The St. John's Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) is a collaborative community initiative. We want to improve immigrant integration and retention in St. John's. Our goal is to help newcomers fully engage in all aspects of social, economic, and cultural life.
We are building on the knowledge gained through other LIPs across the country.
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Established in 2015 and hosted by the City of St. John's, the St. John's LIP is co-chaired with the Association for New Canadians. It is funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. There are currently more than 60 LIPs across Canada, including seven in Atlantic Canada.
St. John's is a welcoming and inclusive community where all immigrants are provided with the opportunity to succeed, integrate, feel they belong, and are able to contribute to the economic, social, civic, and cultural growth of their community.
The St. John's LIP is governed by a Partnership Council made up of a broad base of community stakeholders. The Partnership Council plays an advisory role, helping to determine priority areas in the strategic plan and overseeing progress.
The role of the working groups is to create action plans and implement activities on a sub-committee/project-basis. The St. John's LIP has working groups in three priority areas:
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