Appendices - Report of the Employment Equity Act Review Task Force

Appendix A: Terms of reference - Employment Equity Act Review Task Force

List of abbreviations

EEA

Employment Equity Act

ESDC

Employment and Social Development Canada

GBA+

Gender Based Analysis+

LMA

Labour Market Availability

NGO

Non-governmental Organizations

WFA

Workforce Availability

Context

Canadians have the right to be treated fairly in workplaces free from barriers and inequalities. One of the ways the Government of Canada promotes equity and diversity in federally regulated workplaces is through the Employment Equity Act (EEA).

The purpose of the EEA is:

• “to achieve equality in the workplace so that no person shall be denied employment opportunities or benefits for reasons unrelated to ability”, and
• “to correct the conditions of disadvantage in employment experienced” by the designated groups:
  • women
  • Aboriginal peoples
  • persons with disabilities, and
  • members of visible minorities

The EEA places the onus on employers under federal jurisdiction to:

• analyze their human resources systems, policies and practices to identify barriers and inequalities
• develop and implement a plan to remove these barriers and inequalities, and
• be accountable for results

Employers make progress toward achieving equity in the workplace when they close the representation and wage gaps experienced by members of the designated groups in their workforce.

State of equity

Federally regulated private sector

According to the Employment Equity Act: Annual Report 2019, the representation rate of:

• women, after peaking to 45.5% in 1993, has declined to 39.4% compared to 48.2% labour market availability (LMA) in 2018
• Indigenous peoples remains low, accounting for 2.3% compared to 4.9% LMA in 2018
• persons with disabilities remains low, accounting for 3.4% compared to 9.1% LMA in 2018
• members of visible minorities remains high, accounting 23.8% compared to the 21.3% LMA 2018

Federal public service

According to Employment Equity in the Public Service of Canada for Fiscal Year 2018 to 2019, the representation rate within the core public administration of:

• women (54.8%) continues to exceed the LMA (48.2%) and the workforce availability (WFA) (52.7%)
• Indigenous peoples (5.1%) exceeds the LMA and the WFA (4.0%)
• persons with disabilities (5.2%) is under the core public administration, compared with LMA (9.1%) and the WFA (9.0%)
• members of visible minorities (16.7%) is under the LMA (21.3%) and slightly greater than the WFA (15.3%)

Economic and social changes

Since the EEA passed in 1986, the Government of Canada has made some progress in creating fairer workplaces. The Government recognizes that key economic and social changes have occurred; however, more work is necessary.

Demographics

The ageing population and shifting immigration patterns are resulting in a workforce that is older and more ethno-culturally diverse. This is:

• increasing the need to address accessibility barriers (since older workers are more likely to have a disability), and
• resulting in the need to address systemic racism in workplaces

Nature of work

Non-standard work relationships are now a persistent and a substantial feature of the Canadian labour market:

• about 37% of Canadian workers were in non-standard work relationships in 2019, and
• some of these non-standard work arrangements, such as part-time and temporary work, are gendered, featuring more women than men

Evolution of diversity and inclusion in the workplace

There is an evolution in how Canadians understand and perceive diversity and inclusion in the workplace, such as:

• greater recognition of barriers experienced by members of the LGBTQ2+ communities
• an emphasis on the distinct employment circumstances of different Indigenous populations (First Nations on- and off-reserve, Inuit, and Métis), and
• a nuanced knowledge of various forms of disability and recognition of different labour market outcomes among different visible minority groups

Challenges to the federal employment equity framework

These economic and social changes have highlighted challenges to the federal employment equity framework.

• Calls to include other members amongst the EEA’s designated groups, including LGBTQ2+ communities
• Renewed attention to systemic racism. It has highlighted:
  • calls by stakeholders to retire the term “visible minorities” and rethink the category, and
  • the need to gather disaggregated data for different groups that currently fall under this designated group
• Adoption of a distinctions-based approach to government programs involving Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis). This raises the question of how employment equity could reflect the unique interests, priorities and circumstances of each people
• Persistent gaps call for a joint approach with employers, stakeholders and partners. It is essential to identify key barriers and to promote best practices to close these gaps. This could include:
  • improving compliance and enforcement practices to support employers that work on achieving equity and hold accountable those that do not, and
  • moving beyond annual reporting of metrics to help get the full picture in federally regulated private sectors and the federal public service on the state of:
    • equity
    • diversity, and
    • inclusion

In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought challenges for many workers, and has affected certain groups more than others:

• Indigenous peoples
• recent immigrants
• members of visible minorities, and
• women

Mandate

The mandate of the Task Force is to advise the Minister of Labour on how to modernize and strengthen the federal employment equity framework by launching a review of the Employment Equity Act and its supporting programs.

The Task Force will:

• study issues related to equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• engage with stakeholders, various partners, and Canadians to hear their views on equity
• undertake research and analysis using a range of sources
• examine other existing practices in Canada and other countries
• apply a Gender Based Analysis+ (GBA+) lens and consider intersectionality throughout its work, and
• submit a report to the Minister of Labour, through the Deputy Minister of Labour

Scope of work

With a focus on improving and building upon the foundation of the EEA, the Task Force will study the following areas:

Area 1: Equity groups

• What changes should be made to the current EEA designated group names and definitions, such as “Aboriginal” and “visible minorities”?
• What changes should be made to the EEA include to reflect current understandings of Indigenous peoples, disability, ethnocultural diversity and gender equality?
• Should the EEA reflect the various experiences and labour market circumstances of populations within the visible minorities group, such as Black Canadians?
  • If so, what changes to the EEA could best reflect the experiences and circumstances of each of the visible minority groups?
• Should the EEA reflect the current understandings of various types of disability within the persons with disabilities group?
  • If so, what changes to the EEA could best reflect the current understandings of various types of disability within the persons with disabilities group?
• Should the EEA reflect the distinct experiences and labour market circumstances of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples who are within the Aboriginal peoples group?
  • If so, what changes to the EEA could best reflect the First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples' experiences and circumstances?
• Should the EEA’s designated groups include additional populations, such as the LGBTQ2+ communities?

Area 2: Supporting equity groups

• What changes to employment equity legislation, regulations, programming and research could better support equity groups?
• What barriers do equity groups face in the workplace?
• What best practices have employers implemented to remove these barriers?
• What can the Government of Canada do to promote and share these best practices?
• What measures could improve promoting and retaining equity groups?
• What roles can other organizations play in promoting employment equity, for example:
  • unions
  • employer associations, and
  • Non-governmental Organizations (NGO)

Area 3: Improving accountability, compliance and enforcement

• What support could employers receive when they are working to achieve equity in their workplaces?
• What could encourage employers to do more to achieve equity in their workplaces? In particular:
  • What are the most effective ways to communicate and raise employers’ awareness of the benefits of equity, diversity and inclusion?
  • What changes to the Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada’s (ESDC) and the Canadian Human Rights Commission’s roles and responsibilities could improve compliance with and enforcement of the EEA?
• In addition to focusing on gaps in workforce representation and wages, how can the employment equity framework better measure employers' efforts and progress made toward equity?
• What are the most effective benchmarks to measure equity in the workplace?
• What incentives and penalties should the Government of Canada implement to help close persistent equity gaps and hold employers accountable?
• Are there unique circumstances within the core federal public service and other federal organizations that affect their state of:
  • equity
  • diversity, and
  • inclusion
• What changes to the EEA could support the Government of Canada's efforts to improve the core public administration’s and other federal organizations' state of:
  • equity
  • diversity, and
  • inclusion

Area 4: Improving public reporting

• What changes to the EEA are necessary to better support the public conversation on:
  • equity
  • diversity, and
  • inclusion
• What changes to the EEA could improve public reporting of employment equity results? Specifically:
  • What measures, data sources, reporting frequency and formatting could lead to improvements?
• What are the key data gaps?
• How could changes help fill key data gaps?

Operating structure

The Task Force operates:

• at arm’s-length from the Government of Canada to provide independent advice, and
• in a transparent manner as per the Government of Canada's policy on Open Government

A Secretariat:

• supports the Task Force’s activities, such as research, writing, and consultations, and
• is housed within the Labour Program of Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

The Task Force consists of 12 members, including a Chair and a Vice-Chair. The members have a wide range of expertise and experience related to equity (including workplace equity), such as:

• accessibility
• gender equality
• Indigenous employment, and
• anti-racism

The Chair:

• leads the Task Force
• chairs meetings and guides members towards consensus when making decisions
• prepares and presents the Task Force’s report on behalf of the full membership, and with the support of the Secretariat
• is the public spokesperson for the Task Force, and
• provides updates to the Minister, in full respect of the independence and arm’s length nature of the Task Force

The Vice-Chair:

• supports the Chair and members in fulfilling the Task Force’s mandate
• with the Chair:
  • exercises leadership on the work of the Task Force, and
  • guides members towards consensus when making decisions

The members:

• provide their expertise and knowledge in an open-minded way
• participate in a personal capacity and not as representatives of any organizations with which they are associated
• foster an environment that is barrier-free and respectful of human rights principles, and
• work collaboratively to reach consensus to the extent possible

In the event a member cannot continue, the remaining members will constitute the task force. This is the case unless the Minister of Labour decides otherwise.

Report

The Task Force will submit a report to the Minister of Labour through the Deputy Minister of Labour. The report will inform the Government of Canada’s approach for next steps to modernize and strengthen the federal employment equity framework. It will provide:

• an overview of the Task Force’s work (including GBA+ / intersectional analysis)
• key findings
• evidence-based advice and recommendations, with justifications and intended outcomes, to address any appropriate legislative and/or non-legislative responses, and
• key considerations and a proposed approach for implementation of each recommendation

The Task Force’s report may also provide further recommendations in areas where the Government of Canada could:

• make further research, analysis and/or policy development
• address other data gaps
• measure results, and
• address other matters related to the main issues of the review

If the Task Force is unable to reach consensus on its advice and recommendations, the report should note this, with accompanying reasoning.

Appendix B: Task Force members^{Footnote 1}

Adelle Blackett – Chair

Adelle Blackett is a Professor of Law and the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development at the Faculty of Law, McGill University. She holds civil law and common law degrees from McGill University, a doctorate in law from Columbia University. She is widely published, and won both the 2020 Canadian Council on International Law’s scholarly book award and the 2020 Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Full Professor category).

She has assumed several key leadership roles on equity in the post-secondary educational sector, and has also served as:

• an expert for the International Labour Organization
• a commissioner at the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la Jeunesse, and
• chair of the Human Rights Experts Panel of the federal Court Challenges Program

An elected fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is the recipient of:

• the Christine Tourigny Award of Merit and Advocate Emeritus status from the Barreau du Québec, and
• the Canadian Association of Black Lawyers’ Pathfinder Award for her significant contributions to the legal community and the community at large
• She holds honorary doctorates in law from Queen’s University and Université catholique de Louvain.

Dionne Pohler – Vice-Chair

Dionne Pohler is an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan Edwards School of Business and the University of Toronto's Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources. She is also a research fellow with the Rotman Institute for Gender and the Economy and the University of Saskatchewan Centre for the Study of Co-operatives. Dionne holds 4 international research awards and is the recipient of several Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grants in recognition of her contributions to the topics of:

• work and employment
• labour relations
• public policy, and
• cooperative development

Tao (Tony) Fang - Member

Tony Fang is a Professor of Economics and the Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He also holds the J. Robert Beyster Faculty Fellowship at Rutgers University and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

He was an adjunct professor at the University of Toronto and served on the World Bank's Expert Advisory Committee on Migration and Development (2014 to 2019). His areas of research interest encompass issues of:

• pay equity and employment equity
• pension
• retirement policy and the ageing workforce
• education
• immigration, and
• minimum wages

Tony has published extensively in industrial relations, labour economics, and human resource management. In recognition of his research work, he is the recipient of several awards from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Kari Giddings – Member

Kari Giddings is currently a member of the Calgary Anti-Racism Action Committee. During her extensive career at Canadian Pacific Railway, she contributed to the development of diversity and employment equity strategies, accommodation and training programs. Her contribution led Canadian Pacific Railway to being recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers for several years. Throughout her 35-year career, Kari has engaged and built lasting relationships with numerous community organizations supporting diverse job seekers in Calgary and across Canada.

Kari holds a Masters of Communication Studies and a B.A. Applied Social Science.

Helen Kennedy – Member

Helen Kennedy, specializes in 2SLGBTQI human rights both in Canada and globally. Under Helen’s leadership a critical gap has been filled in Canada with the building of the country’s first and only transitional home for 2SLGBTQI homeless youth. Helen has consulted with the Pentagon in Washington on the US military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, helped secure the mandate of the UN Independent Expert on SOCIESC and provided expert opinions to governments and international treaty bodies. In 2019, she was invited to consult with the Pope and Senior Vatican officials regarding decriminalization of LGBTQI people globally. She is a founding member of Canadians for Equal Marriage, a former Co-Secretary General of ILGA World, and the recipient of The Lifetime Achievement Award at Start Proud’s 2018 Leaders to be Proud of Awards.

Raji Mangat – Member

Raji Mangat, lawyer, is the Executive Director at West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund. As a former clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada, she has dedicated her career to improving access to justice and promoting intersectional, gender-based equity through legal advocacy and educational tools. Raji also serves on the boards of the Vancouver Public Library and Health Justice.

Fo Niemi - Member

As executive director of the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations, Fo Niemi is working to advance public education, training, and support for victims of all forms of discrimination, including racial discrimination. He has contributed to a number of endeavours throughout his career, such as:

• government missions on race relations and human rights
• the Quebec Human Rights Commission’s public hearings on discrimination and violence against gays and lesbians, and
• the Quebec government’s task force on racial profiling

Due to his wealth of experience, he has been recognized for his human rights work by a number of organizations.

Kami Ramcharan – Member

Kami Ramcharan is currently the President of KVR Management Support Services Inc. Throughout her 35-year career within the federal public service; she has been a leader for diversity, inclusion and employment equity. Kami worked on a number of complex and challenging roles, such as:

• Director General of the Diversity Division at the Canada Public Service Agency (now the Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer). In this role, she developed an innovative long-term and sustainable strategy to bring employment equity and duty to accommodate into the heart of the management agenda across the Government of Canada. From that point forward, she has been a Champion of Diversity and Inclusion in the many other positions that she held
• Principal Consultant, KVR Management Support Services Inc., she has supported the Office of the Comptroller General in the development of a diversity strategy to support improved representation within the financial management community of the federal public service

Kami holds an Executive Masters Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant.

Sandra Sutter – Member

Sandra Sutter, a Cree Métis woman, currently sits on the National Indigenous Economic Development Board of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Guided by her deep passion for Indigenous community, she is involved in many organizations, such as:

• Careers – the Next Generation
• Circle for Aboriginal Relations Society, and
• Métis Women’s Economic Security Council (Province of Alberta)

She is a recipient of the Métis Entrepreneurial Business Award from Métis Nation Region 3 and received a Citation in Indigenous Community Engagement from the University of Alberta (Faculty of Extension). Sandra manages Indigenous Partnerships for the PTW Group of Companies, and was recognized with a WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada award.

An accomplished artist, her reconciliation focused album Cluster Stars received 12 nominations and was awarded Best Americana Recording from the Native American Music Awards, as well as best Producer/Engineer at the Indigenous Music Awards. She received an Esquao and an Aboriginal Role Model of Alberta Award. In June, Sandra was awarded a Summer Solstice Indigenous Music Award for Métis Artist/Group of the year.

Josh Vander Vies – Member

Josh Vander Vies is a lawyer and the founder of Versus Law Corporation, which works to:

• defend Canadian not-for-profit organizations, and
• protect the integrity of sport and the rights of athletes

As a professional speaker and retired Paralympian, he has experience working with Charitable Impact Foundation (Canada) and the International Paralympic Committee. Josh is also:

• the founder of the Canadian Disability Foundation, and
• a member of the Disability Advisory Group for the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion

Marie Clarke Walker – Member

Marie Clarke Walker is a dedicated mentor and a strong believer that social justice is essential to universal and lasting peace. She is the first racialized woman to serve as Secretary-Treasurer and to be elected Executive Vice-President of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC). Marie was also CLC’s representative on the Pay Equity Task Force.

She is currently a Titular Member on the International Labour Organization (ILO) governing body. In 2017, in her role of Worker Vice-Chair, she helped to negotiate the historic Convention and Recommendation on Violence and Harassment in the World of Work.

Marie has been deeply involved with the struggle for human rights and equality as she served on the:

• Canadian Peace Alliance (board member)
• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (board member)
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (board member)
• Malvern Community Coalition (co-chair), and
• Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (executive member)

Ruth Williams – Member

Ruth Williams is a status Indian from the High Bar Indian Band currently registered with the Tl’etinqox Government. Proud founding member and former Chief Executive Officer of All Nations Trust Company, and currently Business Advisor and Project Manager of the Company’s Pathways to Technology Project and Housing Resource Services.

Leader in social and economic development for First Nations peoples in British Columbia for 35 years, she has been involved in housing issues with the:

• Aboriginal Housing Committee of British Columbia
• Kamloops Native Housing Society (President)
• First Nations Market Housing Fund (Vice-Chair), and
• Province of British Columbia’s committee for the development of a 10-year action plan for Indigenous housing

In 2010, Ruth received an honorary Doctor of Law from Thompson River University and a member of the Order of BC in 2020.

Appendix C: List of the Employment Equity Act Review Secretariat staff

This list comprises full time and part time members of the Employment Equity Act Review Secretariat from July 2021 to December 2022. A limited secretariat was available from January – April 2023.

*Note: The Task Force was subject to a full stop work order from August 16, 2021 – January 14, 2022 due to the call for federal election.

• Abdillahi, Fadumo – Junior Policy Analyst (worked on engagement session logistics, records of discussions, policy matters)
• Arnaoudova, Olga – Policy Officer (worked on engagement session logistics, records of discussions, policy matters)
• Burrs, Christian – Policy Manager / Acting Executive Director (former, until January 2022)
• Ducharme, Martin – Manager (Managed budget, ministerial requests)
• Hansbury, Elise – Policy Analyst / Policy Manager (former; until June 2022)
• Holder, Eldon – Executive Director (January - December 2022)
• Kara, Riaz – Executive Director (former, until July 2021)
• El-Khatib, Leila – Strategic Policy Manager (former, until June 2021)
• Leung, Arnon Ho Yiu - Policy Officer (worked on engagement session logistics, records of discussions, policy matters, TBS submission)
• Lokman, Rima – Advisor, Project Services (coordinated written submissions, worked on GCcollab, records of discussions, communications)
• Munyana, Christella – Executive Assistant to the Executive Director
• Muzondo, Chenaimwoyo Tukiso, Policy Analyst
• Naseem, Syed – Special Advisor (from September 2022)
• Plattner, Sylvie - Senior Manager (managed contracts and finances, ministerial requests)
• Saouab, Abdou – Director, Policy (from July 2022)
• Uddin, Salah (Mohammed) – Policy Analyst (former)
• Watt, Vanessa – Senior Program Advisor (worked on grants and contributions, developed engagement plan, engagement session logistics for Zoom)

Appendix D: Index of engagement session and meeting attendees

Engagement session and meeting participants

The Employment Equity Act Review Task Force met and engaged with the following individuals, partners and stakeholder organizations between February 2022 to October 2022. These sessions were held over 51 days, holding a total of 109 meetings and engagement sessions with a total of 337 attendees representing 176 stakeholder organizations, partners and government departments.

Abdallah, Ahmed, Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity

Abou-Dib, Mariam, Teamsters

Abu-Naqoos, Qussai, Muslim Federal Employee Network

Achampong, Kofi, Black Class Action Secretariat

Achiume, Tendayi, UCLA Law School/ UN Special Rapporteur

Agócs, Carol, Western University

Ahmed-Omer, Dahabo, BlackNorth Initiative

Ali Khan, Muhammed, Indigenous Services Canada

Amazan, Guerda, Maison d’Haïti

Ambrose, Jenelle, Black Female Lawyers Network

Anderson, Lorraine, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Arndt, Greg, Jade Transport Ltd.

Arya, Sara, Canadian Bankers Association

Ashton, Rob, International Longshore and Warehouse Union

Atif, Katia, Action-Travail des Femmes

Austin, Stephanie, Treasury Board Secretariat

Babiuk-Ilkiw, Colleen, Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women

Balima-Vittin, Cecile, International Labour Organization

Barnett, Rachel, Native Women’s Association of Canada

Beaudry, Jeff, Assembly of First Nations

Bégin, Colonel Marie-Eve, Canadian Armed Forces

Belanger, Neil, British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

Belisle, Terri, Students Commission of Canada

Bengio, Luna, Treasury Board Secretariat

Bernard, Claire, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Bérubé, Dominique, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Bett, Jason, Public Service Pride Network

Betts, Renate, Côte des Neiges Black Community Association

Betty, Courtney, Black Class Action Secretariat

Bickerton, Geoff, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Birch, Gary, Neil Squire Society

Blackburn, Karl, Conseil du Patronat du Québec

Blackham, Jonathan, Canadian Trucking Alliance

Blair, Fraser, BC Maritime Employer Association

Blaise, Farah, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Borbey, Patrick, Public Service Commission

Boucher, Daniel, Indigenous Executive Network / Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

Boucher, Martin, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Boucher, Patrick, Indigenous Services Canada

Boudreau, Louise, Canada Post

Boudreau, Marie-Lynne, Tri-agency Institutional Program Secretariat

Bowman, Bridget, National Association of Friendship Centres

Boyce, Tyler, Enchanté Network

Brayton, Bonnie, DisAbled Women’s Network

Breault, Laurent, Conseil Québécois LGBT

Brook, Jennifer, Canadian Association of Professional Employees

Brook, Karen, Canadian Association of Professional Employees

Brown, Andrew, Employment and Social Development Canada-Labour Program

Brown, Lachlan, Students Commission of Canada

Burnett, Gillian, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Burns, Mike, Chief, Statistics Canada

Cadotte, Gaveen, Public Service Commission

Cairns, Sheelah, Canada Post

Carr, Jennifer, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Carr, Krista, Inclusion Canada

Cassivi, Rear-Admiral Luc, Canadian Armed Forces

Chazou-Essindi, Germaine, National Arts Centre Corporation

Chevrier, Christopher, Employment and Social Development Canada

Chui, Tina WL, Statistics Canada

Church, Kevin, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Cobb, Amanda, Canadian Pacific Railway

Coiquaud, Urwana, HEC Montréal

Colagiovanni, Joseph, Hines

Colman, Geoff, Communications Research Centre Canada

Cooke-Sumbu, Elizabeth, Cumberland African Nova Scotian Association

Côté, Diane, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Crichlow, Dr. Wesley, University of Ontario Institute of Technology

Cukier, Wendy, Ryerson University

Cummings, Kasey, TELUS

Dale, Vincent, Statistics Canada

Dandy, Elizabeth, Canadian Union of Public Employees

Daoust, Gail, Canadian Armed Forces

David, William, Assembly of First Nations

Dawodharry, Ryan, Jewish Public Service Network

Day, Heather, C.S. Day Transport Ltd.

De Jaegher, Justine, Canadian Association of University Teachers

de Sousa, José, U. Paris-Saclay & SciencesPo

Decter, Ann, Canadian Women’s Foundation

Delaney, Sara, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

DeSousa, Sharon, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Dong, Taylor, BC Maritime Employer Association

Donoghue, Christine, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Douglas, Justin, Public Service Commission

Douglas, Michelle, LGBT Purge Fund

Drissi Kaitouni, Yasmina, Conseil d’intervention pour l’Accès des femmes au travail

Drouin, Jovane, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Druhan, Colin, Pride at Work

Dugas, Chantal, Air Canada

DuPerron, Sarah, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Earle, Kory, People First of Canada

Edbom, Evan, Sutco Transportation Specialists

El Bilali, Larbi, Health Canada

Elcock, Hartland, Canadian Bankers Association

El-Khatib, Leila, Muslim Federal Employee Network

Enayeh, Nour, Alliance des femmes francophones du Canada

Epale, Dina, Canadian Association of Professional Employees

Esmonde, Jackie, Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Fam, Abdou Lat, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Fells, Vanessa, African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition

Fitzgerald, Tamsin, Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

Flegel, Peter, Canadian Heritage

Fletcher, Shelley, People First of Canada

Folino, Frank, Public Services and Procurement Canada - Translation Bureau

Fonseca, Sara, Black Class Action Secretariat

Fontaine, Guillaume, Public Service Commission

Foyn, Sean, Federal Black Employee Caucus

Frate, Nicolino, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

French, Robert, African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition / Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association

Fuhr, Erica, Jazz Aviation/Chorus Aviation

Gaboton, Richard, Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Gagné, Diane Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Gagnon, Annie, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Gagnon, Dr. Suzanne, University of Manitoba

Galabuzi, Grace-Edward, Ryerson University

Gardaad, Fatima, Canadian Labour Congress

Gillespie, Ian, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Go, Amy, Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice

Gobel, Ursula, Society, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Gooden, Junique, National Educational Association of Disabled Students

Grant, Michele, Teslin Tlingit Council

Grasse, Bev, Neil Squire Society

Guiste, Raymund, Tropicana Community Services

Haan, Maureen, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

Haji, Sharif, Africa Centre - Council for the Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta

Hamilton, Kaiya/Kirk, Public Service Pride Network

Harwood, Brenda, Jazz Aviation

Hashim, Mohammed, Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Hassan, Fatma, Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Hassan, Sandra, Employment and Social Development Canada-Labour Program

Hauta, Tija, Canadian Roots Exchange

Hawkins, Stacy, Rutgers Law University, USA

Hedges-Chou, Sarah, Canadian Labour Congress

Hensen, Richard, Public Service Pride Network

Hickey, Brian, Employment and Social Development of Canada

Hudon, François, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Huggins, Nadine, Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Hunter, Karen, Assembly of First Nations

Hynes, Derrick, Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications

Irish, Debbie, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

Irving, Dr. Dan, Institute Interdisciplinary Studies / Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies (Sexuality Studies), Carleton University

Jacobs, Rufus, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Jafri, Nuzhat, Canadian Council of Muslim Women

Jakubiec, Dr. Brittany, Egale Canada

Jean Francois, Louis Edgar Groupe 3737

Joe, Francyne, National Association of Friendship Centres

John-Baptiste, Sandra, Tropicana Community Services

Jones, Chiedza, Black Business Initiative

Jones, Migdalia, Tropicana Community Services

Joomun, Wasiimah, Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Joseph, Kessie, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Kabis, Marie-Josée, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Kanyamunyu, Julius, Black Business Initiative

Karim, Farouk, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Kaur-Grover, Deepika, Sikh Public Servants Network

Kelly, Tammy, Canadian Union of Public Employees

Khan, Tabassum, Muslim Federal Employees Network

Khan, Waheed, Community of Federal Visible Minorities

King, Chidi, International Labour Organization

Kobayashi, Audrey, Queen’s University

Kokozaki, Kalim, Community of Federal Visible Minorities

Kootoo-Chiarello, Tooneejoulee, Indigenous Federal Networks

Krane, Jaclyn, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

Kula, Jocelyn, Employment and Social Development Canada

Kumar, Mohan, Statistics Canada

Kwan, Elizabeth, Canadian Labour Congress

LaBillois, Tony, Statistics Canada

Lafortune, Mathilde, Fédération des femmes du Québec

Lamache, Emmett, BGC Canada

Lamba, Seema, Public Service Alliance of Canada

Langille, Ellen, Native Women’s Association of Canada

Lapolice, Jean-Sibert, Federal Black Employee Caucus

Laroche, Yazmine, Public Service Accessibility / Champion for Federal Employees with Disabilities

LeClair, Dale Robert, Canada Post

Leclerc, Karine, Statistics Canada

Leclerc, Nicole, International Development Research Centre

Lee, Stan, Public Service Commission

Leonard, Tim, Statistics Canada

Lepofsky, David, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance

Lequain, Anne-Cecile, Canada Post

Leung, Angela, Health Canada

Levandier, Tara, Inclusion Canada

Levesque, Bruno, Public Service Commission

Lewis, Leslie-Anne, Canadian National Railway Company

Lifshen, Marni, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

Lipic, Lydia, Public Service Pride Network

Loiselle, Solange, Kativik Regional Government

Lyons-MacFarlane, Maggie, National Educational Association of Disabled Students

Lysyk, Stephanie, Nisga’a Lisims Government

MacFarlane, Julie, Can’t Buy My Silence

Macklin, Christine, Unifor

MacLaine, Cameron, Native Women’s Association of Canada

MacLaughlin, John, Black Class Action Secretariat

MacLeod, Alfred, Treasury Board Secretariat

Maheux, Helene, Statistics Canada

Marchand, Isabelle, Statistics Canada

Martel, Laurent, Statistics Canada

Martins, Dwayne, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Mason, Stephanie, Canada Post

Masoud, Huda, Statistics Canada

Mazan, Ryan, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Mbenoun, Jeanette, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

McKenna, John, Air Transportation Association of Canada

McSheffrey, Robert, Public Service Commission

Members of the Indigenous Federal Employees Network

Mielnik, Monika, Bell

Mikaelian, Virginie, Fédération des femmes du Québec

Millar, Harvi, Management Technologies

Miller, Greg, Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Mills, Rachel, Inclusion Canada

Mitchell, Gail, Women and Gender Equality Canada

Mitchell, Nancy, Diversity Institute - Ryerson University

Mohammed, Natasha, Canadian Heritage

Mohler, Elizabeth, Citizens with Disabilities – Ontario

Morin, Karine, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Morin, Louis-Philippe, University of Ottawa

Morin, Michael, Public Service Commission

Morrison, Heather, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Mpala, Shelton, BlackNorth Initiative

Murray, Gregor, Université de Montréal

Narain, Vrinda, McGill University

Narducci, Piero, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Ngan, Vincent, Public Service Pride

O’Loan, Tim, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

Odell, Tracy, Canadians with Disabilities / Citizens with Disabilities – Ontario

Olivier-Nault, Jessica, Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Olowolafe Jr., Isaac, Dream Maker Inc.

Onah, Emmanuel, Africa Centre - Council for the Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta

Onwuachi-Willig, Angela, Boston University, School of Law

Ouellet, Major Eric, Department of National Defence, Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)

Outerbridge, Sage, Black Business Initiative

Pageau, Steve, Employment and Social Development Canada

Pang, Winnie Man Yin, Canadian Heritage

Peera, Rishma, Employment and Social Development Canada

Perkins, Zelda, Can’t Buy My Silence

Perreault, Marie-Claude, Conseil du Patronat du Québec

Petit-Frère, Christian, Canadian Bankers Association

Phillips, Greg, Canadian Association of Professional Employees

Pierre, Myrlande, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Pigeau, Lisa, Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

Polgar, Andrea, Public Service Pride Network

Potskin, Jonathon, Two-Spirit in Motion Society

Proulx, Zia, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Prud’homme, Jean-François, Employment and Social Development Canada

Quan-Watson, Daniel, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada / Champion for Visible Minorities for the Federal Public Service

Racine, Éliane, Force Jeunesse

Rakhra, Ravinder, Public Service Commission

Ramsaroop, Chris, Justice 4 Migrant Workers

Ramsey, Tracy, Unifor

Rasekhi-Nejad, Arash, Métis National Council

Robertson, Gary, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Rousseau, Larry, Canadian Labour Congress

Roussel, Renée, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Roy, Allison, Representative, BGC Canada

Roy, Jean-François, Statistics Canada

Russell, Jyssika, Enchanté Network

Ryan, Brandy, Canada Post

Saba, Tania, Université de Montréal

Salvati, Maria, Canadian National Railway Company

Sandhu, Bhagwant, Community of Federal Visible Minorities

Sarr, Dr. Moussa, Groupe 3737

Saunders, Adam, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Scher, Hugh, Black Class Action Secretariat

Schroeder, Monica, People First of Canada

Sealy-Harrington, Joshua, Ryerson University

Seck, Hawa, Black Business Initiative

Sellar, Randall, Shaw

Senft, Emma, Canadian Pacific Railway

Seremba, Brian, Federation of Black Canadians

Shanks, Dave, Students Commission of Canada

Sharma, Harsh, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Sharma, Shalini, Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity

Sheppard, Colleen, McGill University

Sidhu, Navjeet, Unifor

Simard, Louise, Métis National Council

Simpson, Jan, Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Singh, Balpreet, World Sikh Organization of Canada

Singh, Navdip-Kaur, Sikh Public Servants Network

Skowronski, Grace, Canada Post

Smallman, Vicky, Canadian Labour Congress

Smith, Frank, National Educational Association of Disabled Students

Smith, Malinda, University of Calgary

Smylie, Lisa, Women and Gender Equality Canada

Snider, Ceilidh Canadian Human Rights Commission

Southwell, Rustum, Black Business Initiative

Sowinski, Mercedez, Employment and Social Development Canada

Sparkes, Melanie, The Rosedale Group

Spence, Kathryn, Statistics Canada

Spencer, Nadine, Black Business and Professional Association

Squitti, Sidney, Native Women’s Association of Canada

Stein, Michael, Harvard Law School

Strachan, Glenda, Griffith University

Stüber, Eberhard, Swedish Gender Equality Agency

Suk, Julie, Fordham University School of Law

Sylla, Amy, CBC/Radio-Canada

Tao, Erica, Canadian Heritage

Taylor, Julian, Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Theede, Stephanie, Westcan Bulk Transport

Thermitus, Tamara, McGill University

Thie, Claire, Indigenous Services Canada

Thompson, Nicholas Marcus, Black Class Action Secretariat

Tierney, Jenny, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Tiessen, Kaylie, Unifor

Tippins, Philippe, Public Service Pride Network

Topping, Geoff, Challenger Motor Freight Inc.

Trespalacios Rubio, Magda, FedEx Canada

Triki-Yamani, Amina, Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Tsevi-Fanson, Isabel, NAV CANADA

Tuitoek, Pauline, Statistics Canada

Van Every, John, Van Every Inc.

Venkatesh, Vasanthi, Justice 4 Migrant Workers

Vertus, Ed, Director, Groupe 3737

Vézina, Samuel, Statistics Canada

Villefrance, Marjorie, Maison d’Haïti

Vipond, Siobhán, Canadian Labour Congress

Vogt, Jack, BC Maritime Employer Association

Wadher, Leena, Canadian Pacific Railway

Walsh, Kordell, Canadian Alliance of Student Associations / University of New Brunswick Student Union

Warburton, Pamela, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Canada

Webb, Melissa, Nunatsiavut Government

Wells, Letitia, Indigenous Class Action Lawsuit

Westland, Robin, Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government

Whitaker, Robin, Canadian Association of University Teachers / Memorial University

White, Danielle, Indigenous Services Canada / Indigenous Executive Network

Whiteduck, Judy, Native Women’s Association of Canada

Williams, Shanay, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Willis, David, Communications Research Centre Canada

Willis, Heather, Citizens with Disabilities – Ontario

Wilson, Christopher, The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Ontario

Wilson, Gina, Champion for Indigenous Federal Employees, Women and Gender Equality

Wise, Amichai, Jewish Public Servants Network

Woo-Paw, Teresa, Act2End Racism

Wright, Heather, BC Maritime Employer Association

Wu, May Ming, Health Canada / Steering Committee for Visible Minorities

Young, Tuma, Cape Breton University / Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance

Zagler, Gertrude, Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Progam

Zentner, Yvette, Indigenous Class Action Lawsuit

Zhu, Jing, Employment and Social Development Canada

Stakeholder organizations and partners

2 Spirits in Motion Society

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance

Act2End Racism

Action-Travail des Femmes

Africa Centre - Council for the Advancement of African Canadians in Alberta

African Nova Scotian Decade for People of African Descent Coalition

Air Canada

Air Transportation Association of Canada

Alliance des femmes francophones du Canada

Assembly of First Nations

BC Maritime Employer Association

Bell

BGC Canada

Black Business and Professional Association

Black Business Initiative

Black Class Action Secretariat

Black Female Lawyers Network

BlackNorth Initiative

Boston University, School of Law

British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society

C.S. Day Transport Ltd.

Can’t Buy My Silence

Canada Post

Canadian Alliance of Student Associations

Canadian Armed Forces (CAF)

Canadian Association of Professional Employees

Canadian Association of University Teachers

Canadian Bankers Association

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity

Canadian Civil Liberties Association

Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity

Canadian Council of Muslim Women

Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work

Canadian Federation of Business and Professional Women

Canadian Heritage

Canadian Human Rights Commission

Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Canadian Labour Congress

Canadian National Railway Company

Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Race Relations Foundation

Canadian Roots Exchange

Canadian Trucking Alliance

Canadian Union of Postal Workers

Canadian Union of Public Employees

Canadian Women’s Foundation

Cape Breton University

Carleton University

Challenger Motor Freight Inc.

Champion for Indigenous federal employees

Champion for Visible Minorities for the Federal Public Service

Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice

Chorus Aviation

Citizens with Disabilities – Ontario

Commission des droits de la personne et de droits de la jeunesse du Québec

Communications Research Centre Canada

Community of Federal Visible Minorities

Congress of Aboriginal Peoples

Conseil du Patronat du Québec

Conseil Québécois LGBT

Côte des Neiges Black Community Association

Council of Canadians with Disabilities

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Cumberland African Nova Scotian Association

D’économie, U. Paris-Saclay & SciencesPo (France)

Department of National Defence

DisAbled Women’s Network

Diversity Institute, Ryerson University

DM Champion for Federal Employees with Disabilities

Dream Maker Inc.

Egale Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada

Employment and Social Development Canada - Labour Program

Employment and Social Development of Canada

Enchanté Network

Federal Black Employee Caucus

Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications (FETCO)

Fédération des femmes du Québec

Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec

Federation of Black Canadians

FedEx Canada

Force Jeunesse

Fordham University School of Law

Griffith University

Groupe 3737

Harvard Law School

Health Canada

Health Canada / Steering Committee for Visible Minorities

HEC Montréal

Hines, Houston, TX, USA

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Inclusion Canada

Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada

Indigenous Class Action Lawsuit

Indigenous Executive Network

Indigenous Federal Employees Network

Indigenous Federal Networks

Indigenous Knowledge Keeper

Indigenous Services Canada

International Development Research Centre

International Labour Organization

International Longshore and Warehouse Union

Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Inuvialuit Regional Corporation

Jade Transport Ltd.

Jazz Aviation

Jewish Public Servants Network

Justice 4 Migrant Workers

Kativik Regional Government

l’Accès des femmes au travail (CIAFT)

Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak

LGBT Purge Fund

Maison d’Haïti

Management Technologies

McGill University

Memorial University

Métis National Council

Muslim Federal Employees Network

National Arts Centre Corporation

National Association of Friendship Centres

National Educational Association of Disabled Students

Native Women’s Association of Canada

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

NAV CANADA

Neil Squire Society

Nisga’a Lisims Government

Nunatsiavut Government

People First of Canada

Persons with Disabilities Network at AAFC

Pride at Work

Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada

Public Service Accessibility

Public Service Alliance of Canada

Public Service Commission

Public Service Pride Network

Queen’s University

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Rutgers Law University, USA

Ryerson University

Shaw

Sikh Public Servants Network

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Statistics Canada

Students Commission of Canada

Sutco Transportation Specialists

Swedish Gender Equality Agency

Teamsters

TELUS

Teslin Tlingit Council

The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, Ontario

The Rosedale Group

Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in Government

Translation Bureau, Public Services and Procurement Canada.

Treasury Board Secretariat

Treasury Board Secretariat - Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer

Tri-agency Institutional Program Secretariat

Tropicana Community Services

UCLA Law School/ UN Special Rapporteur

Unifor

Université de Montréal

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

University of Calgary

University of Manitoba

University of New Brunswick Student Union

University of Ontario Institute of Technology

University of Ottawa

Valley African Nova Scotian Development Association

Van Every Inc.

Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance

Westcan Bulk Transport

Western University

Women and Gender Equality Canada

World Sikh Organization of Canada

Appendix E: List of enhanced engagements

Appendix F: Index of written submissions

The Employment Equity Act Review Task Force received 126 comprehensive written submissions from government officials and departments, partners and stakeholder organizations, including employers, unions, professional associations and those from employment equity groups and other communities, such as women, 2SLGBTQI+ Canadians, Indigenous people, Black and racialized Canadians, people with disabilities and other underrepresented groups.

The Task Force also received over 300 written submissions covering the full scope of the review, and over 350 expressions of views shared via electronic correspondence.

The following provided comprehensive written submissions to inform the work of the Task Force:

• Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians
• Black Class Action Secretariat
• Canada Post
• Canada Border Services Agency - Prairie Region
• Canada Border Services Agency - Visible Minority Advisory Committee
• Canada Revenue Agency - LGBTQ2 Network
• Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers
• Canadian Association of Professional Employees
• Canadian Association of University Teachers
• Canadian Bankers Association
• Canadian Bar Association
• Canadian Council of Muslim Women
• Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
• Canadian Disability Alliance
• Canadian Federation of University Women
• Canadian Heritage – Advisory Committee on (Dis)Ability
• Canadian Human Rights Commission
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Canadian Labour Congress
• Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
• Canadian Race Relation Foundation
• Canadian Union of Postal Workers
• Canadian Union of Public Employees
• Canadian Women's Foundation
• Canadian Women's Sex-Based Rights
• Chartered Professionals in Human Resources Canada
• Chinese Professionals Association of Canada
• Community of Federal Visible Minorities
• Conseil du patronat du Québec
• Crichlow, Wesley, PhD, Professor Critical Race Intersectional Theorist, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• Dalhousie University – Employment Equity Council
• Deputy Minister Champion for Visible Minorities for the Federal Public Service, Daniel Quan-Watson, Deputy Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Egale Canada
• Employment and Social Development Canada - Black Engagement and Advancement Team and Black United
• Employment and Social Development Canada - Visible Minorities Network
• Environment and Climate Change Canada - Black Employees Network
• Federal Black Employees Caucus
• Federally Regulated Employers – Transportation and Communications
• Health Canada - Workplace Wellness Committee
• Health Canada - Visible Minorities Network
• Infrastructure Canada
• International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada
• Jewish Public Service Network
• JusticeTrans
• Kootenay Women in Trades
• LGB Alliance Canada
• LiveWorkPlay
• Muslim Federal Employees Network
• National Association of Friendship Centres
• National Indigenous Economic Development Board
• National Joint Council - Joint Employment Equity Committee
• National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Secretariat
• Nòkwewashk, Natural Resources Canada
• Office of the Secretary to the Governor General
• Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada
• Public Service Alliance of Canada
• Public Service Commission of Canada
• Queen's University - Human Rights and Equity Office
• Sikh Public Servants Network
• South Asian Legal Clinic of Ontario, the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, and Colour of Poverty-Colour of Change
• Treasury Board Secretariat - Indigenous Employee Network
• Treasury Board Secretariat – Office of the Chief Human Resources Office
• Treasury Board Secretariat – Office of the Chief Human Resources Officer with:
  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
  • Anti-Racism Ambassadors Network
  • Black Executive Network
  • Canada Border Services Agency
  • Canada Energy Regulator
  • Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  • Canada Revenue Agency:
    • Canada Revenue Agency (Department)
    • People With Disabilities Network
  • Canadian Armed Forces
  • Canadian Food Inspection Agency
  • Canadian Radio - Television and Telecommunications Commission
  • Canadian Security Intelligence Service:
    • Black, Indigenous, and Persons of Colour Network
    • Gender-based Analysis Plus Network
    • Diversity and Inclusion Program, Gender-based Analysis Plus
    • Pride Network
    • Employee Submission 1
    • Employee Submission 2
  • Canadian Transportation Agency - Committee on Diversity and Inclusion
  • Communications Security Establishment
  • Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
  • Department of National Defence - Defence Advisory Group for Persons with Disabilities
  • Deputy Minister Champion for Federal Indigenous Employees, Gina Wilson, Deputy Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth
  • Elections Canada
  • Employment and Social Development Canada:
    • Human Resources Services Branch - Diversity and Inclusion Team
    • Employees with Disabilities Network
  • Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office
  • Health Canada - Persons with Disabilities Network
  • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada:
    • Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (Department)
    • Federal Internship for Newcomers Program
  • Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
  • Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
  • Jewish Public Service Network
  • Justice Canada:
    • Justice Canada (Department)
    • Justice Canada Employees
    • Advisory Committee on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression
    • Advisory Committee for Women
  • Muslim Federal Employees Network
  • National Managers' Community
  • Natural Resources Canada:
    • Natural Resources Canada (Department)
    • Visible Minority Advisory Council & Black Employees Advisory Council
  • Office of Public Service Accessibility
  • Office of the Auditor General of Canada:
    • Employee Submission 1
    • Employee Submission 2
    • Employee Submission 3
  • Privy Council Office
  • Public Health Agency of Canada - Persons with Disabilities Network
  • Public Prosecution Service of Canada
  • Public Service Commission of Canada
  • Public Service Interdepartmental Network on Employment Equity and Diversity Community of Practice
  • Public Services and Procurement Canada
  • Royal Canadian Mounted Police:
    • Royal Canadian Mounted Police (Department)
    • Racial Diversity Employee Network
  • Sikh Public Servants Network
  • Statistics Canada
  • Deputy Minister Champion for Federal Indigenous Employees, Gina Wilson, Deputy Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Youth
  • Women and Gender Equality Canada
• United Food and Commercial Workers Union
• Unifor
• United Steelworkers
• Vancouver Lesbian Collective
• Via Rail
• Williams Sale Partnership
• Women’s Declaration International
• Women's Legal Education & Action Fund
• World Sikh Organization of Canada
• Women’s Space Vancouver
• World Education Services

Appendix G: Engagement session attendees – Individual meetings with Task Force Chair & Vice Chair or Task Force Chair alone

Appendix H: Expert consultancies commissioned by Employment Equity Act Review Task Force

Appendix I: ILO Conventions ratified by and in force in Canada

Fundamental

C029 – Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) ratified 13 June 2011

C087 – Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87) ratified on 23 March 1972

C098 – Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98) ratified on 17 June 2017

C100 – Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100) ratified on 16 November 1972

C105 – Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105) ratified on 14 July 1959

C111 – Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111) ratified on 26 November 1964

C138 – Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138) ratified on 8 June 2016

C182 – Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182) ratified on 6 June 2000

C187 – Promotional Framework for Occupational Safety and Health Convention, 2006 (No. 187) ratified on 13 June 2011

Governance (Priority)

C081 – Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 (No. 81) ratified on 17 June 2019

C122 – Employment Policy Convention, 1964 (No. 122) ratified on 16 September 1966

C144 – Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards) Convention, 1976 (No. 144) ratified on 13 June 2011

Technical

C001 – Hours of Work (Industry) Convention, 1919 (No.1) ratified on 21 March 1935

C014 – Weekly Rest (Industry) Convention, 1921 (No. 14) ratified on 21 March 1935

C026 – Minimum Wage-Fixing Machinery Convention, 1928 (No. 26) ratified on 25 April 1935

C027 – Marking of Weight (Packages Transported by Vessels) Convention, 1929 (No. 27) ratified on 30 June 1938

C032 – Protection against Accidents (Dockers) Convention (Revised), 1932 (No. 32) ratified on 6 April 1946

C080 – Final Articles Revision Convention, 1946 (No. 80) ratified on 31 July 1947

C088 – Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) ratified on 24 August 1950

C108 – Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108) ratified on 31 May 1967

C116 – Final Articles Revision Convention, 1961 (No. 116) ratified on 25 April 1962

C160 – Labour Statistics Convention, 1985 (No. 160) ratified on 22 November 1995

C162 – Asbestos Convention, 1986 (No. 162) ratified on 16 June 1988

MLC, 2006 – Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006) ratified on 15 June 2010

Amendments of 2014 to the MLC, 2006 ratified on 16 January 2017

Amendments of 2016 to the MLC, 2006 ratified on 8 January 2019

Amendments of 2018 to the MLC, 2006 ratified on 26 December 2020

Appendix J: List of other international human rights treaties to which Canada is a party (with year of ratification or accession)

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1952)
• International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1970)
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1976)
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (1976)
  • Optional Protocol to the ICCPR (complaint mechanism) (1976)
  • Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (2005)
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) (1981)
  • Optional Protocol to CEDAW (complaint mechanism) (2002)
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987)
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) (1991)
  • Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Involvement of Children in armed conflict (2000)
  • Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography (2005)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2010)
  • Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2018)

Appendix K: Comparative law table of employment equity legislation

Appendix L: The 10 highest-paying and lowest-paying jobs in Canada (based on average employment income for full-time full-year employees)

• Source: Census 2021, LAB 22 prepared for Task Force

• Source: Census 2021, LAB 22 prepared for Task Force

• Source: Census 2021, LAB 22 prepared for Task Force

• Source: Census 2021, LAB 22 prepared for Task Force

Appendix M: Occupations under the National Occupational Codes that employ 90% or more men or women, 2021 Census

• Source: Census 2021

Appendix N:  February 2022 consultation paper:  Achieving equality at work