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2023 IRCC BC/YUKON SUMMIT Summary Report - Collectively Envisioning the Future of Settlement & Integration

25 Jan 2024

1 Summit Theme In the past few years, the BC/Yukon Settlement and THE THEME FOCUSED ON THREE KEY PILLARS: Integration sector’s ability to adapt to welcoming and integrating increased numbers of newcomers and various humanitarian movements has dramatically influenced the emergence of innovative strategies and valuable collaborations across the sector. [...] To support the sector, the Affiliation of Multicultural CAPACITY BUILDING Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA) 2023 IRCC BC/Yukon Discussion and training Summit focused on preparing the sector for the CFP process, to support the Settlement offering resources and practical tools to best plan the and Integration sector five upcoming years. [...] Anastasia Chyz-LeSage highlighted the importance of fair and Katie Crocker described the IRCC BC Yukon Summit, culturally sensitive services and the involvement of anti-racism and which provided space for co-creating the future, increasing gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) concepts in understanding how connections, and building capacity in the settlement and integration clients experience services. [...] Knowing and understanding what is • Track and analyze in-person service demand, create customized needed for digital transformation in the settlement and Integration reports for staff to access program-specific data, identify delays, sector will help the organizations in the sector to move towards streamline data collection, and adapt to evolving needs the future of digitization of the sector. [...] of the policy and program design cycle The Settlement Sector across Canada is advised to apply a GBA+ • The first step is to identify the context, and ask how people lens in its policies and programming.
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