At the Heart of Human Rights Is Human Dignity

Celebrating Canada’s 150th 25th Anniversary of Manitoba Multiculturalism Act At the Heart of Human Rights is Human Dignity March 21 & 22, 2017- 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Hilton Suites Winnipeg Airport -1800 Wellington Avenue March 21, 2017 8:30 am: Registration/Coffee 9:00 am: Welcome: Terry Macleod (Retired CBC Host) 9:08 am: Introduce Honourable Minister Rochelle Squires: Shahina Siddiqui (Conference Chair)

9:10 am: Greetings: Honourable Minister Rochelle Squires (Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage and Minister responsible for Status of Women and Francophone Affairs)

9:15 am: Introduce Mayor Brian Bowman: Abdo Eltassi O.C. O.M. (Vice President – Islamic Social Services Association) 9:18 am: Greetings: Mayor Brian Bowman Session 1 9:30 am-10:10 am: Indigenous Women: Dignity and Human Rights Speaker: Tasha Spillett, Phd. Colonization and Indigenous Spirituality: Dignity of Belief Systems Speaker: Damon Johnston Moderator: Omar Siddiqui, LLB (Canadian Muslim Leadership Institute) Session 2

10:20 am-10:55 am: Welcome to Canada? Reflections on a Checkered History

Speaker: Professor Lorie Wilkinson –University of Manitoba Moderator: Terumi Kuwada MSW (Past President National Association of Japanese Canadians)

11:05 am- 11:40 am: Conversation Café

How and What Can I Do to Address Racism?

Facilitator:

11:45 am –Noon: Poster Launch

Noon – 12:45 pm: Lunch Session 3

1:00 pm - 1:40 pm: Community Resilience and the Concept of ‘Other’ Speaker: Andrew J. McLean, MD, MPH. Moderator: Piero Narducci (Director General - Human Rights Promotion Branch | Canadian Human Rights Commission) Session 4 1:50 pm- 2:20 pm: LGBTQ Community- Beyond Our Comfort Zone: Hopes, Challenges, Collaborations and Right to Dignity Speaker: Rev. Dr. Loraine Mackenzie Shepherd Moderator: Kobra Rahimi (Board Member - Islamic Social Services Association) 2:30 pm – 3:10 pm: Conversation Café Diversity and Difference: Rights and Responsibilities Facilitator: Session 5 3:20 pm- 4:00 pm: Media and the Politics of Xenophobia Panel: Ihsaan Gardee, Azeezah Kanji and Terry Mcleod Moderator: Kate Kehler (Executive Director - Social Planning Council of Winnipeg) 4:00 pm- 4:20 pm: Conversation Café Should Media Be Responsible for Social Cohesion? Facilitator: 4:20 pm–4:30pm: Wrap up and Findings - Terry Macleod March 22, 2017 8:30 am: Arrival /Registration 9:00 am -9:05 am: Welcome: Emcee Terry Macleod 9:06 am – 9:11 am: Greetings – Chief of Police Danny Smyth/ RCMP Commissioner – Scott Kolody

9:12 am-9:22 am: Video Message from Marie-Claude Landry, Ad.E (Chief Commissioner - Canadian Human Rights Commission) Session 1

9:30 am-10:15 am: Islamophobia Speaker: Haroon Siddiqui O.C. O.Ont. Moderator: Dean Peachy, Phd. (Global College University of Winnipeg) Session 2 10:15 am-10:45 am: Anti-Semitism in Canada Speaker: Bernie Farber Moderator: Alon Weinberg 10:50 am-11:45 am: Conversation Café War on Facts: Is Canada Immune to Divisive Political Bullying? Facilitator: 11:50 am: -12:40 pm: Lunch Session 3 12:45 pm- 1:20 pm: Conquering the Racial and Gender Divide Panel: Azeezah Kanji - LLM, Krishna Lalbihari, Suenita Maharaj Sandhu Moderator: Noelle Depape (Immigration Partnership Winnipeg) 1:30 pm-2:00 pm: When Values Are at Odds Speaker: Professor Karen Busby Moderator: Jan Christie (Manitoba Inter- Faith Immigration Council) 2:00 pm- 2:30 pm: Conversation Café Reconciling Human Rights Facilitator: 2:40 pm – 4:10 pm: Final Conversation Café - Beyond Anger to Education and Empathy Reflection and Development of ‘Civil Society Mobilization and Response Tool kit’ 4:10 pm – 4:15 pm: Going Forward with Hope Speaker: Shahina Siddiqui (President – Islamic Social Services Association) 4:15pm- 4:25: Wrap up – Terry Macleod