Conference Report: Beyond the Borders of Employment Equity, March 8th and 9th, 2005

Day 1

• Prayer/Opening Remarks
• The Employment Equity Leadership Challenge: A Word from 4 Leaders
• Panel Presentation: "Human Resources Modernization- An opportunity to work together"
• Remarks by Reg Alcock
• Armchair Discussions
  • 1. Integrated Human Resources and Business Planning
  • 2. Understanding and Implementing Accommodation from the ground up
  • 3. How the People Component of the Management Accountability Framework (PCMAF) achieves results
  • 4. Official Languages and Employment Equity: Responding to Challenges
  • 5. The new Public Service Employment Act and Employment Equity
• Embracing Change - Progress Achieved and Future Direction

Day 2

• Armchair Discussion with Chairs of DM Sub-Committees
• Brief Overview of the findings from the Conference Board of Canada Study "Best Practices in Maximizing The Talents of Visible Minorities"
• Panel Presentations:
  • "Hear from Three Leading Private Sector Companies on Employment Equity/Diversity Issues"
  • "Sharing Challenges, Strategies and Approaches to Achieve Results"
  • "Reaching Out Beyond the Borders -- 2 Key Areas of Interest"
  • "Canadian Attitudes Towards Disability Issues: 2004 Benchmark Survey"
• Conference Wrap-up: "Where do we go from here?"