Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) are funded by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to develop and implement plans to improve immigrant and refugee settlement and integration. LIPs are community planning tables that include community agencies and institutions representing local government, settlement and community agencies, education, business, parks, recreation and culture, policing, libraries, volunteerism, and others. LIPs are often supported by immigrant advisory councils. LIPs do not provide direct services to immigrants.
Since 2008, LIPs in Canada have convened to support community-level research and planning to create more welcoming and inclusive communities where newcomers are connected and have opportunities to participate economically, socially, politically, and culturally.
There are about 80 Local Immigration Partnerships across Canada. In BC, there are currently 17.
LIPs in British Columbia:
- Abbotsford Local Immigration Partnership
- Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table (BIPT)
- Campbell River and the Comox Valley – The Welcoming Communities Coalition (WCC)
- Central Okanagan Local Immigration Partnership
- Chilliwack Local Immigration Partnership
- Greater Victoria Local Immigration Partnership (GVLIP)
- Langley Local Immigration Partnership (LLIP)
- Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows Katzie Local Immigration Partnership
- Mission Local Immigration Partnership
- Welcoming And Inclusive New West (WINS) Local Immigration Partnership Council
- North Shore Immigrant Inclusion Partnership (NSIIP)
- Richmond’s Community Collaboration Table
- The South Okanagan–Similkameen Local Immigration Partnership (SOSLIP)
- Surrey Local Immigration Partnership
- Tri-Cities Local Immigration Partnership (TCLIP)
- Vancouver Local Immigration Partnership (VLIP)
- Vernon Local Immigration Partnership
- West Kootenay Local Immigration Partnership (WKLIP)
