The Simcoe County Local Immigration Partnership (SCLIP) was established in 2011 and leads community-based planning intended to improve social and economic outcomes for immigrant residents. SCLIP is funded in-part by Immigration, Refugees, Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
Local Immigration Partnerships are designed to:
- Support better coordination in the planning and delivery of integration services to newcomers
- Facilitate the development and application of a community-based settlement plan for newcomers
- Strengthen the capacity of the community in supporting and welcoming newcomers by improving access to employment and social opportunities
- Achieve better results due to increased economic, social, and community participation by newcomers
In 2023, the Simcoe County LIP published a new Community Settlement Strategy.pdf with recommendations to support the development of welcoming communities. The strategy is divided into three themes:
- Living: Improving access to basic needs.
- Working: Encouraging labour force integration.
- Belonging: Creating pathways to community involvement.
SCLIP published progress reports in 2016 and 2020:
SCLIP Partnership Council
The Partnership Council meets quarterly and is comprised of sector leaders, representing education, employment, settlement, language, health, human, and emergency services. The Partnership Council works to meet priorities identified in the Community Settlement Strategy.
Agendas and Minutes
SCLIP Sub-Councils
The SCLIP Sub-Councils are committees who share specific areas of expertise/interest. They have established realistic priorities and are developing approaches to complete identified actions items. The current sub-councils and working groups are:
- Settlement Sub-Council
- International Experience Counts! Steering Committee
- Welcoming and Engagement Steering Committee
- Immigrant Health Steering Committee
- #ITSTARTS Community Champion Working Group
Services for New Immigrants in Simcoe County
Settlement Brochure - English.pdf
Newcomer Resource Guide 2020-FINAL.pdf
Please visit www.immigration.simcoe.ca for additional resources, information, and supports.
Simcoe County Ethno-Cultural and Faith-Based Group Directory
Ethnocultural_Booklet_Sept 2022_V2.pdf
Disclaimer: This document was compiled in June 2021, the information contained herein is subject to change
MOSAIC Newsletter
SCLIP produces a quarterly newsletter, Mosaic, designed for service providers focusing on local information and stories relating to newcomers.
Resources
2021 Immigrant Health Outcomes survey | 2021 Immigrant Health Outcomes survey | <p><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Immigrant%20Health%20Outcome%20Survey%20Summary%20Report.pdf"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/15/images/icpdf.png" alt="" />Immigrant Health Outcome Survey Summary Report.pdf</a></p><p><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Immigrant%20Health%20Outcome%20Survey%20Crosstab%20Report.pdf"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/15/images/icpdf.png" alt="" />Immigrant Health Outcome Survey Crosstab Report.pdf</a><br></p><h3>November 30th 2021 event: "Improving Immigrant Residents' Health Care Experience":<br></h3><p></p><div class="ms-rtestate-read ms-rte-wpbox"><div class="ms-rtestate-notify ms-rtestate-read 4e6e121e-2960-4e83-b6b8-43713381a244" id="div_4e6e121e-2960-4e83-b6b8-43713381a244"></div><div id="vid_4e6e121e-2960-4e83-b6b8-43713381a244" style="display:none;"></div></div><p><br><br></p><p><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Immigrant%20Health%20Outcome%20Survey%20Summary%20of%20Findings%20Presentation.pdf"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/15/images/icpdf.png" alt="" />Immigrant Health Outcome Survey Summary of Findings Presentation.pdf</a><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p> | | |
Data Resources | Data Resources | <p style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><a title="Language cencus data of 2011" href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Data%20Consortium/Data%20Presentation.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Language Census Data 2011</a><br><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP-DataCubePresentation.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />2001-2011 Direct Landing Information</a><br><a title="Cultural competency portal.." href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/Cultural%20Competency%20Resources.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Cultural Competency Resources</a><br></p><p style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;">To order any of the above resources download the<span> </span><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP-ResourceOrderForm.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />order form</a><span> </span>and e-mail<span> </span><a href="mailto:sclip@simcoe.ca" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;">sclip@simcoe.ca</a></p><p style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><br></p> | | |
Employers | Employers | <p><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP%20-%20Hiring%20Immigrants.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00437a;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Hiring Immigrants Makes Good Business Sense</a><br style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/Human%20Rights%20Policy%20-%20Removing%20the%20Canadian%20experience%20barrier.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Human Rights Policy - Removing the "Canadian experience" barrier</a></p><p><br></p> | | |
General Public | General Public | <p><a title="Community Settlement strategy.." href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP%20strategy%20settlement%20doc_finalV8_oct52012.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Community Settlement Strategy</a><br style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP-YMCA-Newsletter.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />The Newcomer - YMCA Newcomer Services newsletter</a></p><p><br></p> | | |
New to Canada? New to Simcoe County? | New to Canada? New to Simcoe County? | <p><span style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none;">Visit<span> </span></span><a href="http://immigration.simcoe.ca/" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">immigration.simcoe.ca</a><span style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none;"><span> </span>to learn more about Simcoe County and to connect with your community.</span><br style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><span style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none;">Explore the Simcoe County Immigration Portal to learn more about feeling welcome, living, working, learning and doing business in Simcoe County.</span><br style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><br style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><span style="color:#444444;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none;">Please contact us at:<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:sclip@simcoe.ca" target="_blank" style="color:#00539b;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:#ffffff;">sclip@simcoe.ca</a></p><p><br></p> | | |
Public Sector | Public Sector | <p><a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/Welcoming%20Communities%20Framework%202014.pdf" target="_blank" style="color:#00437a;text-decoration:underline;font-family:"droid sans", sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="border:0px none;vertical-align:middle;margin:5px;max-width:100%;" />Welcoming Communities Framework</a></p><p><br></p> | | |
Refugee Sponsorship Web Links | Refugee Sponsorship Web Links | <span><p>
<strong><span style="color:black;"><a href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/outside/summary-ifhp.asp" target="_blank"><strong>Interim Federal Health Benefit Overview</strong></a></span></strong></p><p>
<strong><a href="http://www.wrwelcomesrefugees.ca/en/resourcesGeneral/Refugees-from-Syria-backgrounder.pdf" target="_blank">Cultural Orientation Resource Centre - Refugees from Syria</a> </strong></p><h4>
<a href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLish/refugees/sponsor/index.asp" target="_blank">Citizenship and Immigration Canada</a>
<span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal">- Sponsor a refugee (eligibility, forms, and FAQs)
<br></span></h4><h4>
<a href="http://welcomeontario.ca/" target="_blank">Welcome Ontario: Syrian Refugee Assistance Info </a>-
<span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal">Getting started, Resources (legal, housing, healthcare), FAQs</span></h4><p>
<span class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1 ms-rteFontSize-2" style="color:black;"><a href="http://www.rstp.ca/" target="_blank"><strong class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1 ms-rteFontSize-2">Refugee Sponsorship Training Program </strong></a>
<span class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1 ms-rteFontSize-2 ms-rteStyle-Normal" style="line-height:107%;">- Resources, Webinars, Sponsorship & FAQ’s, and Training Guides</span></span></p><p>
<span class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1 ms-rteFontSize-2" style="color:black;line-height:107%;"><a href="http://ccrweb.ca/en/myths-facts" target="_blank"><strong class="ms-rteThemeFontFace-1 ms-rteFontSize-2">Canadian Council for Refugees</strong></a></span> -
<span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal">Facts about refugees & refugee claimants in Canada</span> </p><p>
<strong>Refugee Sponsorship Fact Sheets, Profiles, and Tool-kits:</strong></p><p>
<a title="Culture, Context and the Mental Health and psychosocial wellbeing of Syrians" href="http://www.unhcr.org/55f6b90f9.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="ms-rtePosition-1" alt="Culture, Context and the Mental Health." src="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/PublishingImages/Culture%20Context.PNG" style="margin:5px;width:85px;height:112px;" /></a> </p><p>Culture, Context and the Mental Health and </p><p>Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians<br></p><p style="text-align:justify;">
<a title="population profile: syrian refugees." href="http://www.teslontario.net/uploads/news/ENSyrianPopulationProfile.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="ms-rtePosition-1" alt="Population profile" src="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/PublishingImages/Syrian%20Profile.PNG" style="margin:5px;width:85px;height:112px;" /></a>Population Profile: Syrian Refugees</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p>
<br> </p><h4>
<a href="http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/system/languages.aspx" target="_blank">Understanding Healthcare in Ontario: Fact Sheets (available in 27 different languages)</a>
<span class="ms-rteStyle-Normal">-Getting started, medical care, emergency care, finding homecare, getting prescription drugs</span></h4><p>
<a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Dental%20Coverage%20Provider%20Fact%20Sheet%202016-03-16%20-%20shared.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>Dental Coverage Provider Fact Sheet </strong></a></p><p>
<a href="http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/refugees/sponsor/private-rstp.asp" target="_blank">
<strong>Refugee Sponsorship Training Program: Handbook for Sponsoring Groups</strong></a></p><p>
<a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/Refugee%20Sponsorship%20Fact%20sheet%20v2.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><strong>Refugee Sponsorship Fact sheet v2.pdf</strong></a></p><p>
<a href="/ChildrenandCommunityServices/Documents/LIP/LIP-SettlementBrochure-English.pdf" target="_blank"><img class="ms-asset-icon ms-rtePosition-4 ms-rteThemeFontFace-1" src="/_layouts/images/icpdf.png" alt="" style="margin:5px;" /><strong>Services for Newcomers</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p></span> | | |