Project  Description: This project involves four case studies of the evolving relationship between the LIPs and municipal governments.  The aim of the study is to document the LIP-municipal interactions and to establish their potential contribution to five CIC strategic objectives having to do with: (i) better long-term integration and enhanced social, political and civic engagement; (ii) [...]

Project Description: This study collates data on a number of indictors of a welcoming community. These include employment opportunities, educational opportunities, affordable and suitable housing, attitudes toward immigrants and cultural diversity, presence of newcomer-serving agencies, accessible public transit, accessible and suitable healthcare, municipal features and services sensitive to the needs of newcomers, and fostering of [...]

Project Description: This study examines innovative and promising practices by settlement service provider organizations. Using a cross-Canada case study approach, it tests a methodology for identifying promising practices and analyzing the conditions that contribute to their effectiveness. In the first phase of the project, a panel of experts selected six practice areas for study. These [...]

Project Description:  This study identifies common themes and priorities for communities participating in Ontario’s Local Immigration Partnerships (LIP) initiative. In addition to a literature review outlining relevant best practices in identified priority areas, the project includes a workshop with researchers and LIPs partners to get input into the research design and initial findings, as well [...]

Project Description: This study looks at immigrant students’ outcomes in the Greater Toronto Area and a number of second- and third-tier Ontario cities; the Academica Group and the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario are partners. The project includes an examination of the college applications of 50,000 students between 2007 and 2010, in addition to [...]

Project Description: Universities are increasingly focused on recruiting fee-paying undergraduate foreign students to increase their revenues and enhance their international profiles and networks. Simultaneously, the Canadian government has begun to develop strategies for attracting foreign students as future citizens, including an initiative to make it easier for these students to obtain permanent residence status. This [...]

Project Description: This study focuses on Local Immigration Partnerships (LIP), program and project assessments, and dissemination of promising practices. The goals of this project are to equip the Ontario Region of Citizenship Immigration Canada with a ‘tool’ for assessing the LIP initiative, disseminating promising practices and promoting innovation. As well, the study will assist in [...]

Project Description: The study provides detailed information about the programs, organizations, and activities available to immigrants and visible minorities in each of the WCI’s communities. A variety of techniques is used to develop inventories and audits of local resources, services, and measures that attract and promote inclusion in the target cities. For example, institutional capacity [...]

Project Description: The goal of this project is to identify planning and organizational best practices for the Local Immigration Partnerships (LIP). Significant differences exist across projects along numerous dimensions reflecting both organizational decisions and local situations. These include the choice of leadership, the role played by the municipality, the weight assigned to economic development, the [...]