Building Capacity Together
Toronto Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) Workshop Series
for Service Providers Working with Vulnerable Newcomers
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About the Project
Building Capacity Together is a collaborative project involving all Local Immigration Partnerships in Toronto. The goal of this project is to enhance the capacity of communities and service systems to address the unique needs of refugee claimants and other vulnerable newcomers in Toronto. We strive to do this by:
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conducting 12 half day "train the trainer" workshops on 9 subjects that have been identified by service providers as training priorities;
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encouraging workshop participants to share the knowledge that they have learned with their organizations;
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publishing the curriculum of training modules online for use by workshop participants and the public;
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creating and moderating an online platform for service providers to communicate with each other;
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organizing a symposium to share the project's lessons learned and encourage further capacity building across Ontario.
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Building Capacity Together started in April 2018, and will end in March 2019.
About LIPs
Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) are multi-sectoral planning tables that bring a cross section of stakeholders together to identify ways to support the integration of newcomers into local communities. The overall objective of LIPs is 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.
