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Vince De Cicco introduced Fazia Baig.. She is the Director of Equity, diversity and Inclusion for the \Region of Waterloo. Fauzia did her best to explain the difference between Equity and Equality. Imagine 3 boys one with one with no shoes , one with one shoe and one with 2 shoes. If the government had 3 shoes to distribute then every one would get one shoe. That would be equal. Equity would give 2 shoes to the boy with no shoes and one shoe to the boy with one shoe and no shoes to the boy with 2 shoes ( means tested would be the economic term) Diversity includes age, race, sex , Inclusion ( how welcoming we are.. She thought we were a inclusive club.) The law looks at things from a equality point of view. Treat every one equal.. To get equity a lot more to be done as policy changes. For instance she used example of health care. One nurse insisted she removed head scarf for x ray another one said it would not effect x ray if she wore it. Vanessa talked about policy changes at the hotel to allow different swimsuits. I think we all learned something and had reason to ponder. Paul Mc thanked her for coming and Todd promised to vaccinate 10 kids for polio. |
