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As the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership transitions into the implementation phase, a Leadership Council and two Delivery Groups have been formed, to facilitate the implementation of the Action Strategies in the four areas of priority, as identified in the GW LIP Strategy.
Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) Leadership Council
The Leadership Council is formed by representatives from a variety of sectors in the community: newcomers/immigrants/general public, the Guelph Inclusiveness Alliance, decision makers, direct service providers, educational institutions, and others. They meet bi-monthly to provide strategic leadership to the project.
Organizations include:
- Francophone Immigration Network System
- Guelph Inclusiveness Alliance
- Family and Children’s Services
- City of Guelph Community and Social Services
- Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington
- Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo/Wellington/Dufferin
- Wellington Catholic District School Board
- Citizenship & Immigration Canada
- Onward Willow - Better Beginnings, Better Futures
- Guelph Community Health Centre
- Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc.
- University of Guelph
- St. George's Centre for Adult ESL
- Lutherwood Employment Services
- Wellington County
Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) Delivery Groups
Some members of the LIP Leadership Council sit on a Delivery Group, in addition to other representatives from the community. In addition to members of the general public, organizations represented include:
Economic Inclusion Delivery Group
- Global Currency Services
- Guelph Chamber of Commerce
- Language Assessment Centre, Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington
- Pakistani Canadian Community of Guelph Wellington
- Alliance Jeunesse Famille de Guelph
- City of Guelph
- Lutherwood Employment Services
- University of Guelph
- Guelph Economic Development Advisory Committee
- County of Wellington
- Guelph Wellington Business Enterprise Centre
Social & Civic Inclusion Delivery Group
- University of Guelph
- Habitat for Humanity
- Project Wisdom (ISGW & Trellis)
- County of Wellington
- Guelph Public Library
- Newcomer Welcome Centre of Guelph-Wellington
- Wellington District Catholic School Board International Languages Program
- Child Care Services, County of Wellington
- Guelph Community Health Centre
- Immigrant Services Guelph-Wellington
- Upper Grand District School Board
The Guelph Inclusiveness Alliance
 The G.I.A. is a coalition of community organizations, which identified the need and developed the proposal for the Guelph Wellington Local Immigration Partnership project. Throughout the research portion of the Local Immigration partnership, the G.I.A. served in an advisory capacity, sharing knowledge of grass-roots issues impacting newcomers. Members of the G.I.A. currently sit on the LIP Leadership Council and Delivery Groups.
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Other Participating or Supporting Organizations:
AIDS Committee of Guelph/Wellington
Alliance Jeunesse Famille de Guelph
City of Guelph, Community Services
County of Wellington Child Care Services
County of Wellington, Housing Services
County of Wellington, Multilingual Access Program
County of Wellington, Ontario Works
Family & Children's Services of Guelph/Wellington
Francophone Immigration Network System
Guelph Chamber of Commerce
Guelph Community Foundation
Guelph Community Health Centre
Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc.
Guelph Police Services
Guelph Wellington Business Enterprise Centre
Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis
Immigrant Services of Guelph and Wellington County
Kindle Communities Organization
Lutherwood Employment Services
Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration, Regional Service Branch
Onward Willow - Better Beginnings, Better Futures
Pakistani Canadian Community of Guelph Wellington
St. George's Centre for ESL, Continuing Education
Trellis Mental Health Services
University of Guelph, Human Rights and Equity Office
University of Guelph, Office of Intercultural Affairs
United Way of Guelph/Wellington
Upper Grand District School Board, ESL department
Volunteer Centre of Guelph/Wellington
Wellington Catholic District School Board
Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health
Workcare Placement Agency Incorporated
Workforce Planning Board of Waterloo Wellington Dufferin
Individual Community Members
City of Guelph
The City of Guelph is responsible for the legal accountability and for the management of funds received from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Through the LIP Project Staff Team, the City of Guelph is responsible for ensuring the involvement of the community throughout the project.
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