2018 Ontario Cluster Meeting
Agenda
AGENDA SCHEDULE:
SESSION A: INTRODUCTIONS
- 9:00am – 9:10am – Welcome address from Marcia Rioux & Rebecca Gewurtz (Ontario Cluster Co-Chairs - 10 minutes)
- 9:10am – 9:20am – Emile Tompa, Project Coordinator - update on CRWDP’s national project and directions of the project (10 minutes)
- 9:20am – 9:40am – Introduction of Discussants (10 minutes)
- 9:40am – 10:00am – Policy Pod leaders will provide a short outline of the Policy Pod work that has taken place in the past year.
- Policy Pod 1 (Employer Capacity)
- Policy Pod 2 (Income Replacement)
- Policy Pod 3(Monitoring the right to work and progressive realization)
REFRESHMENT BREAK:
10:00am – 10:30am – (30 minutes).
SESSION B: CHANGE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE IN ONTARIO AND CANADA
SESSION B1) DISCUSSANT #1: JOHN STAPLETON
10:30am – 10:45am – TOPIC: Income support policy in Ontario and how it intersects with federal policy – new developments and their impact on people with disabilities (15 minutes)
10:45am – 11:30am – Comments/Questions/Discussion (45 minutes)
SESSION B2): DISCUSSANT #2: SUSAN HARDIE
11:35am – 11:50am – TOPIC: Flexible quality work and accommodation in the context of rights (15 minutes)
11:50am – 12:35pm – Comments/Questions/Discussion (45 minutes)
BREAK:
12:35pm – 1:00pm– LUNCH will be served
1:00pm – 1:45pm – Indigenous Artist presentation by Nichole Leveck (45 minutes)
SESSION B3): DISCUSSANT #3 MONICA ACKERMAN
1:45pm – 2:00pm – TOPIC: Changing workplace culture: why employers recognize the strategic value of diversity (15 minutes)
2:00pm– 2:45pm – Comments/Questions (45 minutes)
SESSION C: MOVING THE AGENDA FORWARD MONITORING THE ACTION POLICY
2:45 PM-3:00 pm: Refreshment Break (15 minutes)
3:00pm-4:00 pm: Attendees can join the following Pod Meetings lead by policy Pod Leaders (break-out sessions - 45 minutes):
- POD 1: facilitated by Douglas Waxman and Monica Ackerman): Employers Capacity
- POD 2: facilitated by Rebecca Gerwutz and Pamela Lahey: Income Replacement
- POD 3: facilitated by Cameron Crawford and Marcia Rioux: Monitoring the right to work
SESSION D: CROSS-POD DISCUSSION:
4:00pm – 4:30pm:
- 5-minute reports and strategies from each Pod
- Summaries of Pods and vision together as a Provincial cluster
- Wrap up and final comments from Pod Leaders, Marcia, Rebecca and Emile
Ontario Cluster Meeting Details:
DATE: November 9, 2018
TIME: 9:00am – 4:30pm
LOCATION: The Friend’s House, 60 Lowther Avenue, Toronto Ontario M5R 1C7 (Intersection at Avenue Road and Bloor St. W).