Breakfast of EE Champions
TBS Participants:
Marcel Nouvet
Cynthia Binnington
Catherine
Bastedo-Boileau
Elizabeth Bertoldi
Jo-Ann Williamson
Departments:
Joseph Caron (DFAIT)
Pierre Bordeleau, (Développement
économique Canada)
Bob Hamilton, (FIN), Don MacKay (replacing LGen.
Couture (DND) Richard Gagné, replacing Nancy Adams (Canadian
Environmental Assessment Agency)
Elizabeth Sanderson, (JUS)
Amelita
Armit (PSC)
Mathew Simon, (Canadian Space Agency)
Gerry Turcotte, (IC)
Denis Thompson (PCH)
Peter Homolos, (Heritage)
John Davis (F&O)
Guest Speakers:
Wally Boxhill,
Director,
Policy, Planning and
Reporting,
EE Division, TBS
Kent Sproul,
Chief,
Analytical Projects,
Information Management Division, PSC
Robert Kopersiewich,
Project Co-ordinator,
Analysis, Research and Compensation Group,
Strategic Planning and Analysis
Division, TBS
Decisions/Actions Items:
- Deck on the Overview of the EE representation across federal
departments to be sent as an attachment to the summary notes.
- Champions to bring a list of accomplishments and challenges to the
June meeting - 5 successes and 5 challenges
- Provide a good strategy package on how to get people to self-identify
- Invite representatives from EE groups to the next breakfast meeting
- Accountability- a future topic of discussion- strategies and
approaches
1. Opening Remarks
Marcel Nouvet welcomed participants and introduced Cynthia Binnington,
new Assistant Secretary of the Employment Equity Division of TBS. He also
welcomed Nicole Turmel National President of the Public Service Alliance
of Canada.
Cynthia Binnington mentioned that she would like to involve the
champions more, for example, as presenters at the IDF-EE and looks forward
to meeting the EE Champions individually.
EE briefs from the Interdepartmental Forum on Employment Equity (IDF-EE)
were distributed to participants for information purposes.
2. What do the numbers tell us?
Employment Equity Representation &
Distribution in the federal Public Service /
3. Moving Ahead on the Non-Quantitative Dimensions of EE
Wally Boxhill, TBS, Kent Sproul, PSC and Robert Kopersiewich, TBS made
a joint presentation, providing an overview of the Employment equity
representation and distribution across the federal Public Service. (see
attachment)
4. Round table discussion -
Where do we go from here? Concrete
actions
There was a consensus that the Champions breakfast is an excellent
forum for sharing of information and best practices. Additional comments
follow:
DND
The Department is undertaking a mass recruiting exercise and a
self-identification census this coming fall. To facilitate the process,
they have developed one common form for civilian and military employees.
An employment equity conference is planned at the end of the month for
their 4 advisory groups.
CEAA
There is a need for consistent EE messages from central agencies to
departments on the subject of employment equity.
F&O
It would be helpful if scientific departments worked together on
Employment Equity matters.
Justice
The Department has developed a performance evaluation policy; has set
accountability targets for recruitment and promotion; has established a
central fund for technical aids.
Heritage
The Department needs to look at recruitment of young people. It
participates in the CAP and MTP programs as well as post secondary
recruitment programs for targeted groups.
Finance
EE Accountability of managers is an issue across departments. Need to
look at strategies and approaches.
Développement économique Canada pour les régions du Québec
EE issues are brought to the senior management table regularly and
there has been progress in hiring members of designated groups. There is
difficulty in hiring anglophones in Quebec- PSC pool in Montreal.
There is a major recruitment drive going on in the department for
Commerce Officers.
PSC
Important that departments align their messages concerning EE. She also
touched on the issue of merit as it relates to EE. Amelita will send to
members a statement drafted on merit and EE for comments, which was
presented to the Advisory Group (see attachment
Industry
Concerns about the issue of resistance to self-identification
(self-identifying is seen as a potential barrier) within his department
and across other departments as well.
NEXT MEETING:
Designated Groups in the Executive Category
June 5th, 2001
8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Boardroom 22A,East Tower
L'Esplanade Laurier
Attachments:
EE Briefs
Representation Presentation Deck
Statement on Merit and EE
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