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GET INVOLVED2021-07-13T16:02:56+00:00

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Partnership Council

The overall objective of the Council is to promote shared awareness and leadership and create enabling environments for collective action. The Partnership Council provides strategic leadership to Immigration Partnership Saskatoon. The Council are responsible for ensuring the Action Plan outcomes are achieved, championing the work of the Immigration Partnership Saskatoon, enabling system and strategic planning, advocacy, and governance of the Immigration Partnership Saskatoon. Membership in the Partnership Council includes sectors like economy, education, justice and police, Health, Housing, Faith, ethnocultural and indigenous and Metis.

Immigrant Advisory Table (IAT)

Immigration Partnership Saskatoon (IPS) is growing. We are looking for immigrants, newcomers and refugees interested in joining its Immigrant Advisory Table. This is a unique opportunity to participate in the initiative that aims to build a truly welcoming and inclusive Saskatoon.

The primary objectives of the Immigrant Advisory Table are to:

  • Provide input in the development of the Immigration Partnership Saskatoon.
  • Increase awareness of and engagement in cultural diversity in Saskatoon.
  • Help advise current and future strategic directions related to immigrant, refugee and newcomer outcomes.
  • Provide insight and lived-experience information to the Partnership Council.
  • Advise Working Groups on activities, events, community consultations, and research.
  • Make sure a variety of faith and ethno-cultural communities are involved with the work.
  • Act as Cultural Ambassadors of IPS and assist with the outreach to ethno-specific and Faith communities during the consultation processes.

Working Group

Working Group members are sought from a variety of backgrounds, including, but not limited to: newcomer-serving agencies, public services, language and employment training providers, regional employment networks, industry associations, business leaders, health services, public safety, faith-based organizations, community and/or cultural organizations/networks.

We are looking for people that have an interest in community revitalization and who are passionate about diversity to join other committed and broad-minded volunteers. Members will be chosen through a selection committee based upon experience, geographic relevance, volunteer or business affiliation, and understanding of newcomer needs.

We are currently recruiting several positions in the following thematic groups:

1. Employment and Labor outcomes Working Group

This working group will enhance labour market accessibility in Saskatoon and region, as well as facilitating timely access and support for immigrant populations that are not entering the labour market, such as seniors, those with disabilities, and new entrepreneurs.

2. Language Working Group

This working group will foster language proficiency for newcomers in English and French.

3. Social Inclusion and Civic Engagement Working group

The Work will include public education campaigns, multicultural celebrations, acknowledgement and celebration of newcomer volunteerism, development of leadership capacity in the newcomer population, empowerment of newcomers to participate in civic/political decision-making processes, increasing awareness of benefits of newcomers to Saskatoon, planning and implementing actions to foster welcoming attitudes and strategies to build social connections between immigrants and non-immigrants.

4. Leadership Working Group

This working group will ensure programs and partnerships/networks are in place to support newcomers in a more collaborative way.

VOLUNTEER WITH US

Interested in participating in the Partnership Council, one of our Working Groups, or the Immigrant Advisory Table (IAT)? Put your unique skills and experience to work and help build a welcoming community. Whether you can donate a couple of hours or have a great idea, you can help make Saskatoon a more inclusive community for people of all ethnicities, ages, backgrounds and languages. Researchers, writers, artists, and business owners, we want to hear from you!

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