Local Immigration Partnerships and the Réseaux en immigration francophone: Strategies for Increasing Harmonization and Developing Performance Measurement Tools

Since its inception, P2P has conducted extensive research and worked closely with Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) and other place-based initiatives. We are thus very pleased to be working on a new project for CIC that will promote the activities of both the LIPs and the Réseaux en immigration francophone (RIFs).

This project focuses on two aspects of these place-based initiatives. First, the project undertakes an in-depth analysis of the scope, structure, mandate, and activities of the RIFs and LIPs, with the goal of providing advice on new avenues for harmonization and promotion of synergies. This builds on existing work in the area. Our advice will focus on how and where it would be useful to align LIP and RIF activities in order to optimize the performance of both networks and enhance their interface. Second, our analyses will assist in developing advice for specific performance measurement and monitoring tools for the LIPs and RIFs that take into account both the broad goals of CIC and the locally-driven mandates of the RIFs and LIPs (see also the report by Burstein & Tolley, 2011, on the effectiveness of place-based program evaluations).

The project takes a multi-method approach, including document analysis, interviews, and mapping of the geographic coverage and institutional participants in the RIFs and LIPs. It covers British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland, where both RIFs and LIPs are already in existence or soon to be initiated. The report is expected to be ready by the end of March 2014.

The study team includes:

  • Victoria Esses, University of Western Ontario
  • Caroline Andrew, University of Ottawa
  • Meyer Burstein, Pathways to Prosperity
  • Gerry Clement, Gerald L Clement Services
  • Julie Drolet, University of Calgary
  • Michael Haan, University of New Brunswick
  • Aurelie Lacassagne, Laurentian University
  • Cathy Holtman, University of New Brunswick
  • Johanne Jean-Pierre, McMaster University
  • Sasha McEachern Caputo, University of New Brunswick
  • Melissa Sharpe-Harrigan, Trent University

 

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