2024 Annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit
In partnership with the Ontario Association Chiefs of Police, York Regional Police, London Police Service, Durham Regional Police Service, Peel Regional Police and Toronto Police Service, Halton Regional Police Service is proud to announce that they will be hosting the 4th Annual Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit.
This interactive, in-person, two-day Summit will gather civilian and sworn professionals dedicated to fostering positive change within police services. This year's theme, 'As a Collective', will guide the conversations and presentations by passionate speakers, panelists, and all who are looking to advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) best practices within police services across the province.
Target Audience
- Police professionals (civilian and sworn) assigned and/or engaged in EDI work
- Members of Police Internal Support Networks/Employee Resource Groups
- Police Human Resources, Training, Recruit/Talent Acquisition, Employee Relations and Wellness personnel
- Corporate Communications and Strategy/Change management professionals
- Legal, Quality Assurance and Policy personnel and Investigators in Professional Standards/Human Rights
Capacity
- 200 delegates. If capacity is met, delegates will be added to a waiting list.
Dress Code
- Business Casual
Registration
Registration Fee: $350 + HST
*Registration includes breakfast, lunch, refreshment breaks on both days
*Registration includes an invitation to attend a Meet & Greet on the evening of October 7th from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Appetizers and refreshments will be available and included in the registration fee.
Accommodation
A special group rate is available for hotel bookings at:
Courtyard Marriott Burlington
1110 Burloak Drive
Burlington, ON L7L 6P8
Agenda
Monday, October 7, 2024
Land Acknowledgement
Steven (Winterhawk) Laforme, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nations
Welcome & Opening Remarks
Race and Identity-Based Data Collection
Tania Thiyagaratnam & Nathan Singh, Anti-Racism Directorate, Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism
Collection of Race-Based Data
Toronto Police Service
Countering Hate in Our Community
A/Supt. Feras Ismail, Peel Regional Police
| About A/Supt. Feras Ismail |
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A/Superintendent Feras Ismail – Peel Regional Police A/Superintendent Feras Ismail is a 23-year member of the Peel Regional Police and has worked in various areas including Uniform Patrol, the Street Crime and Gang Units, the Intelligence Security Section, the Training Bureau, and is now working in Community Safety and Wellbeing Services. A recognized counter-terrorism and hate crimes expert, his operational experience, coupled with his community engagement and crime prevention work, have enabled him to play a pivotal role in the development of various organizational policies and training programs designed to build internal capacity to prevent and respond to hate motivated crime and violent extremism. The most recent being the Countering Hate in Our Community project, which brought together a wide array of community members, who alongside police, co-developed a hate crime awareness training module. This Public Safety Canada (PSC) and SOLGEN funded (and supported) program is unique in its design and implementation and has yielded some immediate positive results. A/Supt. Ismail holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from McMaster University and a Master’s Degree in Leadership from the University of Guelph. He is the current co-chair of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee, a member of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP) – Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Subcommittee and a member of the National Hate Crimes Task Force. He is also the recipient of the 2020 International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Leadership in Human and Civil Rights Award. |
Hate, Bias & Extremism
Dr. Barbara Perry
| About Dr. Barbara Perry |
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Barbara Perry is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at Ontario Tech University, and the Director of the Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism. She also holds a UNESCO Chair in Hate Studies. She has written extensively on social justice generally, and hate crime and right-wing extremism specifically. She has published several books spanning each of these areas, including Diversity, Crime and Justice in Canada, In the Name of Hate: Understanding Hate Crime, and Right-wing Extremism in Canada. She was the General Editor of a five volume set on hate crime (Praeger), and editor of Volume 3: Victims of Hate Crime of that set. In 2019, she published Right-wing Extremism in Canada, and in 2022 she published Right-wing Extremism in Canada and the United States. Her work has been published in journals representing diverse disciplines: Theoretical Criminology, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Journal of History and Politics, and American Indian Quarterly. Dr. Perry continues to work in the area of hate crime, and has made substantial contributions to the limited scholarship on hate crime in Canada, including work on anti-Muslim violence, antisemitic hate crime, hate crime against 2SLGBTQI communities, the community impacts of hate crime, and right-wing extremism in Canada. She is regularly called upon by policy makers, practitioners, and local, national and international media as an expert on hate crime and right-wing extremism. |
Exploring Biases within Policing
Sgt. Chantal Larocque, Anishinabek Police Service
| About Sgt. Chantal Larocque |
| Chantal Larocque is a sergeant with the Anishinabek Police Service and has been in policing for over 25 years. She is Franco Ontarian and a proud member of the Algonquins of Ontario. She is currently in charge of the recruitment and media unit for her Service but maintains a close connection to the communities she serves. |
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