Joint Planning Committee
A Joint Planning Committee (JPC) made up of sector and government members
has been created to guide the work leading up to the second National Settlement
Conference (NSCII). Under the JPC two steering committees exist-- the
National Settlement Conference II Steering Committee (NSCIISC) and the
National Working Group Steering Committee (NWGSC). Within the conference
planning area there are three sub-committees - program, funding, and social/communication.
Members of these sub-committees provide strategic guidance and recommendations
through NSCIISC to the JPC while the NWGSC provides guidance to the four
VSI working groups and reports to the JPC on the working groups’ progress.
This past March, working group participants and the JPC came together
in Toronto to launch the working
groups.
Joint Planning Committee
Reza Shahbazi, co-chair
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
rshahbazi@ncce1.org
Rosaline Frith, co-chair
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Director General - Integration
- NHQ
Rosaline.Frith@cic.gc.ca
Program Sub-Committee Chairs
Debbie Douglas, co-chair
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI)
ddouglas@ocasi.org
Chris Friesen, co-chair
Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Service Agencies (AMSSA)
cfriesen@issbc.org
Jean Séguin, co-chair
CIC - Special Initiatives & Outreach Division - NHQ
Jean.Seguin@cic.gc.ca
Funding Sub-Committee Chairs
Fariborz Birjandian, co-chair
Alberta Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (AAISA)
fbirjandian@ccis-calgary.ab.ca
Jean Séguin, co-chair
CIC - Special Initiatives & Outreach Division - NHQ
Jean.Seguin@cic.gc.ca
Social/Communication Sub-Committee Chairs
Diane Fisher, co-chair
The Sponsorship Agreement Holder Representative to the NGO-Government
Committee on the Private Sponsorship of Refugees
dfisher@ccis-calgary.ab.ca
Jean Séguin, co-chair
CIC - Special Initiatives & Outreach Division - NHQ
Jean.Seguin@cic.gc.ca
Other members of the Joint Planning Committee
The Program Sub-Committee
Joseé Bazinet,
Canadian Heritage-Multiculturalism and Aboriginal People's Programs
Branch
Judy Blyth
CIC - Refugee Resettlement - NHQ
Sherman Chan
Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
Linda Dirkson
Saskatchewan Association of Immigrant Settlement & Integration
Agencies Inc. (SAISIA)
Bridget Foster
Atlantic Regional Association of Immigrant Serving Agencies (ARAISA)
Bob Godkin
Kingston and District Immigrant Services (KDIS)
Elizabeth Gryte
CIC- Ontario Region
Lauren Johnson
BC Settlement and Integration Workers' Association (BCSIWA)
Layne Kriwoken
BC Settlement and Integration Workers' Association (BCSIWA)
Brenda Lohrenz
TESL Canada
Bill McMichael
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Steve Morris
CIC - Metropolis - NHQ
Jennifer Moshonas
Canadian Heritage
Multiculturalism and Aboriginal Peoples' Program Branch
Camille Papanek
CIC - Special Initiatives and Outreach Division - NHQ
Teresa Pires
CIC - Contribution Accountability Framework - NHQ
Stephan Reichhold
Table de concertation des organismes au service des personnes réfugiées
et immigrantes (TCRI)
Christine Roush
CIC - Communications - NHQ
Neeta Sandhu
CIC - BC-Yukon Region
Deborah Spurr
CIC - Settlement Division - NHQ
Cynthia Stewart
Government of Manitoba, Manitoba Labour & Immigration
Joan Texeira
CIC - Settlement - NHQ
Sue Thomas
CIC - Atlantic Region
Bill Walters
Government of B. C.
Ministry of Community, Aboriginal and and Womens' Services
Settlement and Multiculturalism
Funding Sub-Committee
Linda Dirkson
Saskatchewan Association of Immigrant Settlement & Integration
Agencies Inc. (SAISIA)
Morteza Jafarpour
Settlement and Integration Services Organization (SISO)
Lauren Johnson
BC Settlement and Integration Workers' Association (BCSIWA)
Layne Kriwoken
BC Settlement and Integration Workers' Association (BCSIWA)
Bill McMichael
Centre for Canadian Language Benchmarks (CCLB)
Social/Communication Sub-Committee
Lynne Belding
CIC - Prairies-N.W.T.
Martha Bendiner
Ontario Immigrant Settlement Workers Association (OISWA)
Sherman Chan
Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
(Mosaic)
Bob Godkin
Kingston and District Immigrant Services (KDIS)
Layne Kriwoken
BC Settlement and Integration Workers' Association (BCSIWA)
Sam Laldin
Kingston and District Immigrant Services (KDIS)
Christine Roush
CIC - Communications - NHQ
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