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PROMISING PRACTICES FOR INNOVATION AND EFFECTIVE
GOVERNANCE OF LOCAL IMMIGRATION PARTNERSHIPS
Jennifer Long, Rachel Nott, & Victoria Esses
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Outline
1. IRCC’s New Policy Directions
2. IRCC’s Goals and Directions for LIPs
3. Methodology
4. Promising Practices i. Governance
ii. Priority setting
iii. Settlement strategies that reflect local diversity
iv. Implementation
v. Role of research
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IRCC’s New Policy Directions
Policy Changes include:
• Resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees
• Double the number of entry applications for parents and grandparents to 10,000 per year
• Give additional points under the Express Entry system to applicants with Canadian siblings
Yan, 2015
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IRCC’s New Policy Directions (cont.)
• Increase dependents’ age to 22 from 19
• Proposal for permanent residency of new spouses entering Canada
• Reduce processing times for sponsorship, citizenship and other visas
• Fully restore the Interim Federal Health Program (IFHP)
Yan, 2015
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IRCC’s Policy Directions
IRCC recognizes the following continuing challenges in settlement:
• Unemployment and underemployment
• Low language and literacy skills
• Weak social and employment networks
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IRCC’s Policy Directions
IRCC - role of LIPs in supporting the settlement and integration of immigrants.
This role includes:
1. Increase engagement of local stakeholders in newcomers’ integration process(es)
2. Support community-level research and planning
3. Improve coordination of services
Burr, 2015
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IRCC’s Goals for LIPs
Local Immigration Partnership Handbook (2013)
1. Improved outcomes for newcomers
2. Newcomer needs assessed in a coordinated manner and enhanced awareness of needs among a wider array of community actors
3. Expanded number and diversity of cross-sectoral stakeholders
4. Broad-based partnerships developed for planning and setting priorities
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IRCC’s Goals for LIPs (cont.)
5. Services better coordinated at the community level and improved accessibility to (and coordination with) mainstream institutions
6. Funding leveraged from alternative (more or other than CIC) sources
7. Increased awareness of settlement services by newcomers and thereby enhanced uptake
8. Improved “host” community attitudes and receptivity to newcomers in support of the two-way street model of integration.
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Research Goals
Goal of this Project: Identify and document promising practices for Local Immigration Partnerships in relation to: • governance models • priority setting • developing local settlement strategies that reflect local
diversity • implementing action plans • the role of research so that activities and outcomes are in alignment with IRCC’s goals and policy directions for LIPs
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Methodology
Content analysis of publicly available documents of LIPs across Canada, including Ontario, the Atlantic, the Prairies, and British Columbia
(approximately 60 LIPs)
Promising practices: practices that show promise of producing positive outcomes
(Burstein & Esses, 2012)
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Governance Model
Sub-Committee Chairs on Central Council
• London & Middlesex LIP, Chatham-Kent LIP
• Chairs of sub-councils or working groups sit on the leadership council
• Ensures that working groups have representations and accountability to central council
• Central council can provide guidance when needed, reduces redundancies between working groups
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Governance Model
Streamlining Multiple & Sub-council Membership • St. Thomas Elgin LIP agency-led initiatives, Simcoe
County LIP project-based committees, Tri-Cities LIP project-based working groups
• Committees created for specific projects or initiatives
• When project or initiative has been completed, committee disbands and new committees are created for next project
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Priority Setting
Strategic Action Plans through Results-based Accountability
1. Defining a community impact
2. Identifying associated indicators (measurement to determine progress)
3. Determining performance accountability measures
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Priority Setting
Collective Impact Approach
• Peel Newcomer Strategy Group
• Lasting social change is achieved through the cooperation of multiple organizations
Components: 1. Common Vision 2. Shared Measurement 3. Mutually Reinforcing Activities 4. Continuous Communication 5. Backbone Support
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Developing Local Settlement Strategies that Reflect the Local Diversity
Immigrant Advisory Committees
• Their role includes: provide feedback on strategic action plans, advise on strategy, evaluate outcomes, champion the vision of the LIP in their community, and provide diverse perspectives.
Newcomer Representation on Council
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Role of Research
Standing Evaluation Committee
• staffed with individuals knowledgeable about metrics and models for measurement
• Systematic and consistent assessment of outcomes and working toward IRCC goals
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Role of Research
Research Partnerships
• London & Middlesex LIP partnership with Western University
• Research liaison on central council
• Students and researchers can complete assessments and evaluations for LIPs
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QUESTION & ANSWER PERIOD
Jennifer Long – [email protected]
Rachel Nott – [email protected]
Victoria Esses – [email protected]
www.p2pcanada.ca