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REPORT TO THE 2015 ANNUAL MEETING ON 

ETFO’S EQUITY AND WOMEN’S PROGRAMS

Representative Council

Of the 467 ETFO local leaders attending the three meetings of Representative Council (October 2014, 
February and May 2015): 

 .4%

 self-identified as Aboriginal;

 

.8%

 self-identified as disabled;

 

1.7%

 self-identified as LGBTQ;

 

2.7%

 self-identified as members of racialized groups.

Standing Committees

Of the 144 members appointed to serve on ETFO Standing Committees in 2014-2015:

 6.4% 

self-identified as Aboriginal;

 6.4% 

self-identified as disabled;

 10.2% 

self-identified as LGBTQ;

 15.0% 

self-identified as a members of racialized groups.

Presidents and Chief Negotiators meetings, September and December 2014, March and 
April 2015 (553 participants)

 1.4% 

self-identified as Aboriginal;

 1.2% 

self-identified as disabled;

 2.1% 

self-identified as LGBTQ.

No one self-identified as a member of a racialized group.

Summer Academy 2014, July-August 2014 (1,642 participants)

 1.0%

 self-identified as Aboriginal;

 

1.2%

 self-identified as disabled; 

 

1.0%

 self-identified as LGBTQ;

 

7.3%

 self-identified as members of racialized groups.

Leaders for Tomorrow WP, 2014-2015 (17 participants)

 5.8% 

self-identified as Aboriginal;

 11.7% 

self-identified as LGBTQ;

 70.5% 

self-identified as members of racialized groups.

No one self-identified as disabled.

ETFO Union School, 2014-2015 (35 participants)

 2.8% 

self-identified as Aboriginal;

 14.2%

 self-identified as disabled;

 17.1% 

self-identified as LGBTQ;

 5.7% 

self-identified as members of racialized groups.

Reflections on Practice WP, 2014-2015 (25 participants)

 4.0% 

self-identified as disabled;

 4.0% 

self-identified as LGBTQ;

 25.0% 

self-identified as members of racialized groups.

No one self-identified as Aboriginal.

“WP” denotes women’s programs