Minutes Ottawa Best Start Steering Committee Monday February 25

Minutes
Ottawa Best Start Steering Committee
Monday February 25, 2013
1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
100 Constellation, Mustang Room
Present:
Jama Watt
Mia Doré
Kathy Knight-Robinson
Suzanne Dugas
Moira D’Aoust
Kim Hiscott
Shelley Bond
Sylvie Tourigny
Denise Hébert
Marie-Claude Tourcotte
Kelly Paolozzi
Annie Lafreniere
Catherine Millar
Kathleen Jubenville
Lena Turnbull
Ottawa Child & Youth Network – Growing Up Great
Western Ottawa Resource Centre
OEYC Ottawa South
Francophone Planning Table
CISS/Special Needs Working Group
Child Care Council
Nepean Carleton Planning Table
Regroupement des services éducatifs à l’enfance d’Ottawa
Ottawa Public Health
Ottawa Public Health
Parent Resource Centre
Parent Resource Centre
Parent Resource Centre
Parent Resource Centre
OEYC Ottawa Centre - Mothercraft Ottawa
Regrets:
Michel Prévost
Karin Guité
Michel Chartrand
Rachelle Blanchette
Martine Levesque
Angela Bush
Jacques Torjman
Eleanor Heap
Tori MacLean
Lynda Brown
Michele Hynes
Melody Paruboczy
Julie Clouthier
Marie-Anne Saucier
Joffré Malette
Harpreet Grewal
Nathalie Daoust
Esther Seaman
City of Ottawa, Children’s Services Manager
Ottawa Catholic School Board (OCSB)
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education
Best Start Ottawa-Vanier Planning Table
Makonsag Aboriginal Head Start
Ministry of Education
Ottawa Carleton District School Board (OCDSB)
Ministry of Children and Youth Services
First Nations, Inuit and Métis Planning Table
Co-chair Best Start Planning Tables Committee
OEYC Ottawa Centre - Mothercraft Ottawa
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’est de l’Ontario (CÉPEO)
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’est de l’Ontario (CÉPEO)
Orleans Cumberland Community Resource Centre
Ottawa Public Health – HBHC
Conseil des écoles catholiques de centre-est (CECCE)
Kanata-West Carleton, Stittsville Planning Table
1. Adoption of the Agenda / Adoption de l’ordre du jour
Adopted : by Moira D’Aoust and Shelley Bond
2. Business arising from the minutes and notes :
by Moira D’Aoust and Shelley Bond
3. Committee Co-Chair:
• A co-chair is needed for this committee. Please email Kim if interested.
4. Note:
• Marie- Claude Tourcotte will be taking over this portfolio for Healthy Children, Healthy
Babies
5. Update from website development group:
• Standing agenda item, no report until after we complete a strategic planning process
6. ECD planning table update – guidelines and deliverables
• Deliverable #1: Planning table funding summary of money spent since 2008 to 2011
• Person hired to complete detailed Ministry template
• Should be completed by mid March
• Deliverable #3: Progress Update
• Moira, Michele and Jama worked very hard on deliverables 3 & 4
• Appendix C reviewed and discussed
• Suggestions:
Change “topics” to “tasks”
Add “gaps in membership will be identified and recruited
Change “annual event” to “annual report back”
Can we link it to Regional Francophone and Aboriginal planning table?
Add sentence to describe planning “strategy” portion
• Deliverable #4: Community Planning Strategy
• Appendix D reviewed and discussed
• Continue to use “annual report
• Add neighbourhood planning tables and standing committees
• Change “table” to “committee”
• Terms of Reference - to be reviewed every 2 years
Change “agencies” to “agencies and organizations”
Request admin support from City “annually”
Delete last paragraph
Missing “planning table” piece, put under “structure”
Made up of agencies and 7 planning table – 2 specialized – Aboriginal
and Francophe
Ok to say “fits” our community
Insert link to Francophone needs of the City of Ottawa – Suzanne to
formulate wording
Under communication – will liaise with committees
Take out “dispute resolution” and “vote”
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Deliverable #5: Review Structure
Appendix E discussed
Make sure it matches with new Terms of Reference
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Deliverable #2 , #6 & #7:
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PRC working on these
On-going process that will be built upon and move the community forward
Kelly’s staff presented information collect to date and asked for committee input
– collected info
7. Community Best Start event March 18th
• Agenda for the day discussed
8. EDI focus group: Kelly
• Sub – committee meeting and will have survey results soon
• Will finalize and report back in April
9. Update Reports:
• Best Start planning dollars – Aboriginal planning table will not use their
remaining dollars
• Email Kim if anyone is interested in using the remaining funds by March 31st
2013
Francophone Planning Table Funding:
• No meeting – no updates
FNIMSC-FNIMPT:
• No rep present
Regional French Language Network:
• Meeting in Toronto of the 9 networks across the province
• Asking for clarification of their role
• Need a city rep to sit on committee
Growing Up Great:
• Tuesday is the network meeting at United Way
• Literature review is completed – next steps – what is required to move forward
– will present to BSSC in May
10. Next Meeting:
Monday March 25, 2013 -1:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Lotus room - 100 Constellation,