MEDIA ITINERARY
Friday March, 28, 2003
9:00 a.m - Greetings by the Hon. Lincoln Alexander, Chair, Canadian Race Relations Foundation
9:15 a.m
Opening Keynote Address by Haroon Siddiqui, Editor Emeritus (The Toronto Star) "Breaking through the Denial of Racism in Canada" Response panel, moderated by Dr. Karen Mock, Executive Director, CRRF
- Zanana Akande, President, Urban Alliance on Race Relation
- John Stevens, Human Rights Liaison Coordinator, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
- Peter Flegel, President, Black Youth United
Saturday, March 29, 2003
9:00 a.m
The 2003 Award Winning Practices: The top five winners of this year's Award of Excellence program chosen on March 27, 2003 from twenty finalists across the country will share their winning strategies to combat racism in Canada at a panel discussion.
Sunday, March 30, 2003
11:15
An Action Plan for the Development of a National Anti-racism Youth Network: Presentation by youth conference participants to the Minister and the CRRF Board.
Special Guest: The Honourable Jean Augustine, Secretary of State (Multiculturalism) (Status of Women)
12:00
Closing Address: Alan Borovoy, The Canadian Civil Liberties Association
Empowerment & the Movement of People: Developing your Sense of Power and Breaking through the Marginalization of Denial
** Please note: The following are featured speakers in closed-door sessions but are also available to media for scheduled interviews:
Racial Profiling: The Look and Feel of Denial (Moderated by Barry Thomas, Toronto, ON)
- Furheen Chaudry, Simon Fraser University, BC
- Keith Norton, Ontario Human Rights Commission
- Terrance Sunshine, Rainbow Youth Centre, SK
- Scot Wortley, Criminology Department, University of Toronto
Post Sept 11 Insecurity: From Retinal Scanning to National ID's, How Far Will We Go (Moderated by Karen Mock, CRRF)
- Victor Wong, Vancouver Association of Chinese Canadians
- Uzma Shakir, Council of Agencies Service South Asians
- Remy El-Jabi, Universite de Moncton
Media: Manufacturing Racism- (Moderated by Hamlin Grange, Promedia International Inc.)
- Maurice Switzer, Anishinabek Nation - Union of Ontario Indians
- Dr. Mohammed Elmasry, Canadian Islamic Congress
- Dr. Carol Tator, York University
- Jason Lem, Anti-Racism Media Education
Reparations: A Legacy of Denial (Moderated by Art Miki, National Association for Japanese Canadians)
- Cynthia Pay, Chinese Canadian National Council
- Andy Hladyshevsky, Ukrainian Canadian Congress
- Colin Campbell, Toronto, ON
- Nakeisha Holditt, Toronto, ON
Education: Towards an Inclusive Anti-Racist Curriculum (Moderated by, Damian Solomon, Canadian Teachers' Federation)
- Carl James, Faculty of Education, University of Toronto
- Dave Anderson, Learning to Walk in Beauty (A CRRF Research Report)
- Sherry Ramrattan-Smith, Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
- Kirk Moss, Canadian Association of Black Journalists
Employment: The Case for Employment Equity (Moderated by Bev Nann, Board, Canadian Race Relations Foundation)
- Dr. Abigail B. Bakan, Queen's University
- Aloma Lawrence, Public Service Commission of Canada
- Dr. Harish Jain, McMaster University
- Maryam Nabavi, Youth Against Racism
Health: Deconstructing the Romanow Commission (Moderated by Dr. Donald E. Meeks, University of Toronto)
- Notisha Massaquoi, Women's Health in Women's Hands
- Antoine Desrose, The Centre for Mental Health and Addictions
- Rebecca Hagey, University of Toronto
- Jaime Koebel, National Association of Friendship Centres
Justice: Commissions & Inquiries - Delaying Justice (Moderated by Anthony Shelton)
- Shirley Adamson, CRRF Board of Directors
- Harini Sivalingam, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Fo Niemi, Centre for Research Action on Race Relations