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TORONTO REGION IMMIGRATION EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL (TRIEC) |
Community Impact: Building solutions for immigrant employment and assessing impactToronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
Joan Atlin, Director of Programs, TRIEC
IMPACT: 2011 United Way Agency ConferenceDecember 9, 2011
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
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What is the problem we want to impact?
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Skilled immigrants settling in Canada, and in the GTA, face persistently poor and worsening outcomes in terms of unemployment, underemployment relative to their skills and education, and income.
The gap between immigrants and Canadian-born on all of these indicators is growing.
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Source: Mark Cabaj
The nature of complex problems
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Close to Certainty The links between cause and effect are simple, clear, consistent and known. Feasibility and likely outcome of prospective solutions is clear.
Far from Certainty The root causes underlying the issue are multiple, inter-related, dynamic and difficult to grasp. The impact and feasibility of possible solutions are not well understood.
Close to Agreement
People agree that the issue is important and worth pursuing, agree on the root causes of the issue, and that the possible solutions are worth pursuing.
Far from Agreement
People disagree that the issue is important and worth pursuing, on the root causes of the issue, and possible solutions and that they are worth pursuing.
The nature of complex problems
Source: Mark Cabaj
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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What are the levers for change?
Who do we need to impact/involve to make those levers move?
Which levers can we act on directly?
Which levers do we need act on others to impact? Who?
What levels do we need to make change at to have the desired impact?
What’s the mechanism/the methodology?
Complex problems require a theory of change
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES
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Vision: A Greater Toronto Region that prospers by fully engaging the contributions of skilled immigrants.
Leadership council
What is TRIEC?
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1. Make connections. Convene and collaborate with partners, creating opportunities for skilled immigrants to connect to the local labour market.
2. Build awareness and capacity. Work with key stakeholders, particularly employers, building their awareness and capacity to better integrate skilled immigrants into the workforce.
3. Shape public policy. Work with all levels of government, enhancing coordination and effecting more responsive policy and programs for skilled immigrant employment.
Objectives
What does TRIEC do?
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Making connections
• Occupation-specific mentoring relationships
• Paid internships
• Connecting employers to immigrant talent pools
• Professional Immigrant Networks
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• Media and public relations
• Recognizing employer excellence and innovation
• HR tools and resources @ hireimmigrants.ca
• Workshops and training for employers/ TRIEC Campus
Building awareness & capacity
Immigrant Success Awards
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• Intergovernmental Relations Committee
• Participation and leadership in collaborative policy projects/tables
Impacting public policy
• Local Immigration Partnerships• Peel Human Services Board• Toronto Immigrant Employment Data
Initiative (TIEDI)• Civic Action • Parliamentary Committees
• Federal: CIC , Industry Canada, Service Canada
• Provincial: MCI, MTCU, CSS• Municipal: Toronto, Peel, Halton,
York
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Assessing impact: how do we know we’re making progress
Program level: Are our programs working?
Strategic Level: Are our strategies - implemented through our programs - the right ones
Fundamental Approach:
• Does our theory of change still hold?• Do our assumptions hold?• Has the landscape changed?• Are we trying to affect the right levers; are we engaging the right players?
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• What are the short term, easy, individual level outcomes we expect to see in the stakeholders we are “acting on” ?
• What are the medium term, more complex, organizational level changes we would like to see?
• What are the long term, complex, systems level changes we would hope to see?
Mapping outcomes
Exploring tools to measure our impact
Network mapping: tracking the ripple effect of relationships and connections
What is the most significant change: from each stakeholder’s point of view
Contribution analysis: if change happened, to what extent did our work contribute to the change
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
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Achieving change through employer engagement
NEW REALITIES. NEW OPPORTUNITIES.
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Increasing employer awareness of the value of immigrant skills, education and experience
Indicators:• The message• Media coverage• Employer awareness (issue)• Employer awareness (TRIEC)
Challenge:• How do we know if the message
made a difference?
Awareness
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Moving the message
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Increasing employer capacity to explore solutions and opportunities
Indicators:• Participation in learning • Internal leaders and
champions• Readiness for action
Challenge:• Process of change is a long
cycle
Capacity
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Enabling employers to take action and engage in solutions that result in immigrant employment
Indicators• Program participation• New ideas and solutions• Networks / partnerships• External leaders and
champions
Challenges• Attribution• Telling the story
Action
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Tracking the ripple effect
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Questions for discussion
What elements of the TRIEC model resonate with you?
Have you considered using a theory of change approach or framework in your organization’s work? If you have used this approach, how have you engaged your staff and various stakeholders?
What are some of the challenges that you’re presently experiencing in measuring the impact of your work beyond program outcomes? How are you overcoming these challenges?
What would your organization find helpful in building its capacity to measure community impact?