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<DIV>Dear Colleagues,</DIV>
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<DIV>We urge you to authorize adding your name to this letter. The
authorization should be sent to <A
href="mailto:jcartwright@labourcouncil.ca">jcartwright@labourcouncil.ca</A>.</DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">January,
2012<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 1in" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">An
Open Letter to Mayor Ford and the City Council<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">We,
the undersigned, are a group of concerned academics and community leaders who
have come together to endorse the Justice and Dignity for Cleaners Campaign to
keep these services public.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This
open letter is therefore, an appeal to our Mayor and the Toronto City Council to
stop the outsourcing of hundreds of city cleaners’ jobs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Here are our
reasons:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Cleaning
industry in Toronto has traditionally been considered a major source of
employment for newcomers as well as older immigrant workers, many of whom are
racialized.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>By eliminating close to
one thousand cleaning positions in police stations, city buildings, community
housing, childcare and long term care facilities, we will in effect deprive
these workers of secure jobs and stable incomes, which will affect not only them
but also their families. They are just ordinary citizens who work hard, pay
taxes, and raise families. They put a great deal of skill and effort into
keeping their workplaces clean, yet they are often invisible workers as many
come to work when others have left for the day. Earning less than the average
wage in Toronto, these workers are hardly on any “gravy train”.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">The
outsourcing of public service cleaners is a major setback for cleaners in the
private sector who are struggling to bring their wages up and improve their
basic benefits. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Contracting
out of cleaning services has given rise to a growing sector of work that is
often misclassified as independent contracting so that employers can bypass
Ontario’s Employment Standards Act. Too many cleaners are working below minimum
wage, without vacation and public holiday pay and no protection against such
abuses. <SPAN style="COLOR: black"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">We
are further concerned that in this highly-competitive cleaning industry, these
private cleaners will be further exploited and used as fodder to justify the
outsourcing of unionized public cleaners. One cannot help but be reminded
of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>the embarrassing situation
</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">when
the City’s Fair Wage Office found the payment of wages well below the minimum to
immigrant workers working for a private contractor at Union
Station.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Toronto’s
<I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Vital Signs 2011 Report</I> pinpoints
overcoming the widening income gap between its richest and poorest residents as
the city’s biggest challenge.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Within one year, the poverty rate rose 22% in the Toronto Region; and the
rate of child poverty went up more than 43%.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is only the latest in a string of
studies that point to the shrinking of the middle-class, and the growth of
entire low-income neighbourhoods in Toronto. These staggering increases should
serve as a warning signal to the elected members of City Council that there are
already too many poverty wage jobs in Toronto. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">There
are too many workers particularly women workers and longtime immigrant workers
who are over-represented in precarious employment. Turning good jobs into
poverty wage jobs will only deepen the current job crisis. It is a strategy that
we cannot afford right now. Toronto’s budget issues should not be resolved at
the expense of these cleaners, their families and their neighbourhoods.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">We
question the fairness of such decisions when the deficit reduction is done on
the back of those who can most ill-afford to lose their employment, the ones who
are already marginalized in this market, such as women and racialized
workers.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Toronto
Region has experienced a massive loss of tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs
in the past decade.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As we try to
recover from the economic recession of 2008/2009, it is critical that we see the
service sector as a source of potential good employment.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>There is much to be done to recognize
these cleaners’ work as a skilled occupation with professional standards and
remuneration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This can only happen
when we have a municipal government that is willing to lead by example – to come
up with creative strategies to maintain the wellbeing of our residents and
create good jobs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Now
is not the time to retreat into the easy solutions of cutting public services
and decent jobs.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We will end up
having to pay for the human costs of such short-sighted strategies in decades to
come. Let us strive to build a livable city with opportunities for growth and
dignity for all its diverse communities and
neighbourhoods.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Yours
truly,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Greg
Albo, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Sedef
Arat-Koc, Associate Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Harjeet
Badwall, Lecturer, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Deborah
Barndt, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Jonathan
Barker, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Tim Bartkiw, Ryerson
University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Harald
Bauder, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Dan
Bender,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Associate Professor,
University of Toronto <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Adrian
Blackwell, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Malcolm
Blincow, Associate Professor, York University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Mike
Burke, Associate Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Bonnie Burstow, University of
Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Barbara Cameron, Professor, York
University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Jenny Carson, Ryerson
University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Jacquie
Chic, Assistant Professor,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Ryerson
University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Jennifer
Clark, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Deborah
Cowen, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Tania
Das Gupta, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Enakshi
Dua, Associate Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Bryan Evans, Professor, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sarah
Flicker, Associate Professor, York U</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">niversity<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Honor
Ford-Smith, Associate Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Harriet
Friedmann, Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Grace-Edward
Galabuzi, Associate Professor, Ryerson University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
lang=EN-CA>Mary Gellatly, Parkdale Community Legal
Services<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Purnima
George, Associate Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Wenona
Giles, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Sam
Gindin, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Luin
Goldring, Associate Professor, York</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Shubhra
Gururani, Associate Professor, York University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Eve
Haque, Associate Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">J. David Hulchanski, Professor,
University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Pablo
Idahosa, Associate Professor, York University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <BR></SPAN><SPAN
class=apple-style-span><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica">Nancy
Jackson, Associate Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Merle
A. Jacobs. Associate Professor, York University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Carl
James, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Jan
Kainer, Associate Professor, York University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"> <BR>Roger Kiel, Professor, York
University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Robert
Lewis, Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Jamie
Magnusson, Associate Professor, OISE/University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Guida
Man, Assistant Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Paula
Maurutto, Associate Professor, University of T</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">David
McNally, Professor, York University</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Angela Miles, Professor,
University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Kiran Mirchandani, Associate
Professor, OISE/University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Dr. Shahrzad Mojab, Professor,
OISE/University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Radhika
Mongia, Associate Professor, York University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Colin
Mooers, Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Roxana
Ng,Professor, OISE/University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Winnie Ng, Gindin CAW Social
Justice Chair, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Gordon
Pon, Associate Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-CA"
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Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Sherida
Ryan, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">John
Saunders, Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Peter Sawchuk, Associate
Professor, OISE/University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Veronica
Schild, Associate Professor, University of Western Ontario
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Alan
Sears, Associate Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Jayeeta
Sharma, Assistant Professor, University of Toronto <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">John Shields, Professor, Ryerson
University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Myer
Siemiatycki, Professor, Ryerson University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Joan
Simalchuk, Professor, University of Toronto<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Anne-Marie
Singh, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Hira
Singh, Associate Professor, York U</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">niversity<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Sandra
Smele, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Penni Stewart</SPAN><SPAN
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Associate Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Pam
Sugiman, Professor, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'">Aparna
Sundar, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University</SPAN><SPAN
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Steven
Tufts, Associate Professor, York University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"
class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">Vappu
Tyyska, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Salimah
Valiani, Associate Researcher, University of T</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">oronto<BR></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Emily
van der Meulen, Assistant Professor, Ryerson University<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Livy
Visano, Professor, York U</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt">niversity<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Courier New'">Samantha
Wehbi, Associate Professor, Ryerson University</SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Bell MT'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P><SPAN
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