The London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership - LMLIP

The London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership (LMLIP) is a collaborative community initiative which is designed to strengthen the role of local and regional communities in serving and integrating immigrants. The concept for Local Immigration Partnerships, which are being developed in many communities in Ontario, was developed as a joint initiative of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada and was further refined in consultation with the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) and the City of Toronto. The LMLIP is solely funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

The purpose of the LMLIP is to strengthen the role of local and regional communities in serving and integration of immigrants through a Local Immigration Partnership. The project will provide a collaborative framework for, and facilitate the development and implementation of, sustainable local and regional solutions for successful integration of immigrants to Ontario.

The goals of the LMLIP is to develop a Capacity and Needs Inventory (Rapport sur la capacité et les besoins communautaires) that will provide the strategic framework for our community to enhance its capacity to bridge all areas of need within the community for immigrants and to establish the London and Middlesex Immigrant Partnership Council that will develop a collaborative Community Immigrant Strategic Plan for London and Middlesex.

A directory of services and map (coming soon), created by the Welcoming Communities Initiative is a snap shot of our community.

The scope of this project will be inclusive of all immigrants regardless of their status, age and gender.

The work of the LMLIP Council (Les termes du Mandat) will be guided by a Central Council and six sub-councils representing: education, employment, health and well being, inclusion and civic engagement, justice and protection services and settlement. Two community consultations have been held: the Community Strategy Meeting (Consultation communautaire) and the Community Action Planning Day (Journée de planification d’action communautaire).
 

The London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership is co-led by The City of London and  United Way of London & Middlesex.

 

                                  

 

To access the Community Strategy Webpage click here> The webpage contain documents in English and French for the May 26, 2010 meeting that was held at London Convention Centre.

 

Agendas and Minutes

Central Council
 

Education Sub-Council
 

Employment Sub-Council
 

Health and Wellbeing Sub-Council
 

Inclusion & Civic Engagement Sub-Council
 

Justice and Protective Services Sub-Council
 

Settlement Sub-Council
 

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Project Timeline
September 2009-August 2010

Project Staff
Huda Hussein – Project Coordinator, hhussein@uwlondon.on.ca
Tel 519-438-1723 ext. 338, Cell 519-709-2982
Nina Hamou – Project Assistant, nhamou@uwlondon.on.ca
Tel: 519-438-1723 ext. 339, Cell: 519-694-1875