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Meeting Purpose  Provide Update and Overview of Toronto North Settlement Strategy and Action Plan  Create shared understanding of accomplishments and next steps

Toronto North Settlement Strategy and Action Plan  Vision A future where newcomers are: welcomed into their communities early after arrival; provided with options for supports made available on an ongoing basis that are client-focused, accessible, and culturally appropriate and that safeguard their economic integration, health and wellbeing and language training goals; and invited to participate in, and contribute to, their Toronto North community.  Mission To develop and implement a Settlement Strategy that brings a wide range of community stakeholders together to collaboratively identify key challenges and possible opportunities to address those challenges.

TN Settlement Strategy and Action Plan Core Values  Focus on communities.  Consider vulnerability.  Continue research and consultation.  Balance the focus.  Reinforce the work of others.  Be inclusive.

TN Settlement Strategy and Action Plan Settlement & Language Health & Wellbeing Employment & Labour Orientation Learning Market 1. Knowledge/Best Practice Exchange and Transfer 2. Member Capacity Building 3. Contributing to System-wide Solutions “No wrong door” Address Enhance access to Support the business model of access; recreation and leisure; case for newcomer barriers to hiring; Address language language Enhance access to barriers to settlement learning due culturally appropriate Support occupational service; to quality and community food language training access. programs; programs; Strengthen newcomer engagement; Create inter-sectoral Support responses on responses to health employment barriers; Build awareness issues; newcomer social Enhance access to capital; Build awareness and employment capacity to safeguard opportunities Create inter-sectoral emotional health. responses to systemic barriers.

TN Settlement Strategy and Action Plan Development  Analysis of neighbourhood LIP Action Plans  Community consultations (2012)  Conversations and activities at workgroup tables (2012)  Consultations with Workgroups (Jan)  Core planning group review (Steering Committee and Workgroup Co-Chairs)  Consortium Executive Director Review  Focus Groups with LIP staff

TN LIP Council Overview Newcomer Participat’n PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL Taskforce Taskforce Steering Workgroup: Workgroup: Health & Inter- Committee Settlement, Wellbeing agency Language & Networks Orientation Taskforce Workgroup: Employment & City LIP & Labour Market Quadrant LIPs

TN LIP Council: Settlement, Language & Orientation Examples of Accomplishments  Hosted a Citizenship Test Training for organizations;  Piloted 3 new citizenship test classes including tracking client outcomes and curriculum development;  Initiated dialogue with CIC and MCI to learn more about the new CLARS (Coordinated Language Assessment and Referral System) structure.

TN LIP Council: Settlement, Language & Orientation Examples of Activities 13/14  Organize a CLARS forum with CIC and MCI;  Testing and expanding Citizenship Test Preparation courses;  Explore “No wrong door model” of settlement.

TN LIP Council: Health & Wellbeing Examples of Accomplishments  Developed and piloted a new training offering in mental health and cultural competence;  Conducted a survey of frontline workers’ awareness and skills in providing services using a ‘cultural competency for client mental health’ approach;  Participated in the early identification clinic project providing health assessments and service referrals to newcomer families and their children;

TN LIP Council: Health & Wellbeing Examples of Activities 13/14  Develop a forum for a resident workgroup to present information on appropriate recreation services for newcomers;  Organize a forum to share innovative approaches to food security that promotes culturally and religiously appropriate food security initiatives;  Build awareness about campaigns that address systemic barriers to access in health services and health equity for different newcomer populations.

TN LIP Council: Employment & Labour Market Examples of Accomplishments o Support for local initiatives e.g. Yorkdale Recruitment Event and Youth Opportunities Fair; o Coordinated a forum with other LIPs in Toronto providing Job Developers with access to hiring agents for the Pan-Am Games 2015; o Formation of neighbourhood-based Professional Immigrant Network.

TN LIP Council: Employment & Labour Market Examples of Activities 2013/14  Distribution of promotional videos for employment services directed towards employers and job- seekers as a service coordination effort;  Development of an Employer Engagement Strategy;  Training opportunities for LIP members and other stakeholders on latest diversity hiring approaches and trends.

Questions?

Break-out Discussions Objectives  Sharing information about activities, successes and challenges;  Charting outcomes;  Discussing opportunities.

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