2008 Discrimination Prevention Forum
Making an Impact

AGENDA
Hampton Inn (Ottawa)

Day 1 – Monday October 27, 2008

12:45 p.m.
Registration
(Atrium)

1:30 p.m.
Welcome
Facilitator: Dominique Dennery
(106D-G)

Opening Remarks
J. Lynch, Q.C., Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

1:45 p.m.
Workforce Diversity
Keynote Speaker: Ted Childs

3:00 p.m.
Health Break & Networking
(Atrium)

3:15 p.m. 
Looking Back: Diversity 07
Facilitator: Dominique Dennery
(106D-G)
  
3:30 p.m. 
Moving forward: Maturity Models
Keynote speaker: Deborah Katz
(106D-G)

4:30 p.m.
End of Day 1

Day 2 – Tuesday, October 28, 2008

8:00 a.m.
Refreshments & Networking
(Atrium)

8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks (CPAC Video)
Moya Greene, President and CEO, Canada Post
(106D-G)

Panel Discussion: Reasonable Accommodation (CPAC Video)
Moderator: Myriam Montrat, Director General, Discrimination Prevention Branch, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members: 

• Julius Grey, constitutional and civil liberties attorney  
• Mireille Bergeron, Bell Canada 
• Pearl Eliadis, human rights lawyer

10:00 a.m.
Health Break & Networking
(Atrium)

10:30 a.m.
Simultaneous Workshops – Round 1

A1 – Accommodating Family/Marital Status: A Legal Update
Moderator: Robin A.M. Baird, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Patrick O'Rourke, lawyer, Canadian Human Rights Commission
  Presentation
• Loreli Buenaventura, KPMG
• Hélène Mombourquette, Canada Border Services Agency

A2 – Innovations that work – Accommodating physical disabilities
Moderator: Sandi Bell, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Inspector Michael O’Rielly, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Pierre Gourgon, Canada Post
  Presentation
• France Pelletier, National Bank of Canada 

A3 – Religious Accommodation: Responses to an Emerging Need
Religions in Canada
Moderator: Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Cheryl Caldwell, Export Development Canada
• Ché Weist, Health Canada
• Rachida Azdouz, Advisory Committee of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission
  Presentation

A4 – Proven Practices in Return-to-Work (CPAC Video)
Moderator: Yvonne Boyer, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Pam Grills, ErgoPrime Inc.
• Mike Nassif, Canadian Forces 
• Carole Willans, National Council of Federal Employees with Disabilities
• Melissa Fuerth, Human Resources and Social Development Canada 

12:00 p.m.
Buffet Lunch & Networking
(106D-G)

1:00 p.m.
Panel Discussion: Our Future Workforce
Taking It Global
La Presse Article (available only in french)
(106D-G)
Moderator: David Langtry, Deputy Chief Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members – Employers:

• Carolyn Berardino, National Bank of Canada
• Janet Ransom, ServisAir
• Stephen Gould, Purolator
• Jan Michaels, Canada Public Service Agency

Panel Members – Young professionals:

• Jacqueline Mingole, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
• Roula Suleiman, Service Canada
• Philippe Gauvin, Bell Canada
• Christine Lee, Canada Post

2:30 p.m.
Health Break & Networking
(Atrium)

3:00 p.m.
Simultaneous Workshops – Round 2

B1– Accommodating Family/Marital Status: A Legal Update
Moderator: Robin A.M. Baird, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights
Panel Members:

• Patrick O'Rourke, lawyer, Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Loreli Buenaventura, KPMG
• Hélène Mombourquette, Canada Border Services Agency

B2 – Innovations that work – Accommodating physical disabilities
Moderator: Sandi Bell, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Inspector Michael O’Rielly, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• Pierre Gourgon, Canada Post
• France Pelletier, National Bank of Canada 

B3 – Religious Accommodation: Responses to an Emerging Need 
Religions in Canada
Moderator: Philippe Dufresne, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Cheryl Caldwell, Export Development Canada
• Ché Weist, Health Canada
• Rachida Azdouz, Advisory Committee of the Bouchard-Taylor Commission

B4 – Proven Practices in Return-to-Work
Moderator: Yvonne Boyer, Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Panel Members:

• Pam Grills, ErgoPrime Inc. 
• Mike Nassif, Canadian Forces 
• Carole Willans, National Council of Federal Employees with Disabilities
• Melissa Fuerth, Human Resources and Social Development Canada

4:30 p.m.
End of Day 2

Day 3 – Wednesday, October 29, 2008

8:30 a.m.
Refreshments & Networking
(Atrium)

9:00 a.m.
Panel Discussion: Mental Health: Proven Practices of Employers
(106)
Ottawa Citizen article, The ChronicleHerald article
Moderator: Barbara Mittleman, Director of Employee Relations, Canadian Pacific Railway
Panel Members:

• Tom Proszowski, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 
• Renée Ouimet, Canadian Mental Health Association
  Presentation
• Richard Dixon, Mental Health Commission of Canada
  Presentation

10:30 a.m.
Health Break & Networking
(Atrium)

11:00 a.m.
Knowledge Café
Facilitator: Dominique Dennery
(106D-G)

12:30 p.m.
Buffet Lunch & Networking
(106D-G)

1:45 p.m.
Six Degrees of Dignity
Keynote Speaker: David Shannon
Presentation

Related articles

• Six Degrees of Dignity - 'It is a Third World reality for people with disability' - Dalnews - July 20, 2007
• 'Six Degrees of Dignity' calls for new approach to rights of disabled (Halifax Daily News) - Canadian Paraplegic Association (Nova Scotia)

2:45 p.m.
Health Break
(Atrium)

3:00 p.m.
Knowledge Café Wrap-up (videoconference)
Facilitator: Dominique Dennery
(106D-G)

4:00 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Facilitator: Dominique Dennery
(106D-G)