PIC Conference
Parent Involvement Committee Conference - Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
HDSB parents, guardians and community members were invited to attend the Parent Involvement Committee (PIC) Conference for the 2025-2026 school year on on Saturday, Nov. 15 at Elsie MacGill Secondary School (1410 Bronte St S, Milton). The theme for this year’s event was Embrace. Engage. Celebrate: Building Welcoming Communities Together.
Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025-2026 school year PIC Conference! We look forward to connecting with you at future events and conferences.
Keynote Speaker
This year’s conference featured keynote speaker Pardeep Nagra, Human Rights & Equity Advisor at the HDSB. Pardeep has spent his career helping people and organizations build stronger, more connected communities. As a speaker and humanitarian, Pardeep has inspired audiences across Canada with his message of kindness, belonging and the power of working together. His contributions have been recognized with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Community Service Award, among others, and he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. A lifelong fan of the three stripes, Pardeep’s love of sport has led to many athletic accomplishments – a high school tennis champion, elite ball hockey player, Boston Marathon qualifier and a national-level boxer whose journey was portrayed in the Hollywood film Tiger. At this year’s conference, Pardeep shared stories and insights that encourage families and schools to celebrate strengths, nurture connections and create welcoming spaces where every child can flourish.