b'Message from the ChairMessage de la prsidente du ConseilCharlotte ChristophersenI ts springtime in Canada and I am loving the sun on my faceC est le printemps au Canada et jadore le soleil sur mon and seeing the fresh flowers emerge from the ground. True,visage et voir les fleurs sortir de terre. Il est vrai que le the weather is still unpredictable: Mark Twain put it besttemps est encore imprvisible : Mark Twain la bien dit : when he said: In the spring, I have counted 136 different Au printemps, jai compt 136 types de mto diff-kinds of weather inside of 24 hours.rents en 24 heures . It always amazes me that we can have snow one day and a balmyJe suis toujours tonn de voir que nous pouvons avoir de la neige 20 Celsius the next. But its truly a lovely time of year, even ifun jour et un doux 20 Celsius le lendemain. Mais cest vraiment you never really know what is going to happen outside. Perhapsune belle priode de lanne, mme si on ne sait jamais vraiment this is what keeps us hardy and optimistic. It definitely keeps mece qui va se passer dehors. Cest peut-tre ce qui nous permet de engaged and excited to see what could happen tomorrow! rester robustes et optimistes !Im excited to say that CERC does not stop planning for ourJe suis ravie de pouvoir dire que le CERC ne cesse de planifier upcoming tomorrows. The WECAN summit in April wasnos lendemains. Le sommet WECAN davril a t loccasion de a momentous joining of three great organizations, united torunir trois grandes organisations. Il y a toujours des aprs-midi de strengthen international cooperation on reducing the barriersjeux-questionnaires trs disputs, qui offrent une excellente occa-to global mobility. There continue to be hotly contested triviasion de rencontrer des collgues et de voir qui peut tre le premier afternoons, providing an excellent opportunity to meet with rpondredes questions sur le curling (en esprant que ce soit colleagues and see who can be the first to answer questions onle Canada) ; dans quel film Clint Eastwood a ditGo ahead, make curling (wishful thinking that Canada is #1); in which film Mr. Eastwood stated Go ahead, make my day (Sudden Impact wasmy day(le film tait Sudden Impact, bien que ce soit Dirty Harry the film, although it was Dirty Harry who said it); or whichqui lait dit) ; ou quel pays a une Bugatti Veyron comme voiture de country has a Bugatti Veyron for a police car (I thought Italy, butpolice (je pensais lItalie, mais cest en fait Duba). its really Dubai).Lune des initiatives les plus rcentes et, jose le dire, les plus One of CERCs newest and I dare say biggest initiatives that Iimportantes du CERC, est lintroduction dun nouveau Comit am honoured to be part of is the introduction of a new CERCde la diversit, de lquit et de linclusion. Il importe que le Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee. As our statement onCERC cre et continuecultiver un espace qui embrasse diversity, equity and inclusion says, it is important that CERCactivement la diversit, clbre les diffrentes perspectives et creates and continues to cultivate a space that actively embracesencourage nos membresse montrer tels quils sont etspa-diversity, celebrates different perspectives, and encourages ournouir professionnellement.members to show up as their true selves and thrive professionally through inclusion in CERCs research, advocacy, education andIl se trouve que cest lanne mme de la cration du CERC que knowledge activities. les Canadiens ont dcouvert la Charte des droits et liberts. Cette As it happens, it was in the same year that CERC was estab- charte a t cre pour dfinir les droits dmocratiques de base lished that Canadians were introduced to the Charter of Rightset les liberts fondamentales de tous les citoyens canadiens, des and Freedoms. It was created to outline the basic democraticrsidents permanents et des nouveaux arrivants. Lun des aspects rights and fundamental freedoms of all Canadian citizens, perma- essentiels tait de garantir lgalit pour tous, indpendamment de nent residents and newcomers. A key aspect was to ensure thatqui vous tes, de votre apparence, de vos origines et de vos capa-there is equality for all, regardless of who you are, how you look,cits. Il est dommage que cela nait pas suffigarantir que nous where youre from and what your capabilities are. Its a shamenous traitions et nous respections les uns les autres en tant quindi-that this hasnt been enough to ensure that we treat and respectvidus. Il nous appartient de promouvoir sans relche les valeurs de each other as individuals. It is up to us as members to unfalter- la diversit, de lquit et de linclusion.ingly demonstrate and promote the values of diversity, equityLe comit de la diversit, de lquit et de linclusion du CERC a and inclusion both inside and outside our organization. sollicit des commentaires et sest engagfaire preuve de fermet The CERC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee has beenetplaider de manire proactive au sein du conseil dadministra-reaching out for feedback and is committed to remaining stead- tion et des membres du CERC pour sassurer que nous sommes fast and to proactively advocating within our CERC Board andune organisation inclusive. Ne soyez pas timide : exprimez-vous et membership to ensure we are an inclusive organization. Pleasefaites en sorte que toutes nos voix soient entendues. Nous sommes do not be shy: speak up and make sure that all of our voices areplus forts ensemble, et la diversit est un lment cl de cette force. 6PERSPECTIVES Summer 2021'