<\/strong>\r\n\r\n \r\nE2 (en personne) \u2013 Initiatives novatrices de collaboration entre les RIF et les PLI<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\nPr\u00e9sident: M\u00e9d\u00e9tonwan Olivier Gu\u00e9d\u00e9, F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des communaut\u00e9s francophones et acadienne (FCFA)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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\r\n\r\nLa collaboration entre fournisseurs de services anglophones et francophones est un enjeu prioritaire surtout pour ces derniers qui op\u00e8rent dans un contexte minoritaire. Vivre en tant que minorit\u00e9 linguistique francophone impose une certaine adaptabilit\u00e9 et cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9 afin d'accro\u00eetre sa visibilit\u00e9, dans le but de promouvoir, dans un premier temps les communaut\u00e9s francophones, puis de renforcer le parcours d'int\u00e9gration francophone aupr\u00e8s des organismes anglophones. La collaboration est ainsi devenue une arme utilis\u00e9e par les RIF et de diff\u00e9rentes mani\u00e8res pour travailler avec les organismes anglophones que sont les PLI. Quelques initiatives inspirantes de collaboration seront partag\u00e9es pendant cet atelier.\r\n
\r\n \t- Collaboration entre les organismes francophones et anglophones de Toronto\r\n<\/strong>Mikha\u00e9la Sullivan, R\u00e9seau en immigration francophone pour la r\u00e9gion Centre-Sud-Ouest de l\u2019Ontario (RIFCSO)<\/li>\r\n \t
- Le Nord magn\u00e9tique 2022\r\n<\/strong>Thomas Mercier, R\u00e9seau de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019immigration francophone du Nord de l\u2019Ontario (RIFNO)<\/li>\r\n \t
- Premier forum \u201cPartenariat entre RIF & PLI, entre r\u00e9trospectives et perspectives\u201d\r\n<\/strong>Sarah Fellag, R\u00e9seau en immigration francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (RIFC)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nE3 (in person) \u2013 Mental Health Toolkit for Frontline Staff and Leadership\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nChair: Farah Kotadia, Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership and South Vancouver Neighbourhood House\r\n\r\nThis workshop will focus on the mental health and well-being of new immigrants to Canada. Catered to both frontline staff and leadership alike, the curriculum will delve into the Mental Health Resource and Toolkit developed by Surrey Local Immigration Partnership, in consult with mental health practitioners and funded by IRCC. Working collaboratively with the Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership, the workshop will explore topics such as trauma-informed care, culture competence, addressing stigma, grounding and de-escalation tools, and self-care for practitioners. This will be an integrative and engaging session. Participants will walk away with an increased understanding of coping strategies and mechanisms.\r\n
\r\n \t- Farah Kotadia, Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership and South Vancouver Neighbourhood House<\/li>\r\n \t
- Tina Balachandran, Surrey Local Immigration Partnership and DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nE4 (in person) \u2013 Unlocking the Potential of Learning from and with Other LIPs: Immigrant Surveys as a Means to Share and Build our Research Experience\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nChair: Dan Vandebelt, Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership\r\n\r\nThe workshop will share LIP experience undertaking a biannual survey of immigrants between 2017 and 2021 in one community - opening it up to LIPs across Canada to go through the process together in 2023. Participating LIPs will share what was learned about running an immigrant survey and share a toolkit with tips & templates to help LIPs running similar surveys. We will explore how LIPs can both maintain a local focus and collaborate with other LIPs to share and build their capacity to better understand the experiences of immigrants, as well as develop a common knowledge base and research approaches.\r\n
\r\n \t- Kailea Pedley, Cape Brenton Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- Leen Al-Habash, Guelph-Wellington Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- Petrusia Hontar, St.Thomas-Elgin Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nE1 (virtual) \u2013 Synergy in Action: Best Practices for LIPs to Support Ukrainian Displaced Persons and Other Newcomers in Mid-size to Rural Based Partnerships\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFacilitators: Catherine Fisher Andrews, Quinte Local Immigration Partnership, and Yuliya Lohvynenko and Myroslava Symonenko, Quinte Immigration Services\r\n\r\nThis roundtable shares the power and energy of regional partnerships in driving the development of \u201cwelcoming communities\u201d within the context of unprecedented situations in the LIP and settlement sectors. Using case examples of projects and initiatives supporting displaced Ukrainians and other newcomers arriving in Quinte region, we will explore challenges and successes experienced in building local partnerships that created a safety net for newcomers. This roundtable will open a door to discussing LIPs\u2019 best practices and learnings, and will foster a spirit of collaboration between participants of the conference. Sharing knowledge is a great way to enrich each others\u2019 skills as well as drive positive change in the LIP sector.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nE2 (virtual) \u2013 Working Together: The Role of LIPs and RIF in Supporting Newcomer Health\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFacilitators: Laura Branner, Lethbridge Local Immigration Partnership, and Stasha Donahue, Lethbridge Local Immigration Partnership\r\n\r\nThe Lethbridge Newcomer Health Advisory Group (LNHAG) was already working together when the LIP started. We will give a quick overview of Past\/Current\/Future projects (including Navigating COVID, Mental Health) and how we have been able to work together to address some of the challenges that newcomers face navigating the health system. Join us in a discussion about the benefits of having a LIP health working group.\r\nQuestions to be addressed include, for example:\r\n
\r\n \t- How do other communities (especially smaller centers) assist newcomers to navigate the complexity of health care?<\/li>\r\n \t
- Does your LIP have a health working group? What does it look like?<\/li>\r\n \t
- Do you want to establish a health working group, but not sure how\/where to start?<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\n01:30 PM - 02:45 PM EST<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nWorkshops and Roundtables<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nF1 (in person) \u2013 Innovative Anti-Racism Initiatives: The Experiences of BC Local Immigration Partnerships and the National LIP Secretariat\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nChair: Elmira Galiyeva, South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services (SOICS) and South Okanagan-Similkameen Local Immigration Partnership\r\n\r\nThe workshop will showcase collaborative practices to address racism and create more welcoming communities:\r\n
\r\n \t- Education project - UnBox that led to partnership with local school districts: anti-racism educational series, adaptation of UnBox for middle schools, and community dialogues in South Okanagan.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Research project on the underlying causes of systemic and institutionalized racism faced by racialized newcomers and co-designed solutions in Burnaby.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Learnings from bringing together representatives from equity deserving groups and law enforcement to co-develop tools to address incidents of racism in the Tri-Cities.<\/li>\r\n \t
- Initiatives by the National LIP Secretariat: explore the collaborative conception of these initiatives and a Self-assessment Tool, reflect on making tools that generate transformation.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
\r\n \t- Un-Box: Anti-Racism Initiatives in Small Urban-Rural Communities in Partnership with School Districts\r\n<\/strong>Elmira Galiyeva, South Okanagan Immigrant and Community Services (SOICS) and South Okanagan-Similkameen Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- Building Belonging and Economic Inclusion in Burnaby \u2013 \u00a0Realizing the Full Potential of Racialized Newcomer and Immigrant Talent in the City \r\n<\/strong>Ana Maria Bustamante, Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table\/Burnaby Local Immigration Partnership (Burnaby Family Life)<\/li>\r\n \t
- Building Empathy and Allyship in Co-Designing Anti-Racism Tools with Equity Deserving Groups in the Tri-Cities \u2013 Co-Developing Tools to Support Victims of Racism with Equity Deserving Groups and Law Enforcement \r\n<\/strong>Th\u00e1bata da Costa, Tri-Cities Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- Unifying for Change: Strengthening Anti-Racism Capacity through the National LIP Secretariat \r\n<\/strong>Marycarmen Lara-Villanueva, National LIP Secretariat<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nF2 (in person) \u2013 Preparing for APRCP Year Round\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nFacilitators: Ariane Savi, Halifax Immigration Partnership, and \u00c9rika Cantu, Greater Moncton Local Immigration Partnership\r\n\r\nJoin your LIP Colleagues as we together explore approaches LIPs take to track and record output and outcomes data to prepare IRCC\u2019s Annual Performance Report for Community Partnerships (APRCP). This session is intended to surface promising practices and tools LIPs can use to empower themselves for optimal reporting.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nF3 (in person) \u2013 Rural LIPs: Building Capacity from Within\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\nChair: Abiha Syed, Waterloo Region Immigration Partnership\r\n\r\nThis workshop explores LIPs\u2019 role in increasing the receptive capacity of small centres through practical examples such as train-the-trainer, matching\/mentorship, and employer capacity building programs. The focus is a LIP\u2019s role\/position in the work - operate capacity building programs themselves, act as the backbone for collaborative co-creation, or develop and\/or pilot programs before handing them over to the community. We would like to discuss a) ideas and opportunities to build attraction and retention capacity in centres with fewer settlement services, and b) how LIPs can resolve tensions between our IRCC mandated role as conveners and local expectations for program delivery.\r\n
\r\n \t- Taking Steps to Ensure that Our Work Centers the Right People \r\n<\/strong>Dieulita Datus-Hall, Red Deer Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- Stimulating Collaborations and Grassroots Initiatives in Rural Communities to Increase Receptive Capacity - Creating Local Microgrants, Neighbourhood Outreach, and Obtaining Seed Funding \r\n<\/strong>Jennifer Mah, Medicine Hat Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n \t
- The Eastern Ontario Immigrant Attraction and Retention Strategy-A Collaborative Approach \r\n<\/strong>Jodi Bucholtz, Local Immigration Partnership \u2013 Lanark & Renfrew<\/li>\r\n \t
- Grey-Bruce: Advancing Inclusion Beyond Awareness \r\n<\/strong>May Ip, Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nF4 (in person) \u2013 Enhancing Newcomer Settlement through Innovative Community Engagement: Best Practices Learned from LIPs and RIF\r\n<\/strong><\/span>\r\n
Facilitators: Aleksandar Kovacevic, RIF des Territoires du Nord-Ouest & FFT, Malini Sengupta, Yellowknife LIP & CD\u00c9TNO, Elaine Burton Saindon, PVLIP, & Rafael Lasevitz, YTEC<\/p>\r\n\r\n