Opening Remarks Adoption of Previous Minutes February 24, 2014 Additions to Agenda

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1 Agenda LMLIP Central Council Date and Time: March 31, :00 6:30 pm Meeting Location: Conference Room, Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre 78 Riverside Drive Time 5:05 Item Description Opening Remarks Adoption of Previous Minutes February 24, 2014 Additions to Agenda 5:10 5:25 5:30 Presentation: Dr. Vicki Esses, Citizenship and Immigration Canada Expression of Interest Update: Pathways to Prosperity Project Vicki Updates and Action from Previous Business I. Media Engagement Work Group (Information/Discussion) Dev II. III. IV. Sub-councils updating process Draft Template (Discussion Endorsement) Advocacy/Outreach Task Group Brain storming for next month s topic of education LMLIP Video Working Together for a Welcoming Community 1

2 6:00 (Information) Huda Highlights from Sub-councils (Information) 6:25 6:30 I. LMLIP Education Sub-council Muriel II. LMLIP Inclusion & Civic Engagement Sub-Council Valy III. LMLIP Settlement Sub Council Mohamed IV. LMLIP Employment Sub-council Wilma de Rond V. LMLIP Justice and Protection Services Sub-council Yahya VI. LMLIP Health & Wellbeing Sub-council Corinne Closing Summary and Review of Action Items Adjourn Next Meeting Location and Date: April 28, 2014 at Kinsmen Recreation Centre, Room 2 2

3 Minutes LMLIP Central Council Meeting Location: Conference Room, Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre, 78 Riverside Drive Date and Time: Mar 31, :00 pm 6:30 pm Present: Mohamed Al-Adeimi, Vicki Esses, Huda Hussein, Muriel Abbott, Dev Sainani, Elisabeth White, Gina Zhang, Janet Tufts, Corrine Walsh, Valy Marochko, Ahmed Yahya Ali, Wilma de Rond, Regrets: Gaston Mabaya, German Gutierrez- Sanin, Naeem Qureshim Absent: Grace Johnson, Saad Aldin Guest: Item Description Information, Update, Action, Lead and Due Date 1. Co-Chair s Opening Remarks: Elisabeth welcomed group and the new member, Wilma de Rond, new Chair of the Employment Sub-council. She noted this was the last meeting for the project year and shared the following updates: Change of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) officer: LMLIP has a new CIC officer in charge: Barbara Milanovic LMLIP contract will be signed for , with 9% reduction in budget, but will work in creative ways not to impact project deliverables CIC issued new policy guidelines on LIP activities with tightened definition of the project, but LMLIP is in good shape Staff to circulate CIC guideline on LIP activities to the Council 2. Adoption of Previous Minutes Feb 24, 2014 Motion to approve the Feb 24, 2014 minutes was moved by Dev, seconded by Corrine and approved 3

4 3. Additions to Agenda Muriel: workshop Building Knowledge Exchange with Newcomers 4. Presentation: Dr. Vicki Esses, CIC Expression of Interest See attachment 5. Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) Project Vicki The report on LIP and RIFs (Réseaux en immigration francophone) performance measurement indicators will be finalized in the next couple of weeks Local Immigration Partnerships Promising Practices videos are available at P2P s website Free workshop on MOBILITY & IMMOBILITY: INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES ON MIGRATION & SETTLEMENT on April 3 from 10am-6pm at Western University 6. Updates and Actions from Previous Business I. Media Engagement Work Group (Information/Discussion) Dev informed 6 shows of We are London were finished. The details of 2 nd season will be worked out after the evaluation and be brought to the Council. II. Sub-council s updating process - Draft Template (Discussion-Huda) Members provided the following feedback to the draft template: include challenges, abler and disabler into the template make a trial of the template for a period of time, and then revisit Staff will revise the template and send to Chairs III. IV. Advocacy/Outreach Task Group Brainstorming for future education topics Community development model: Corrine will put some names for potential speakers Family centres Community development targeting for newcomer groups Risk assessment for newcomers, i.e. law enforcement, prevention and protection Progress of particular LMLIP projects, i.e. Immigrant Community Capacity Engagement project LMLIP video - Working together for a Welcoming Community Staff to send Networking for an Inclusive Community (NIC) link to the group Huda shared information with the group about the video produced by Western 4

5 students, and will send the link to the group once it is finished 7. Highlights from Sub-councils (Information) LMLIP Education Sub-council Muriel shared that the Welcoming All Voices binder is completed, the DVD is currently underway and that the group is now working on the distribution plan. The Welcoming All Voices binder has been translated into French. The Support for School Staff Work Group conducted 6 workshops at two schools of the Thames Valley District School Board on March 7, 2014 (PD Day), with close to 100 participants. The working groups will present at the National Healthy Schools Conference of Ontario Healthy School Coalition in April and Teaching English as Second Language (TESL) Conference in May LMLIP Inclusion & Civic Engagement (ICE) Sub-council Valy shared that a new Work Group was struck to explore hosting and or supporting a Newcomer Volunteer Fair. The Election Information Work Group is planning to hold 3 information sessions for newcomers on elections Valy announced he would step down as the Chair of the ICE Sub-council due to time conflict in attending Central Council meetings, but will remain as a committed member on the Sub-council. Elisabeth thanked him for his contribution to LMLIP as the Sub-council Chair LMLIP Settlement Sub-council Mohamed noted that the group reviewed some ongoing projects and endorsed the Map of Senior Support Services. The development of the Landlord & Tenant DVD was undertaken by a volunteer who will complete filming when the weather turns warm. The Legal Information workshop, provided in collaboration with South London Resource Centre, Community Legal Education Ontario and LMLIP, was conducted on March 24 with 47 participants from all settlement agencies in the region and few coming from Woodstock. The Family Settlement Collaborative has completed 4 workshops in the past month LMLIP Employment Sub-council Wilma informed that the 1 st information session for self-employment in collaboration with Small Business Centre was held at WIL on Feb 20, and the 2 nd one will be held at London Help Centre on May 15. The Work Group of Information Session for Self-employment will conduct an evaluation after the two sessions to decide whether to invite newcomer entrepreneur representatives to do presentations/panel discussions about self-employment, which is identified as a priority at both provincial and local levels. Employment and Education Subcouncil Chairs met in March to identify priorities of joint efforts as outlined in the LMLIP Strategic Plan. The Employment Sub-council will help arrange a presentation for the Education Sub-council to learn more about Labour market 5

6 trends and foreign accreditation through and the Access Centre LMLIP Justice & Protection Services Sub-council Yahya shared that he and the Project Coordinator visited the youth court and identified potential collaboration opportunities with Centre for Children and Families in the Justice System. The Immigrant Community Capacity Engagement (ICCE) project hired a Bhutanese speaking support worker and is working with a Spanish speaking worker from John Howard Society. A presentation related to safety and prevention was held at Carling -Thames Family Centre to newcomers on March 28, 2014 LMLIP Health & Wellbeing Sub-council Corinne noted that the Access to Interpretation Work Group continued reviewing studies and identifying further types of research. Two documents for the Shared Space initiative which will help newcomers seek low/no cost meeting space were completed and will look for endorsement at the next Sub-council meeting. The Sub-council will make a presentation to the London Health Provider Alliance in April 8. Additions to Agenda Muriel shared and distributed information about the Linking Cultures 2014 workshops to be held at Fanshawe College. See attached flyer 9. Co-Chair s Closing Summary and Review of Action Items Elisabeth thanked everyone for their contributions 10. Adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 6:40 pm 11. Next Meeting Location and Date: Next Meeting Location and Date: April 28, 2014, 5:00pm 6:30pm at Kinsmen Recreation Centre, Room 2, 20 Granville Street 6

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