Dear colleagues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am writing to inform you that an internal expert panel has been formed to undertake a review of York University\u2019s Security Services and to develop an alternative security services model for the University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Security Services Review is a commitment and action identified in the University\u2019s Action Plan on Black Inclusion<\/a><\/em>, following consultations with members of York University\u2019s Black community. Central to the review process will be anti-racism, equity, diversity and inclusion. The review will take a critical and holistic approach to enhancing safety and security at York to address issues of concern and establish an alternative security services model. At the end of the review process a draft action plan will be created, which will include timelines for implementation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Security Services Review will be led by an internal expert panel comprised of individuals with experience and knowledge of anti-racism, equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), law enforcement and social policy, with lived experiences working with the York community and a desire to be allies in advancing this work. In addition, an external consultant has been hired to support the consultations and internal panel as they develop recommendations and options for a new security services model. To ensure this important initiative is fully supported with the resources required to do the work, some internal staff have been assigned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The panel will consult with York community members over the winter and spring terms. They will begin by reaching out to Black and racialized community members including those who provided input on the Action Plan on Black Inclusion<\/em> as well as equity seeking groups and members of the President\u2019s Community Safety Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We will communicate regularly with you to share our progress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorne Foster <\/strong>is a distinguished scholar and professor in the School of Public Policy & Administration (SPPA) in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University and the York Research Chair in Black Canadian Studies & Human Rights (Tier 1). He was the inaugural Chair of Race Inclusion and Supportive Environments (RISE) and currently serves as the Chair of the President\u2019s Community Safety Council (CSC). An academic visionary, he was responsible for the first academic-industry partnership sponsored by a regulatory organization \u2013 the Human Resources Professional Association (HRPA) and established the Diversity & Human Rights Certificate (DHRC). Foster provides expert reporting and analysis on police interaction with racialized communities to law enforcement agencies across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carl James <\/strong>is a professor in the Faculty of Education and is the Senior Advisor on Equity and Representation to the University in the Division of Equity, People and Culture. He is recognized nationally and internationally for his work in equity in relation to race, class, gender, racialization, immigration and citizenship. He is widely acclaimed for his research contributions in the areas of intersectionality of race, ethnicity, gender, class and citizenship as they shape identification\/identity; and the ways in which accessible and equitable opportunities in education and employment account for the lived experiences of marginalized community members. James seeks to address and move us beyond generalized and homogenizing discourses that account for the representation and achievements of racialized people in educational institutions, workplaces and society generally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celia Haig Brown <\/strong>is a professor in the Faculty of Education. She is a Euro-Canadian ethnographer with a commitment to decolonizing approaches to research. Her major research interests are based in respectful and reciprocal work with Indigenous communities, nationally and internationally. Her first book (1988), a retrospective ethnography of the Kamloops Indian Residential School (KIRS), was based on interviews with former students. A revised and updated edition co-authored with Indigenous collaborators is forthcoming in fall 2022 with the title Tsqelmucw\u00edlc: The Kamloops Indian Residential School, Resistance and a Reckoning.<\/em> She has published three other books, numerous articles, reports and co-directed three films including Pelq\u2019ilc <\/em>(Coming Home) with the children and grandchildren of the original participants from KIRS. She is a former Chair of Senate and recently completed a term as Associate Vice-President Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Danielle Robinson <\/a><\/strong>joins this panel as a committed ally who wants to <\/a>support concrete actions to enhance equity, safety and belonging for the benefit of York\u2019s diverse community. She is currently the director of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) and an associate professor of dance in the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design, who is cross appointed with the graduate programs in theatre and performance studies as well as communication and culture. Her dance scholarship focuses on the cross-cultural movement of Afro-Diasporic popular dances within the Americas with an emphasis on intersectional communities within New York City (U.S.A.) and Bahia (Brazil). Her articles, book chapters and monograph engage with how notions of race and class are embodied, entangled, explored and controlled through dance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaheen Azmi<\/strong> is an expert in human rights, equity and anti-racism with more than 30 years of experience. For more than 22 years Azmi was the director of Policy, Education, Monitoring and Outreach with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) where he led community consultations and reviews across the province. His attention centred on anti-racism, EDI policy, education and outreach and institutional change activity. He has led the development and implementation of several of the OHRC\u2019s anti-racism organizational change partnerships with public sector and law enforcement organizations, including the development of the OHRC\u2019s groundbreaking Policy on Eliminating Racial Profiling in Law Enforcement. He has served as an adjunct scholar with the Multicultural History Society of Ontario for more than a decade and has also taught at X University (Ryerson). He holds a doctorate in social work from the University of Toronto and has co-edited two books including one on racial profiling and human rights in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Samina Sami <\/strong>is York University\u2019s inaugural executive director of Community Safety. In 2019 she led the development of a community-driven safety strategy \u2013 Safer Together<\/a>. The strategy identified several priorities for the community, including taking an intersectional EDI, anti-racist, accessibility and anti-Semitic lens to safety. She is a long-standing member of the Race Inclusion and Supportive Environments (RISE), a member of the Health and Safety Executive Committee and the Sexual Violence Policy Advisory Committee. She has had a diverse 20-year leadership background in the justice and broader public sector, including in anti-racism, organizational transformation, gender-based violence, social innovation and research, public safety and emergency planning. She holds an MEd from the University of Toronto and a Kellogg-Schulich Executive MBA. She is also currently a doctoral student. Sami has been appointed as the executive lead for the Security Services Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Annette Boodram<\/strong> is the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Program manager in the Division of People, Equity and Culture. Boodram has had responsibility for developing and implementing equity in all aspects of the employment life cycle at York. She has extensive experience in leading and educating senior teams in the process of employment equity, talent acquisition and retention. Often requested by external organizations to share her expertise in how to implement effective EDI practices, Boodram holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from York University, a post-graduate certificate in human resources management from Seneca College and a certificate in human rights theory and practice from Osgoode Hall Law School. She has been appointed as the senior project lead, anti-racism, for the Security Services Review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sharon Henry <\/strong>is a full-time PhD student in the Department of Sociology and a long-standing member of Race Inclusion and Supportive Environments (RISE). She has been involved in community activism as an executive member of the Ethno-racial People with Disabilities Coalition of Ontario (ERDCO) and is an executive graduate caucus member of the Harriet Tubman Institute (HTI). Henry is currently engaged in the creation of an HTI journal. She is an appointed member of the President\u2019s Advisory Council on EDI and a member of the Faculty of Graduate Students Council (FGS). Henry has been appointed the part-time project coordinator for the Security Services Review. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please visit the we<\/a>bsite<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thank you,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carol McAulay Chers coll\u00e8gues, ch\u00e8res coll\u00e8gues,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Je vous \u00e9cris pour vous informer qu\u2019un groupe d\u2019experts interne a \u00e9t\u00e9 form\u00e9 pour entreprendre une \u00e9valuation des Services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York et pour d\u00e9velopper un mod\u00e8le alternatif.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019\u00e9valuation des Services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 fait partie de l\u2019engagement pris dans le cadre du Plan d\u2019action pour l\u2019inclusion des personnes noires de l\u2019Universit\u00e9, \u00e0 la suite de consultations avec les membres de la communaut\u00e9 noire de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York. L\u2019antiracisme, l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, la diversit\u00e9 et l\u2019inclusion seront au c\u0153ur du processus d\u2019\u00e9valuation qui adoptera une approche critique et holistique afin d\u2019am\u00e9liorer la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 York, d\u2019aborder les questions pr\u00e9occupantes et d\u2019\u00e9tablir un mod\u00e8le alternatif pour ses services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. La fin du processus d\u2019\u00e9valuation verra la r\u00e9daction d\u2019un projet de plan d\u2019action qui comprendra un calendrier de mise en \u0153uvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n L\u2019\u00e9valuation des Services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 sera dirig\u00e9e par un groupe d\u2019experts interne compos\u00e9 de personnes ayant une exp\u00e9rience et des connaissances en mati\u00e8re d\u2019antiracisme, d\u2019EDI (\u00e9quit\u00e9, diversit\u00e9 et inclusion), d\u2019application de la loi et de politique sociale, ayant une exp\u00e9rience de travail avec la communaut\u00e9 de York et souhaitant s\u2019associer \u00e0 l\u2019avancement de ce travail. En outre, un consultant externe a \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9 pour soutenir les consultations et le groupe interne dans l\u2019\u00e9laboration de recommandations et d\u2019options pour un nouveau mod\u00e8le de Services de s\u00e9curit\u00e9. Afin de s\u2019assurer que cette importante initiative b\u00e9n\u00e9ficie des ressources n\u00e9cessaires pour effectuer le travail, certains membres du personnel ont aussi \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9sign\u00e9s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Le groupe consultera les membres de la communaut\u00e9 de York au cours des trimestres d\u2019hiver et du printemps. Il approchera d\u2019abord les membres de la communaut\u00e9 noire et racialis\u00e9e, y compris ceux qui ont contribu\u00e9 au Plan d\u2019action pour l\u2019inclusion des personnes noires<\/a>, puis les groupes en qu\u00eate d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 et les membres du Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 communautaire de la pr\u00e9sidente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nous communiquerons r\u00e9guli\u00e8rement avec vous pour vous faire part de nos progr\u00e8s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lorne Foster <\/strong>est un\u00e9rudit \u00e9m\u00e9rite, professeur \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole de politique publique et d\u2019administration (SPPA) de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 York et titulaire de la Chaire canadienne de recherche en \u00e9tudes des Noirs et des droits de la personne (niveau 1) de York. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 le premier pr\u00e9sident du comit\u00e9 sur l\u2019inclusion raciale et les milieux de travail positifs (RISE) et pr\u00e9side actuellement le Conseil de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 communautaire de la pr\u00e9sidente. Visionnaire universitaire, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019origine du premier partenariat entre l\u2019Universit\u00e9 et l\u2019industrie parrain\u00e9 par un organisme de r\u00e9glementation \u2014 l\u2019Association des professionnels des ressources humaines (APRH) \u2014 et il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 le Certificat en diversit\u00e9 et droits de la personne (DHRC). M. Foster fournit des rapports d\u2019experts et des analyses sur l\u2019interaction de la police avec les communaut\u00e9s racialis\u00e9es aux organismes d\u2019application de la loi dans tout le Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Carl James <\/strong>est professeur \u00e0 laFacult\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9ducation et conseiller principal en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 et de repr\u00e9sentation \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9, au sein de la Division de l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, des personnes et de la culture. Il est reconnu au niveau national et international pour son travail en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 relativement \u00e0 la race, la classe, le genre, la racialisation, l\u2019immigration et la citoyennet\u00e9. Il est acclam\u00e9 pour ses contributions \u00e0 la recherche dans les domaines de l\u2019intersectionnalit\u00e9 de la race, de l\u2019ethnicit\u00e9, du genre, de la classe et de la citoyennet\u00e9 dans la mesure o\u00f9 ils fa\u00e7onnent l\u2019identification\/identit\u00e9; les fa\u00e7ons dont les possibilit\u00e9s justes et \u00e9quitables en mati\u00e8re d\u2019\u00e9ducation et d\u2019emploi tiennent compte des exp\u00e9riences v\u00e9cues par les membres des communaut\u00e9s marginalis\u00e9es. Il cherche \u00e0 aborder et \u00e0 nous faire d\u00e9passer les discours g\u00e9n\u00e9ralis\u00e9s et homog\u00e9n\u00e9isants qui expliquent la repr\u00e9sentation et les r\u00e9alisations des personnes racialis\u00e9es dans les \u00e9tablissements d\u2019enseignement, les lieux de travail et la soci\u00e9t\u00e9 en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Celia Haig Brown <\/strong>est professeure \u00e0 la Facult\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9ducation. Elle est une ethnographe eurocanadienne engag\u00e9e dans des approches d\u00e9colonisatrices de la recherche. Ses principaux int\u00e9r\u00eats de recherche sont bas\u00e9s sur un travail respectueux et r\u00e9ciproque avec les communaut\u00e9s autochtones, au niveau national et international. Son premier ouvrage (1988), une ethnographie r\u00e9trospective des pensionnats autochtones de Kamloops (KIRS), est bas\u00e9 sur des entretiens avec d\u2019anciens pensionnaires. Une \u00e9dition r\u00e9vis\u00e9e et mise \u00e0 jour, co-\u00e9crite avec des collaborateurs autochtones, sera publi\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019automne 2022 sous le titre Tsqelmucw\u00edlc: The Kamloops Indian Residential School, Resistance and a Reckoning.<\/em> Elle a publi\u00e9 trois autres livres, de nombreux articles et des rapports, et a co-r\u00e9alis\u00e9 trois films dont Pelq\u2019ilc <\/em>(Coming Home) avec les enfants et petits-enfants des participants originaux de KIRS. Ancienne pr\u00e9sidente du S\u00e9nat, elle a r\u00e9cemment termin\u00e9 un mandat de vice-pr\u00e9sidente associ\u00e9e \u00e0 la recherche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Danielle Robinson <\/strong>se joint \u00e0 ce groupe en tant qu\u2019alli\u00e9e engag\u00e9e qui souhaite soutenir des actions concr\u00e8tes pour am\u00e9liorer l\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et l\u2019appartenance, au profit de la communaut\u00e9 diversifi\u00e9e de York. Elle est actuellement directrice du CERLAC (Centre de recherche sur l\u2019Am\u00e9rique latine et les Cara\u00efbes) et professeure agr\u00e9g\u00e9e de danse \u00e0 l\u2019\u00c9cole des arts, des m\u00e9dias, de l\u2019animation et du design (AM&PD), conjointement avec les programmes d\u2019\u00e9tudes sup\u00e9rieures en th\u00e9\u00e2tre et en \u00e9tudes de la performance ainsi qu\u2019en communication et en culture. Sa bourse d\u2019\u00e9tudes sur la danse se concentre sur le mouvement interculturel des danses populaires afrodiasporiques dans les Am\u00e9riques, en mettant l\u2019accent sur les communaut\u00e9s intersectionnelles des villes de New York (\u00c9tats-Unis) et de Bahia (Br\u00e9sil). Ses articles, chapitres de livres et monographies traitent de la mani\u00e8re dont les notions de race et de classe sont incarn\u00e9es, enchev\u00eatr\u00e9es, explor\u00e9es et contr\u00f4l\u00e9es par la danse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shaheen Azmi, Ph. D. <\/strong>: Shaheen Azmi est un expert en mati\u00e8re de droits de la personne, d\u2019\u00e9quit\u00e9 et d\u2019antiracisme qui compte plus de 30 ans d\u2019exp\u00e9rience. Pendant plus de 22 ans, M. Azmi a \u00e9t\u00e9 directeur des politiques, de l\u2019\u00e9ducation, de la surveillance et de la sensibilisation \u00e0 la Commission ontarienne des droits de la personne (CODP), o\u00f9 il a dirig\u00e9 des consultations et des \u00e9valuations communautaires dans toute la province. Son attention s\u2019est port\u00e9e sur l\u2019antiracisme, les politiques d\u2019EDI, l\u2019\u00e9ducation, la sensibilisation et les changements institutionnels. Il a dirig\u00e9 le d\u00e9veloppement et la mise en \u0153uvre de plusieurs partenariats de changement organisationnel antiraciste de la CODP avec des organismes du secteur public et d\u2019application de la loi, y compris l\u2019\u00e9laboration de la politique r\u00e9volutionnaire de la CODP sur l\u2019\u00e9limination du profilage racial dans l\u2019application de la loi. Il a \u00e9t\u00e9 chercheur adjoint \u00e0 la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u2019histoire multiculturelle de l\u2019Ontario pendant plus d\u2019une d\u00e9cennie et a \u00e9galement enseign\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Ryerson. Il est titulaire d\u2019un doctorat en travail social de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto et a co\u00e9dit\u00e9 deux livres, dont un sur le profilage racial et les droits de la personne au Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\nInternal panel:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
External consultant:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Staff support team<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Vice-President, Finance and Administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Groupe interne : <\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
Consultant externe :<\/strong><\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u00c9quipe de soutien parmi le personnel <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n