Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee
The full agenda, as filed
All 5 items in the clerk’s order. Each carries the city’s own words: the staff recommendation, what the body decided, and its status. Nothing below is written by us.
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Vacancy on Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee
The City Clerk's Office has received notice that Jc Elijah Bawuah has resigned from the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee effective December 12, 2021. If you have any questions about this update, please contact the Public Appointments Secretariat at appoint@toronto.ca or 416-397-0088.
The Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee received the item for information.
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At the invitation of the Chair, Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee, Mayor John Tory will address the Committee.
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Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, Chair, Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee, will update the Committee on recent events and initiatives.
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2022 Operating and Capital Budgets
The Executive Director, Financial Planning, will give a presentation to the Committee on the 2022 Budget.
The Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee: 1. Supported the 519 Community Centre Budget submission to meet the community's expressed service expectations and COVID-19 related expenses. 2. Recommends that: City Council direct the City Manager to demonstrate that an intersectional Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer lens is incorporated in the preparation and adoption of the City's Operating and Capital Budgets to remove structural barriers that have historically excluded and harmed the diverse Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer communities.
QS5.5amended
SafeTO and the Year One 2022 Work Plan Priorities
The Manager, SafeTO - Community Safety and Wellbeing Planning Toronto and Justice Centres, will give a presentation on SafeTO and the Year One 2022 Work Plan Priorities. SafeTO will work to bring about a safe Toronto that promotes and celebrates the well-being and resilience of all residents. SafeTO will drive 26 priority actions across seven strategic goals: reduce vulnerability; reduce violence; advance truth and reconciliation; promote healing and justice; invest in people; invest in neighbourhoods, and drive collaboration and accountability. It provides a roadmap for how the City and social systems that serve Torontonians, such as community services, healthcare systems, education systems, justice systems, police and businesses, can work collaboratively across different sectors and across governments to support community safety and well-being.
The Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee: 1. Endorsed the recommendations in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action and the City of Toronto's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Action Plan, which are directly applicable to the Strategic Vision and Work Plan of SafeTO. 2. Requested the Executive Committee to direct the Executive Director, Social Development, Finance and Administration to: a. apply a specific intersectional Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer lens to SafeTO: Toronto's Ten-Year Community Safety and Well-Being Plan; b. invite and involve community-based organizations to the Leadership Table and in the further development and implementation of the SafeTO plan, including but not limited to the Black Health Alliance, The 519 Community Centre, Toronto's Trans community organizations, and Gender-Based Violence organizations and to report back annually to the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee; c. incorporate the Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Advisory Committee's feedback in the implementation of the SafeTO plan; and d. incorporate the applicable recommendations from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action and the City of Toronto's Confronting Anti-Black Racism Action Plan into the implementation of the SafeTO plan.