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General Committee – Monday, October 4, 2021, 6pm
Monday night will be a busy one, with 6pm General Committee, followed immediately by City Council Watch online: ...
Accountability Team
Sep 30, 20212 min read
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Survey: Strengthening accountability for municipal council members
Happy Tuesday, everyone! Here's a provincial survey that's near and dear to our hearts: Strengthening Accountability for Municipal...
Engage Barrie
Jun 22, 20211 min read
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Deputation re: "Heart Barrie" sign
Good evening, Mayor and Councillors, My name is Alyssa Wright, and I am a musician, educator, writer and performer who made Barrie her...
Alyssa Wright
Jun 13, 20214 min read
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Downtown Barrie BIA Must Address "Damaging" Governance Issues
Article from Simcoe.com A closer look into some of the ongoing troubles at the BIA. As referenced in Supervised Consumption Saves Lives -...
Engage Barrie
Apr 28, 20211 min read
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Downtown Barrie BIA chair resigns months after making 'insulting and derogatory' comments
Article from Simcoe.com The power of public engagement! All it took was ONE private citizen speaking up, to hold a city Board Chair...
Engage Barrie
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Open Letter to Council re: Integrity Commissioner's Report on the BIA Chair
April 26, 2021 Dear Mayor and Council Supervised Consumption Saves Lives - Barrie is a sub-group of Engage Barrie, with 63 active core...
Engage Barrie
Apr 25, 20213 min read
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CTV News coverage re: BIA
There's a clip from Supervised Consumption Saves Lives - Barrie on CTV news tonight, about the Hamilton resignation, and what we hope...
Engage Barrie
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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Integrity Commissioner's Report: Rob Hamilton, Downtown Barrie BIA
***Please read the CALL TO ACTION at the bottom*** We'll be getting the Council Preview for next week out shortly, but wanted to point...
Engage Barrie
Apr 22, 20212 min read
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Workplace Harassment - City Response re: corrective actions undertaken
We have received a reply from the City regarding our questions from February 28. In Short: "It is staff’s understanding that the...
Engage Barrie
Mar 30, 20211 min read
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Workplace Harassment Article from Simcoe.com
Simcoe.com has a story on the Workplace Harassment case, including Engage's letter to Council. ‘Set an example’: Advocacy group calls for...
Engage Barrie
Mar 9, 20211 min read
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Stopping Harassment and Abuse by Local Leaders
Statement by MPP Stephen Blais on International Women's Day Motivated in part by Barrie's recent Workplace Harassment case, alongside...
Engage Barrie
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Open letter to Council - #ChooseToChallenge
(or, why some seemingly innocuous things are actually a "big deal" to many) Dear Councillors, Next week, March 8, is International...
Alyssa Wright
Mar 1, 20218 min read
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Workplace Harassment Case – Following-up
Engage Barrie sent the following letter to the City, asking about the corrective actions undertaken on the Workplace Harassment...
Engage Barrie
Feb 28, 20213 min read
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At Issue: A harassment at City Hall
Barrie Community Media's interview with three core members of Engage Barrie – Victoria Butler, Shannon Murree and Alyssa Wright – about...
Engage Barrie
Jan 8, 20211 min read
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Council Motion re: Workplace Harassment Case
Tonight's motion passed unanimously (other than McCann, who was not on-screen and not voting) That the following corrective actions be...
Engage Barrie
Dec 21, 20201 min read
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Open Letter to Council – Andrea Murray
I can’t think of a better day to send this letter than on Human Rights Day, the day we celebrate the passage of the Universal Declaration...
Engage Barrie
Dec 11, 20203 min read
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Open Letter to Council – Victoria Butler
It is easy to love women in public. To tell your Mother you love her on Mother’s Day. To share a photo of your friend and your sister on...
Victoria Butler
Dec 7, 20205 min read
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Open Letter to Council - Anonymous
A woman in our community wrote this letter to Council, but was, understandably, afraid to attach her name to it. She had also tried to...
Engage Barrie
Dec 7, 20204 min read
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Open Letter to Council – Caitlin McKenzie
Submitted by one of our members: When I learned that there were substantiated harassment claims within Barrie’s city council, by a member...
Engage Barrie
Dec 7, 20203 min read
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Open Letter to Barrie City Council
Sent to: Mayor and Council City Clerks Human Resources Director Office of the CAO Integrity Commission Copied to: Women & Children’s...
Alyssa Wright
Dec 6, 20207 min read
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