Coordinating, Collaborating, and Connecting

About GBLIP

How do we build a more welcoming and inclusive Grey Bruce?
How can we work together to make it easier for newcomers to settle here?

These questions are at the heart of the Grey Bruce Local Immigration Partnership (GBLIP).

GBLIP recognizes that immigration will continue to play a key role in the economic future of Grey and Bruce Counties. To support better immigration outcomes, the Partnership administers a collaborative, community initiative designed to improve the integration of newcomers in Grey Bruce. Launched in June 2020, GBLIP works at the local level to foster a community that is welcoming and inclusive and to ensure that settlement and non-settlement organizations alike are equipped to support newcomers to fully engage in the social, economic, political, and cultural life of Grey and Bruce Counties.

This is achieved through three strategic priorities:

• Fostering Community Collaboration: Working together to make information
  accessible and coordinate resources for maximum collective impact;
• Employer Engagement & Workforce Integration: Developing pathways to meaningful and accessible employment across Grey Bruce; and
• Welcoming communities: Knowledge-sharing, community-based research and education and training initiatives to create a community where all feel they belong.

GBLIP is one of the many Local Immigration Partnerships (LIPs) sponsored by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This federal initiative addresses the growing need for systematic community planning around immigrant attraction and retention.

LIPs are guided by the understanding that:

• Newcomers play an important role in the Canadian economy and society
• In the future, some industries and regions will depend on immigration to fulfill their labour needs
• Municipalities and community groups are best positioned to improve settlement and integration outcomes for newcomers
• The provision of basic settlement services is not sufficient to ensure success – consideration of newcomer needs must be incorporated into all aspects of community planning.

Learn more about what GBLIP does