, and contradicts the goals of CIC’s Welcoming Communities Initiative and similar initiatives of other jurisdictions;
2. The goals of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act promote immigration to build the future of Canada;
3. The CCR supports access to permanent residency for temporary workers;
4. Many concerns have been raised about lack of equitable access for temporary workers to permanent residency through the underutilized Canadian Experience Class;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that CCR advocate for the federal Temporary Foreign Workers Program to be brought into alignment with the Welcoming Communities Initiative’s and similar initiatives of other jurisdictions goals of cohesiveness, social inclusiveness and retention of population permanently.