Pathways to Prosperity 2023-2024
Annual Evaluation and Future Planning Survey
Deadline: April 26, 2024
We are interested in finding out how we did in engaging interested parties in the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership in 2023-2024 and are also seeking your input for future planning (e.g., Annual National Conference, Promising Practices themes). In order to do so, we have developed a short survey that we ask all interested parties to complete. We take your feedback and suggestions seriously and use it to continually improve our activities and products. Your input will help us greatly in designing future activities and products to best meet your needs. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Please take the time to complete it by April 26.
Accomplishments of the LIPs and RIF
Deadline: May 31, 2024
Continuing a Pathways to Prosperity tradition that was interrupted by the pandemic, P2P will be highlighting the many recent accomplishments of the LIPs and RIF. For your RIF or LIP to be included, please complete the form found here by May 31, 2024.
These accomplishments will be featured in the next few months through P2P and its partners, and at the 2024 P2P-FCFA Conference for Local Immigration Partnerships and Réseaux en immigration francophone in November. We look forward to showcasing many recent accomplishments of the LIPs and RIF.
Exploring Neighbourhood Dynamics Over Seven Decades of Canadian Census Data
A new easy-to-use mapping portal developed by researchers at Western University’s Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST) and Esri Canada provides users with an unparalleled ability to visualize and understand neighborhood-level characteristics and changes over seven decades (1951–2021).
This web mapping portal allows users to explore a wide variety of neighbourhood characteristics, including the percentage of immigrants in a neighbourhood. Users can also map other social variables, including concentrations of ethnic origin, Indigenous identity, language, and religious groups. In addition, they can look at how people live and move through the area: housing types, owning versus renting, commuting behaviour, and population density. Finally, they can look at work and the economy, including income, educational attainment, and what types of jobs neighbourhood residents have had. Importantly, they can not only map single census years, but use graphs to visualize change over time in specific neighbourhoods.
Led by Professor Zack Taylor, this tool provides valuable information at the neighbourhood level to service providers, government departments, researchers, and other interested parties. The collaboration with developers in Esri Canada’s Education and Research Group exemplifies the power of university-industry partnerships in unlocking new insights and democratizing access to valuable data for the public good.
Latest Media Stories
CIC News – Study: Immigrants admitted to Canada as children have better education and work outcomes
A recent study by Statistics Canada has found that newcomers who settled in the country as children are more likely to pursue higher education—and to have better economic outcomes. In fact, this group of newcomers reported higher earnings than all other Canadian tax filers by the age of 25.... Read more »
CBC News – N.B. premier wrong to blame immigrants for housing crisis, advocates say
Housing and immigration advocates are angry New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs is blaming the housing crisis on immigrants and say his comments are dangerous. “OK, what is the root cause of our housing crisis? You know, record — record immigration,” Higgs said to reporters Tuesday evening while commenting on the... Read more »
CBC – Immigration minister responds to critics over plan to detain migrants in penitentiaries
Immigration Minister Marc Miller confirmed to Radio-Canada that the federal government will be using its penitentiaries to hold some foreign nationals for immigration purposes. He said those detainees will be separated from the prison population, but that both groups could be sharing services. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/immigration-minister-responds-to-critics-over-plan-to-detain-migrants-in-penitentiaries-1.7178289... Read more »