Call for Nominations
Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) is pleased to announce a new Call for Nominations for the project Developing an Evidence Base and Sharing Settlement and Integration Practices that Work (DEB). Pathways to Prosperity has been contracted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to share innovative promising practices in immigrant settlement and integration with an empirical basis for their effectiveness. To date we have produced 31 videos and briefs for this purpose, and over the next four years we will be producing an additional 34 videos and accompanying briefs on promising practices, targeting a range of service areas, providers, and client groups.
Promising practices are innovative practices that have an objective basis for claiming effectiveness in achieving their stated aims and that have the potential for replication. Thus, promising practices are defined in terms of their innovation and effectiveness, which can be empirically measured as successful outcomes of the practice. Our approach focuses not only on identifying truly promising practices, but on analyzing and sharing key features that can be replicated. Of course, promising practices may have faced challenges in their initial implementation, and these challenges are also considered and analyzed so that others can learn from these experiences.
Read More »P2P Conference
As mentioned at the Pathways to Prosperity 2020 National Conference, we are pleased to announce that Pathways to Prosperity will hold its ninth
annual national conference on Monday November 8 and Tuesday November 9, 2021, with the conference for Local Immigration Partnerships and Réseaux en immigration francophone on Wednesday November 10, 2021.
Depending on pandemic health regulations and your responses to the Stakeholder Annual Evaluation and Future Planning survey, the conferences will be virtual or hybrid (with in-person and virtual sessions).
Irrespective of format, the conferences will include plenary sessions, workshops, poster presentations, and opportunities to network with
colleagues. Exhibitor and sponsor opportunities will also be available. More details will be announced over the course of the summer.
Until recently, the videos and PowerPoint presentations from the Pathways to Prosperity 2020 National Conference and the 2021 Virtual Workshop Series were available only on the conference platform for those who had registered for either event. However, if you were unable to join the Conference and/or Virtual Workshop Series, you can now download the PowerPoint presentations and view the presentation videos on the P2P website.
Read More »An RSC Policy Briefing
Canada has been seen globally as a leader in immigration and integration policies and programs, and as an attractive and welcoming country for immigrants, refugees, temporary foreign workers, and international students. The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed some of the strengths of Canada’s immigration system, as well as some of the fault lines that have been developing over the last few years. In this briefing, members of the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership provide an overview of Canada’s immigration system prior to the pandemic, discuss the system’s weaknesses and vulnerabilities revealed by the pandemic, and explore a post-COVID-19 immigration vision. Over the next three years, the Government of Canada intends to bring over 1.2 million new permanent residents to Canada. In addition, Canada will continue to accept many international students, refugee claimants, and temporary foreign workers for temporary residence here. The importance of immigration for Canada will continue to grow and be an integral component of the country’s post-COVID-19 recovery. To succeed, it is essential to take stock, to re-evaluate Canada’s immigration and integration policies and programs, and to expand Canada’s global leadership in this area. The authors offer insights and over 80 recommendations to reinvigorate and optimize Canada’s immigration program over the next decade and beyond.
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