Overview of the Lloydminster Local Immigration Partnership (LLIP)
The Lloydminster Local Immigration Partnership’s primary purpose is to bring together local businesses, health and social service providers, institutions, and individuals to enhance current services and to build welcoming and inclusive community in Canada’s only boarder city, Lloydminster. Partnership members actively seek to collaborate, innovate, and create systematic change in order to solve complex and multi- faceted social, immigration and settlement issues. This includes members continuing to pursue best practices in their respective policies, procedures, and activities that can contribute to creating welcoming and inclusive communities.
BHAG - Big Hairy Audacious Goal
The BHAG of the LLIP Advisory Committee is:
“Lloydminster will be world famous as an equitable, thriving, diverse and inclusive community with rich opportunities for all.”
LLIP will achieve its goal by:
- Conducting community consultations to identify newcomer needs, gaps and priorities;
- Collaboratively determining strategies to address gaps;
- Engaging traditional and non-traditional partners in the inclusion of newcomers;
- Accessing and conducting research that relates to newcomer settlement and integration;
- Implementing a strategic plan which aligns with the goals of IRCC and the City of Lloydminster Settlement policy to improve newcomer settlement experiences and outcomes;
- Promote welcoming attitudes and increase the full participation of newcomers in the Lloydminster community;
- Improving coordination of services that facilitate immigrant settlement and integration;
- Encouraging dialogue and knowledge sharing between sectors that serve newcomers