May 2010 Partnership Council Meeting

Documents for the fifth Partnership Council meeting include the April 2010 minutes, the meeting agenda, powerpoint presentation and a Service Provider Survey.  The survey will help identify service capacity and service gaps.  The focus of discussion for this meeting was defining 'coordination of services' between agencies. The Council discussed the various levels of coordination from 'awareness' of each other's programs to 'collaboration' of programs.

Canadian Immigration Process Pathways

Toronto East LIP staff developed a flowchart illustrating the immigration pathway for Economic Class newcomers as well as the immigration pathway for Refugee claimants.  These pathways illustrate the general process for newcomers - all situations are unique and may require other supports.

Toronto LIPs Labour Market Meeting

This post contains information from the Toronto LIPs Labour Market meeting held on April 14th at the Hotel Workers Co-op at 60 Richmond St. East.  Presentations and documents from Employment Ontario, Toronto Immigrant Employment Data Initiative (TIEDI), Toronto Regional Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC) and Toronto Workforce Innovation Group are posted including:  Skilled Immigrants in the Labour Market, A Descriptive Study of Employers' Attitudes and Practices in Hiring Newcomer Job Seekers, Research on TRIEC's Marketing Plan, Bringing Employers to the Immigration Debate, Immigration and Small Business and Immigration and Small Business Survey Results.

April 2010 Partnership Council Meeting

The agenda and powerpoint presentation (corrected version) for the April 2010 Council meeting and the minutes of the March 2 meeting. The presentation includes options for community mapping and agency service coordination.

Toronto East LIP Workgroup Documents

This posting contains the documents needed for the 6 workgroups of the Toronto East LIP program including the workgroup process and the schedule of meetings.

March 2010 Partnership Council Meeting

Documents for the third Partnership Council meeting include:  minutes from the February meeting, a list of Research Sources on immigration and settlement issues, a Terms of Reference, the 6 workgroup forms and the Service Mapping document which is currently a work in progress.

Feb 2010 Partnership Council Meeting

Documents for the February Partnership Council meeting include Agencies Profile, Jan 5, 2010 meeting minutes,and a presentation on community demographics, Terms of Reference framework, project graphic, project timeline, project workplan and asset mapping process.