About Us
History
Settlement is a two-way process, requiring adjustment on the part of both newcomers and host communities. In the last two decades, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has recognized the need for developing new strategies and structures to address newcomer settlement at the community level.
Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs), first funded by IRCC in Ontario in 2008, allow for broad engagement of diverse stakeholders to develop a collective community response to newcomer needs. LIPs do not provide services directly to immigrants, but rather foster and strengthen collaboration between community partners aimed at improving immigrant outcomes and making communities more welcoming and inclusive.
There are more than 90 LIPs across Canada with 26 LIPs funded in British Columbia. Over the last several years, a significant body of research has demonstrated that these innovative partnerships are successful in improving settlement services coordination, engagement of diverse community partners and newcomer success.
Delta LIP
The Delta LIP is a collective of community partners united in the vision of cultivating a welcoming and inclusive city where all immigrants, refugees, and citizens thrive. Through dialogue and research, Delta LIP members will collaborate on innovative and community-driven initiatives to meet the changing needs of the city. They will leverage their diverse perspectives, their expertise and pool resources to develop and deliver on strategies that prepare the community to welcome and fully include newcomers.
Our Community Partners:
- Back in Motion
- City of Delta
- Deltassist Family and Community Services
- Delta School District
- Delta Community Literacy
- Delta Police Department
- DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
- Fraser Health
- FVRL (Tsawwassen, Ladner, North Delta)
- Kyndred Community Living Society
- Ministry of Children and Family Development
- Options Community Services Society
- Pacific Community Resources Society (PCRS)
- REACH Child and Youth Development Society
- Reseau en immigration Francophone (RIFCB)
- SHER Pride
- S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
- TransLink
- WorkBC Centre Delta
- YWCA
Interested in getting involved or learning more? Email deltalip@dcrs.ca or contact us here.