Hi all,

Yes, I agree that this is a good idea. We talked about this before at a full committee meeting.

The awkward thing now is that we said we would look at all the submissions that we accepted together and then discuss what we were missing. So youth, workers with disabilities, what else? Have we included workers of colour adequately? Migrant workers? The whole issue of Labour rights as human rights? What about workplace health and safety? Retired workers and the issues of pension and health care cutbacks?

I'm sure we can ask some of our Labour speakers to address these issues, but we need to come up with a list.

Best,

Sharon

Sharon Reilly

On Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 10:42 AM Krishna Lalbiharie, <krishna.lalbiharie@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, folks!

My apologies for pressing this now, but we've little time left re: SSHRC grant app.

Rhonda has rightly reminded our WGSCC Committee that our conference ought to include labour voices, which reflect people with disabilities.

To that end, she has suggested that we approach John Rae as a prospective roundtable speaker, whose bio can be viewed here: http://www.innoversity.com/roadmap/speakers/john-rae/

Says Rhonda (of Rae):

"Rae was an active union member in the ON public service; he remains an active advocate for people with disabilities and their workplace struggles; he can speak expertly to challenges with human rights commissions for people with disabilities dealing with workplace discrimination; he also played a key role in the Canadian Human Rights Museum’s universal access committee; and has consulted with CMHR on a variety of issues related to people with disabilities."

It sounds like a no-brainer to me. Rae can easily fit into the second Roundtable panel and, what's more, will serve as a critical and unique, leading voice in conversations re: disability rights and labour issues.

Can I get a vote, here, from committee members to extend Rae a Roundtable invite? And quickly (forgive me)?

KL
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