SCOP-11-30 sa f e c i t Y
Education Working Group
Meeting Note~
Wednesday, August 31, 201 1
City Hall
p a r tn ers h ip
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Members Present: Helen Break, Paul Dobbs, Jeannine Joubert, William Nie lsen
Discussion
Marketing & Promotion Package
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Taking a look at the goals, and determining if we need to change them.
It was determined that the goals in place are fine .
Engagement of Committee
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There is a lack of engagement from t he committee member.
Attendance has been poor this year.
We need to f igure out our identity.
Shou ld the committee exist next year?
Stakeholders need to develop ideas about what is going on in their commun ities.
Committee needs a reality check in the September meeting, we need to examine the 2011
workplan - figure out what we have accomplished, and what we should accomplish
How can SCOP help the individual members of our committee?
We need a champion from the City of Oshawa on the committee, perhaps a council member.
DRPS needs to be a stronger roll on the committee. Helen to ask Laura if BIAwill be sending someone back tothe committee .
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Community
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We need to highlight/celebrate things that are being done well in t he community.
Drug use in community/schools.
Where can we get crime stats for the City of Oshawa? DRPS has been requested many times
to provide us with stats.
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There is violence from people that come from broken homes.
There is a mental hea lth issue in Oshawa. Can we get brochures f rom CAMH, are they in
Durham?
Can we send a lette r/our brochure to residents of Oshawa via mail to raise awareness of our
committee?
Jeannine: Donovan is now closed . Police are using it as a trai ning facility. She will check to see
if members from SCOP can go to observe sometime, and also if the media would be able to
cover t hat . It would highlight our com mittee, and also how the police are training to mainta in
a safe Oshawa.
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Stud ents
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How do we reach out to students t o inform them about safety?
Schools wi ll be having a safety week in September.
We need t o see if UOIT/Trent have a media contact (school newspa per).
SCOP could get permission from school board to send a monthly safety newsletter out with
t he students.
Jeannine to bring in samples of previous newsletters.
This yea rs' newsletter safety theme is "Digital Citizenship - Are you safe onli ne?".
The newsletter could ask students/pa rents for feedback.
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