North Shore Local Immigration Partnership (LIP)
North Shore LIP
This is part of an innovative model of more than 60 LIPs across Canada (including four in Nova Scotia) which have the overall objective of enhancing collaboration, coordination and strategic planning at the community level to foster more welcoming and inclusive communities that improve settlement and integration outcomes for newcomers. This regional partnership of diverse stakeholders, including multi-levels of government, community agencies, health & education services, employers among others will encourage communities to better understand and consider newcomers’ assets and needs in terms of access, coordination, and programming.
Who Are We?
The Partnership Council of the North Shore LIP consists of up to 30 community members which will strive to represent the geographic, demographic, and sectoral diversity of the North Shore region (Colchester, Pictou, and Antigonish Counties). The main role of this leadership body will be to advise and guide the development of the North Shore’s region Immigration Settlement and Integration Strategy in terms of evaluating and assessing needs, identifying priorities for funding, suggesting activities for the Strategy, and providing feedback.
The North Shore Local Immigration Partnership’s Council is made up of the following members:
- Antigonish Chamber of Commerce
- Antigonish Women’s Resource Centre & Sexual Assault Services Association
- Career Connections
- Centre for Employment Innovation, Coady Institute, St. Francis Xavier University
- Colchester East Hants Health Authority Colchester-East Hants Public Library
- Communities, Culture, Tourism & Heritage (Northern Region African Nova Scotia Affairs)
- Community Health Boards, Northern Zone, Nova Scotia Health
- Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial (CSAP) Dalhousie Agricultural Campus
- Healthy Pictou County
- Housing Nova Scotia
- Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
- Labour Skills and Immigration (LSI)
- Nova Scotia Community College, Truro Campus
- Office of Sean Fraser, Member of Parliament/Central Nova
- Pictou County Regional Enterprise Network Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library
- Syria Antigonish Families Embrace (SAFE) Town of Trenton
- Town of Truro
- Truro & Colchester Chamber of Commerce
- Truro & Colchester Partnership for Economic Prosperity Truro Police Service
- United Way of Colchester United Way of Pictou County
- YMCA of Greater Halifax/Dartmouth
North Shore Local Immigration Partnership Strategic Plan 2022-2025
Read the full plan of our strategic priorities
The North Shore Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) was launched in 2021 after
completing a feasibility study in 2020 that included consultation with 31 organizations
as well as interviews and focus groups with newcomers. Through funding from
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) a regional LIP that includes the
areas of Colchester, Pictou and Antigonish counties has been established!
Esther Bejarano
North Shore Local Immigration Partnership Coordinator
90 Esplanade Street Suite #2 Truro,
NS B2N 2K3
Email: [email protected]
Phone Number (902) 220-4379
