Measuring Progress: Local Immigration Partnerships, Réseaux, and Other Place-Based Initiatives


Moderator: Ümit Kiziltan – Director-General, Research and Evaluation, Citizenship and Immigration Canada

Case Studies: Measuring LIP Progress

  • Hamilton Immigration Partnership: Linda Button – Project Manager, City of Hamilton
  • York Region Local Immigration Partnership: Sutha Balasingham – Senior Program Analyst, Regional Municipality of York
  • London and Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership: Huda Hussein – Coordinator, London and Middlesex LIP and Victoria Esses
  • Questions and Analyses of Interest to the Réseaux: Marie Elise Lebon – Coordinator, Réseau de soutien à l’immigration francophone de l’Est de l’Ontario

Integration and “Welcome-ability” Indexes: Measures of Community Capacity to Integrate Immigrants: Zenaida Ravanera – Pathways to Prosperity and University of Western Ontario