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Building Capacity Together February 8, 2019 BRIDGES Forum Nadine Nasir Adult Educator Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership Agenda PART 1 Overview of Building Capacity Together project PART 2 How can we collaborate to create capacity

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February 8, 2019 BRIDGES Forum Nadine Nasir Adult Educator Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership

Building Capacity Together

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Agenda

Overview of Building Capacity Together project How can we collaborate to create capacity building

pportunities for staff?

PART 1 PART 2

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What?

April 2018 – March 2019

When? Where?

Goal: to enhance the capacity of service providers to better serve vulnerable newcomers in Toronto. Toronto (city-wide)

Funded by:

Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services (Formerly Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration)

Why?

Increasing need for capacity building for service

providers working vulnerable newcomers;

High demand - information is ever-changing & work

can be complex & emotionally challenging;

Very limited free training for service providers.

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Who?

LOCAL IMMIGRATION PARTNERSHIPS (LIPs)

Multi-sectoral planning tables that bring a cross section of stakeholders together to identify ways to support the integration of newcomers into local communities. Overall objective: to enhance collaboration, coordination, and strategic planning at the community level in order to foster more welcoming and inclusive communities as well as improve settlement and integration outcomes.

North South East West

Toronto Newcomer Office

(City of Toronto)

FCJ REFUGEE CENTRE

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How?

12 half day "train the trainer" workshops on 9 subjects
Subjects identified by service providers as training priorities
Convenient and accurate knowledge-sharing (train the trainer)
10 minute trainee presentations
Presentation, talking points & resources provided
Curriculum of training modules online
Toolkits include: full presentations, short presentations, resources,

facilitator notes, exercise descriptions, room set-up suggestions, etc.

Online platform for service providers to communicate with each other
Symposium to share the project's outcomes & encourage further

capacity building

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Outcomes

https://torontolips.wixsite.com/capacitybuilding

Utilization of workshop materials is ongoing (online)
9 toolkits on unique training subjects are available online,

including all resources and presentations.

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Outcomes

Workshop participants:
increased their knowledge
developed new skills
engaged in self-reflection
applied the knowledge they learned
Broad knowledge-sharing
A model for future LIP collaboration
LIPs across the City with different member organizations and

priorities worked closely together

Cross-sectoral partnership development
Expanded our networks

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Outcomes

Waitlist: 349 For 10 of 12 Workshops….

50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500

Target # Actual # 360 451 Number of Workshop Participants

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Outcomes

For 10 of 12 Workshops….

TOTAL # OF PEOPLE TRAINED:

1,518

200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Workshop Participants Secondary Training Secondary Trainees

451 90 1067 Secondary Training

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Outcomes

For 10 of 12 Workshops….

20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180

Settlement Employment City of Toronto Mental Health Health Other

Sector Participation

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Part 2

How can we collaborate to create capacity building

pportunities for staff?