{"id":5442,"date":"2013-11-26T08:59:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p2pcanada.truemarket.io\/toolkits-reports\/pathways-to-prosperity-2013-annual-conference\/"},"modified":"2013-11-26T08:59:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T15:59:15","slug":"pathways-to-prosperity-2013-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/p2pcanada.truemarket.io\/fr\/events\/pathways-to-prosperity-2013-annual-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathways to Prosperity 2013 Annual Conference &#8211; Plenary Sessions"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pathways to Prosperity Partnership held its first pan-Canadian conference at the Minto Suite Hotel in Ottawa on November 15-16,\u00a02013.\u00a0 Presentations from the conference can be accessed by clicking the presentation title. &nbsp; Friday, November 15 Welcome and Opening Remarks Conference Chair:\u00a0Victoria Esses\u00a0\u2013 Principal Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Western Ontario (Video) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","event-category":[],"class_list":["post-5442","events","type-events","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"blocks":[{"acf_fc_layout":"text","text":"The Pathways to Prosperity Partnership held its first pan-Canadian conference at the Minto Suite Hotel in Ottawa on November 15-16,\u00a02013.<span>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span><strong>Presentations from the conference can be accessed by clicking the presentation title.\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2><span>Friday, November 15<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Welcome and Opening Remarks<\/h3>\r\n\r\nConference Chair:\u00a0<strong>Victoria Esses<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Principal Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Western Ontario (<span><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/bnN6h_Utx_k\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Video<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/library\/measuring-progress-local-immigration-partnerships-reseaux-and-other-place-based-initiatives\/\">Measuring Progress: Local Immigration Partnerships, R\u00e9seaux, and Other Place-Based Initiatives<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThis session discusses strategies that the LIPs have used to evaluate their progress, with a series of case studies presented. A representative of the R\u00e9seaux reacts to the presentations and discusses their applicability to Francophone minority interests. This is followed by a description of work underway to develop measures of integration and \u2018welcome-ability\u2019 \u2013 community capacity to integrate immigrants. \u00a0A goal of the session was to discuss analytic practices and to encourage the sharing of instruments for measuring the progress of these place-based initiatives.\r\n\r\nModerator:\u00a0<strong>\u00dcmit Kiziltan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Director-General, Research and Evaluation, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/D_A3cEFnoug\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)\r\n\r\nCase Studies: Measuring LIP Progress\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Hamilton Immigration Partnership:\u00a0<strong>Linda Button<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Project Manager, City of Hamilton (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7tSKAlbVJA0\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>York Region Local Immigration Partnership:\u00a0<strong>Sutha Balasingham<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senior Program Analyst, Regional Municipality of York<\/li>\r\n\t<li>London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership:\u00a0<strong>Huda Hussein<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Coordinator, London and Middlesex LIP and\u00a0<strong>Victoria Esses (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kugs_AZ5h6E\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)\r\n<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Questions and Analyses of Interest to the R\u00e9seaux:\u00a0<strong>Marie Elise Lebon\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Coordinator, R\u00e9seau de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019immigration francophone de l\u2019Est de l\u2019Ontario (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-sGEwlny5Bg\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nIntegration and \u201cWelcome-ability\u201d Indexes: Measures of Community Capacity to Integrate Immigrants: <strong>Zenaida Ravanera<\/strong> \u2013 Pathways to Prosperity and University of Western Ontario (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ev05ymwk5rM\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/library\/downstream-responses-to-changing-selection-processes\/\">Downstream Responses to Changing Selection Processes<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThis panel explores the institutional adaptations that are required \u2013 some already underway \u2013 to respond to profound policy shifts affecting the admission and selection of newcomers for economic purposes. The institutions include settlement organizations and academic institutes serving international students, including those who transition to permanent residency; employers and employment councils implicated in immigrant absorption and integration; and organizations involved in overseas accreditation and the management of new accreditation pathways.\r\n\r\nModerator:\u00a0<strong>Michael Haan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of New Brunswick (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEK83hJYYww\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)\r\n\r\nProjected Policy Impacts on Numbers, Characteristics and Entry Pathways:\u00a0<strong>Sandra Harder\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Director-General, Strategic Policy and Planning, Citizenship and Immigration Canada\r\n\r\nImplications for Newcomer Needs and the Capacities of Mediating Institutions\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Selection Category and Perceived Needs:\u00a0<strong>Victoria Esses (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sRHvI2ds49M\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)\r\n<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>International Students:\u00a0<strong>Chedly Belkhodja<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Moncton (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Dtq9sXlTUeg\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Employers:\u00a0<strong>Julie Drolet<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Calgary (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ly7zcxNAhpY\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Smaller Communities:\u00a0<strong>Don Curry<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Executive Director, North Bay and District Multicultural Centre (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8ijSfvl4WQM\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Accreditation:\u00a0<strong>Timothy Owen<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Director, World Education Services (<span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ADXBeiXJm6A\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/library\/quebec-charter-of-values-implications-for-immigration\/\">Quebec Charter of Values: Implications for Immigration<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThis roundtable discussion, organized by the Quebec Node of Pathways to Prosperity, discusses the implications of the Qu\u00e9bec Charter of Values debate for immigration and immigrants in Canada. Questions include: Is this a phenomenon unique to Qu\u00e9bec or does it reflect perspectives in other parts of the country? What are its likely effects on prospective and current immigrants and on a range of policy options? What insights does research offer?\r\n\r\nDiscussion Co-Chairs:\u00a0<strong>Bill Reimer<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, Concordia University &amp;\u00a0<strong>Mich\u00e8le Vatz Laaroussi\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, University of Sherbrooke\r\n\r\nBrief presentations to situate the discussion by:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><strong>Magninin Kon\u00e9<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Rencontre Interculturelle des Familles de l\u2019Estrie &amp;\u00a0<strong>Lorraine O\u2019Donnell<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Quebec English-Speaking Communities Research Network, Concordia University<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Richard Bourhis<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Chedly Belkhodja<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Co-Investigator, Pathways to Prosperity and University of Moncton<\/li>\r\n\t<li><strong>Celine Cooper<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 University of Toronto and Montreal Gazette<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>Saturday, November 16<\/h2>\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/library\/results-of-settlement-outcomes-surveys\/\">Results of Settlement Outcomes Surveys<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThis panel examinees key results from recent settlement outcome surveys in Canada which provide important insights into the economic and social outcomes of recent immigrants, their settlement needs, and their utilization of services and information. The panel also includes a presentation on new linkages of Statistics Canada surveys and landing data that will prove useful for future analyses. Presenters were asked to focus on a subset of the following topics: (i) Limited users or non-users of services and the reasons for non-utilization; (ii) Desire for pre-arrival information; (iii) Use of the internet and social media; (iv) Civic engagement and belonging; (v) Economic trajectories; and (vi) Smaller versus larger communities.\r\n\r\nModerator:\u00a0<strong>Martha Justus<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Director, Strategic Research, Research and Evaluation, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/c5SHfepcXUc\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)\r\n\r\nPresentations on Surveys\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Making Ontario Home Survey:\u00a0<strong>Audrey Kobayashi<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, Queen\u2019s University\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/hr0ZW2o-ixw\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Alberta Settlement Outcomes Survey:\u00a0<strong>Victoria Esses\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WgGwTfdS1EQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Western Settlement Outcomes Survey:\u00a0<strong>Leah Hamilton<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Pathways to Prosperity and Professor, Mount Royal University\u00a0<strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/X0V-4n5cbHc\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pan-Canadian Settlement Outcomes Survey:\u00a0<strong>Alice Wong<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Senior Manager, Immigrant Settlement and Language Programs, Human Services, Government of Alberta &amp;\u00a0<strong>Suresh Kumar<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Manager, Integration-Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Citizenship and Immigration Canada\u00a0<strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/QppdQ3XcqDk\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\t<li>Statistics Canada Surveys - Landing Data Linkages: Project Status and Future Potential:\u00a0<strong>Xiaoyi Yan<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Director, Knowledge Dissemination and External Relations, Citizenship and Immigration Canada &amp;\u00a0<strong>Lorna Jantzen<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Policy and Research Analyst, Knowledge Dissemination and External Relations, Citizenship and Immigration Canada\u00a0<strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Z5OFmGwotkQ\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<h3><a href=\"\/library\/agency-of-the-future\/\">Agency of the Future<\/a><\/h3>\r\n\r\nThis panel examines the key components of the Agency of the Future project, including the design and management of the proposed innovation cycle (co-led by the settlement sector and P2P) which is based on the analysis, adaptation, and dissemination of promising practices. Ideas from outside the settlement sector are introduced with respect to the development of new business lines as well as the use of new technologies.\r\n\r\nModerator:\u00a0<strong>Carl Nicholson<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Executive Director, Catholic Centre for Immigrants (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/WSKsIG78fRo\" target=\"_blank\"><span><strong>Video<\/strong><\/span><\/a>)\r\n\r\nConceptual Building Blocks and Mechanics of an Innovation Cycle:\u00a0<strong>Meyer Burstein<\/strong><b>\u00a0<\/b>\u2013 Director of Policy and Planning, Pathways to Prosperity (<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/zdSUraWlh00\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span>Video<\/span><\/strong><\/a>)\r\n\r\nIdentifying New Enterprise Opportunities: Presentation on the Business Model Canvas \u2013 A framework for helping organizations design and re-design their business model:\u00a0<strong>Jon Worren<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<b>\u00a0<\/b>Entrepreneurship Programs, MaRS Discovery District (<span><strong><a 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