Metro Settlement Regional Meeting

AGENDA

October 19th, 2016 | 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Executive Suites Hotel Burnaby 4201 Lougheed Hwy, Burnaby, BC, V5C 3Y6 Room: Panorama

SERVICE PROVIDER ORGANIZATIONS (SPO): Alexandra Greenberg, Jewish Family Service Agency Baldwin Wong, City of Vancouver Ben Hart, NewToBC Brenda Le Clair, Decoda Literacy Solutions Carole Stretch, Chris Friesen, Immigrant Services Society of BC (ISSofBC) - Speaker Dean Lin, YMCA Greater Vancouver Elizabeth Jones, North Shore Multicultural Society (NSMS) Hala Kapani, Richmond Family Place Jamal Nawri, Collège Éducacentre College Jerry Wu, Vancouver Board of Education Kim Lu, Kiwassa Neighbourhood House Marcela Mancilla-Fuller, Collingwood Neighbourhood House Marius Alparaque, Multicultural Helping House Society Michel Pouliot, Burnaby Family Life Natalya Khan, School District #41, Burnaby Parm Grewal, Richmond Multicultural Community Services (RMCS) Pascaline Nsekera, La Fédération des francophones de la Colombie-Britannique (FFCB) Patricia Dabiri, REACH Community Health Centre Patricia Garvey, Conseil Scolaire Francophone Patricia Steiner, Family Services of Greater Vancouver Patti Wotherspoon, Vancouver Public Library Romy Senghera, Mount Pleasant Neighbourhood House Roxann MacDonald, SHARE Family and Community Service Ryan Drew, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Sanja Sladojevic, Mount Pleasant Family Centre Selina Aheer, Richmond School District Sherman Chan, MOSAIC - Speaker Susan Schachter, Little Mountain Neighbourhood House Tanis Sawkins, Vancouver Community College (VCC) Valerie Lockyer, Wendy McCulloch, S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Zahra Esmail, South Vancouver Neighbourhood House (SVNH)

REGRETS: School District #43 - Coquitlam

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IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES and CITIZENSHIP (IRCC): Athen Yuen, Integration Program Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC Cindy Wong, Manager, Settlement Network, IRCC Cleo Leung, Integration Program Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC Jennifer Kuang, Integration Program Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC Mary Chong, Integration Program Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC Rosalind Chan-Seto, Settlement Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC Sophia Lee, Director, Settlement Network, IRCC Stephanie Kirkland, Director General, Settlement Network, NHQ-IRCC Tabitha Wilford, Integration Program Officer, Settlement Network, IRCC

PROVINCE OF : Lucy Swib, Director, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Skills Training Vicki Chiu, Senior Program Advisor, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Skills Training

SPEAKER: Kerstin Walter, Settlement Orientation Services (SOS)

AMSSA STAFF: Katie Rosenberger, Executive Director Tracy Wideman, Program Director Sabrina Ziegler, Settlement Coordinator Jennifer Cummins, Settlement Language Coordinator Lucy Buchanan-Parker, Research and Information Coordinator Kaan Eraslan, Audio Visual Coordinator Melissa Jay, Communications and Office Coordinator

MEETING OBJECTIVES:

1. Discuss and learn how IRCC priorities will impact and influence settlement and integration within the Metro Vancouver region. 2. Discuss and share settlement and integration including best practices from a regional perspective. 3. Learn about new resources and tools to better serve clients. 4. Cultivate an environment of networking, sharing and collaboration.

AGENDA

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Registration & Informal Networking

9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m. Welcome / Introductions / Overview of Agenda AMSSA

9:10 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. IRCC - Welcome Remarks Sophia Lee, Director, Settlement Network, IRCC

9:40 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. Province of BC - Welcome Remarks Lucy Swib, Director, Ministry of Jobs, Tourism & Skills Training

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10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. AMSSA – Welcome Remarks Katie Rosenberger, Executive Director

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Networking & Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Supporting Refugees - Panel Discussion

 Chris Friesen, ISSofBC  Kerstin Walter, Settlement Orientation Services (SOS)  Sherman Chan, MOSAIC

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. Breakout Sessions AMSSA and IRCC Staff

1. IRCC Priorities 2. The Mechanics of your Contribution Agreements 3. Research and the Settlement Sector

3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Wrap Up / Evaluation AMSSA

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