Burlington Inclusivity Advisory Committee

Who We Are

The Burlington Inclusivity Advisory Committee is established as an advisory committee to Burlington City Council to provide a monitoring and measuring role to help ensure that the City applies an inclusion lens to its policies, services and programs.

• Terms of Reference

Mission, Vision

To embrace diversity by providing opportunities for all members of the community that reflect the ideals of acceptance, accommodation and respect.

• BIAC Annual Report - June 2009
• BIAC Workplan - 2009 to 2010 (memo, presentation)
• May 2010 Civic Engagement Forum ( Report,  Appendix A , Presentation  to Community Services Committee
  •  COUNCIL DECISION:  DIRECTION FOR THE BURLINGTON INCLUSIVITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S CIVIC ENGAGEMENT FORUM RECOMMENDATIONS - Direct the City Manager to report back on the Burlington Inclusivity Advisory Committee’s report findings and recommendations in conjunction with the Mayors Citizens Advisory Committee on Civic Engagement - Shape Burlington report and the recommendations from the Council workshops on Civic Engagement held May 20 and June 17, 2010.

Committee Representation

The Inclusivity Citizen Advisory Committee is comprised of 12 members representing citizens or community stakeholders, one Council representative and staff for support.

• Committee Members

Burlington Civic Engagement Forum

The Burlington Inclusivity Advisory Committee (BIAC) hosted the Civic Engagement Forum on Saturday May 1, 2010 where input was received regarding volunteerism, local governance and community problem solving in Burlington and to solicit responses on ways to enhance civic engagment through these avenues.  The keynote speaker was John Tory, Chair of the Toronto Summit Alliance.  Proposals from this Forum will be used to make recommendations to Council and to inform the BIAC's future work plan. 

Information Connections

• Community Development Halton’s Inclusive Cities executive summary and report.  
• 2006 Social Profile of Burlington, 
• Social Profile of Burlington, 2006 - Initial Findings (PowerPoint presentation)
• Summary: A Social Profile of Burlington

Survey

The Burlington Inclusivity Advisory Committee want to understand how citizens feel about being part of our community. Please take a moment and complete our 3 minute survey.   

Schedule of Meetings

This committee meets monthly in North Burlington during regular business hours. For meeting dates and times refer to our online meeting calendar.

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