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Human Rights & Equity

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ONA’s Human Rights and Equity Team

The Human Rights and Equity Team is a diverse group of members and staff bringing forth a rich mixture of knowledge and experience that the team members possess. Our Team's Vision is to:

• provide a venue for fair and impartial consideration of issues, including member-to-member harassment
• respect and value the diversity and integrity of the Team, ONA members and staff
• promote ONA as a leader in human rights/equity issues in Ontario
• be accountable to membership and staff through the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer
• promote increased involvement of the equity groups in the activities and leadership of ONA
• further ONA's Vision

The team is comprised of 10 team members (six from membership and four from staff) allocated as follows:

• Chair: Vice-President, Human Rights and Equity Portfolio
• Designated Membership Equity Groups:
  • Members of Aboriginal Descent
  • Members with Disabilities
  • Francophone Members
  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Members
  • Racialized Members

Note: Every effort will be made to ensure there is membership representation from each of the designated equity groups.

• Human Rights/Equity Specialist and Labour Relations Assistant from the Provincial Services Team (staff).
• One member from Strategy Team/Team Managers (staff).

Your Human Rights and Equity Team Members

• Andy Summers, Vice-President, Region 3 (Human Rights and Equity portfolio)
• Usha Arora
• Eric Drouin
• Robin Fern
• Pamela Mancuso
• Charlene Schiffer

Staff

• Kapil Uppal, Project Manager
• Anu Lokre
• Karen Sandercock
• Noelle Andrews (Resource)

Human Rights and Equity Bulletins