12th NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Buzz of Excitement at the P2P 2024 National Conference
More than 1300 participants gathered in person and virtually at the P2P 2024 National Conference.
PowerPoint presentations from the conference are now posted on the virtual conference platform. Recordings will be available soon.
On November 25-26, 2024, the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership held its 12th Annual National Conference – Supporting Newcomers to Canada: A Roadmap to Inclusive Collaboration for Collective Impact. 875 service providers, LIPs and RIF, government representatives, researchers, and other interested parties from across the country were in attendance in person, with an additional 380 attending virtually.
Click on the videos below to view some of the highlights from the conference.
Highlights included:
- A welcome reception on the evening of November 24 that included Cedar Brushing by members of the Indian Residential School Survivors Society
- An opening ceremony by Elder Mary Point from the Musqueam Indian Band
- A keynote address by the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- A keynote address by Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, Author of Reuniting with Strangers, Founder of Filipino Talks, and Communications & Program Outreach Specialist at Together Project
- Two plenary sessions – “Inclusive Collaboration between Community-Based Organizations and the Settlement Sector” and “Inclusive Collaboration between Public Institutions and the Settlement Sector”
- An exciting interactive session for all in-person and virtual attendees in which attendees had the opportunity to share their views on the value of collaboration within and across sectors and how to optimize it
- 61 in-person workshops & roundtables, and 19 virtual workshops & roundtables
- A poster session with 38 in-person poster presentations and 14 virtual poster presentations
- A closing ceremony that included performances by Tsatsu Stalqyu (Coastal Wolf Pack) – A traditional Salish song and dance group
- 33 in-person and/or virtual informative exhibitors
On November 27, 2024, the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership and the Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) held the P2P-FCFA Conference for Local Immigration Partnerships and Reseaux en immigration francophone, with 240 in-person attendees and 60 virtual attendees.
Click on the video below to view some of the highlights from the conference.
Highlights included:
- A plenary session on “Inclusive Collaboration Across Sectors When Collaboration is Not a Given”
- 10 in-person workshops & roundtables, and 4 virtual workshops & roundtables
- A hackathon for all in-person and virtual attendees that focused on addressing a number of specific challenges that LIPs and RIF experience in multi-sectoral collaborations
- Release of the P2P-FCFA 2024 edition of the Accomplishments of LIPs and RIF – a compendium showcasing major accomplishments of the LIPs and RIF over the last two years
In addition to these two events, P2P partnered with the National Gender-Based Violence Strategy for Agencies Serving Immigrants to host the Gender-Based Violence Response Forum on November 24 and partnered with the National LIP Secretariat to host the National LIP Network Summit on November 28.
We are very grateful for the support from our seven conference sponsors and our main funder: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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