CIC Update on ISAP Assessments
This memo, from CIC Regional Program Advisor Mike Battrick, is an update on the evaluation of responses to the Request for Expressions of Interest and Pre Qualification to deliver ISAP services.
CIC: Memo on Regionalization of the Administration of Settlement Programs
This letter, concerning the regionalization of settlement program administration, was recently emailed to Executive Directors of all service providing agencies funded by CIC for settlement programs. [PDF Format, 60kb]
Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Region Settlement Directorate Response to: Recommendations for the Delivery of Services to Mandarin speaking Newcomers from Mainland China
This document contains the findings of the Delivery of Service to Mandarin speaking newcomers report along with Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Region Settlement Directorate's responses.
Executive Summary of 2006 Consultations on Settlement and Language Training Service Needs of Newcomers to Ontario
The Executive Report from Consultations on Settlement and Language Training Service Needs of Newcomers to Ontario.
Immigrant Integration in Canada: Policy Objectives, Program Delivery and Challenges
This document explores Canada's immigrant integration strategy, providing a historical context to the originals of ISAP and HOST programs - May 16, 2001.
ISAP Definitions and Eligible Activities / Monthly Statistical and Narrative Report - 2007 - 2010
Download these documents, which are useful for ISAP-funded service providers. They are available in English and French.
ISAP, HOST and LINC - Extension and Amendment Request Forms
The Settlement Directorate of the Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada has provided forms for the extension/amendment of current funding agreements.
Local CIC Offices Across Ontario
As of March, 2008, most of the ISAP, LINC and Host program administration has moved from one centralized Toronto office to nine regional offices.
Models of Settlement Service
This report summarizes of the content and follow up discussion on the “Models of Settlement Service” workshop presented at Geneva Park on October 20th, 2000 as part of the annual OCASI Professional Development Conference.
Operating an Occasional Child Care Program in ISAP
These three documents will help ISAP Administrators better understand what occasional child care is, the requirements for setting such care up, and how to operate an occasional child care program, if you choose to implement one.
Partners in Settlement of Privately Sponsored Refugees in Ontario – Final Report
The Ontario Administration of Settlement and Integration Services (OASIS), Citizenship and Immigration Canada funded a conference for Refugee Sponsors, Immigrant Serving Agencies, and CIC staff - March 2002.
Promoting Settlement Programs in Toronto - Final Report
This report summarizes the effects of a print media campaign to raise awareness among newcomers to Toronto of settlement Information and Referral services available to them - June 2004.
Promoting Settlement Programs in Toronto: A Communication Plan
This communication plan analyzes some of the current communication practices implemented by the Settlement Directorate Ontario Region (SDOR) in its efforts to promote settlement services to immigrants - March 2003.
Results of the ISAP Request for Expressions of Interest and Pre-Qualification
This notice announces the results of the Request for Expressions of Interest and Pre-Qualification to deliver Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation Program services. The request was originally issued in October 2006, and extended in February 2007.
Review of the Evaluation Framework for the Immigrant Settlement and Adaptation and Host Programs
Performance measurement is intended to help ensure that the programs are as effective and efficient as possible to assist newcomers settle in Canada. This report includes suggestions and recommendations for addressing some of the issues and concerns raised by the settlement service providers - 2001.
Settlement News Across the Province - SNAP
Published by TESL Ontario, SNAP aims to inform readers about new initiatives and resources in the field of settlement services.
Settlement Programs Service Provider Report and Advance or Payment Claim Forms
Download the ISAP / HOST and LINC Service Provider Report and Advance or Payment Claim Forms.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #1 - Fall 2007 - Elizabeth Gryte Remembered
We were all deeply saddened that Elizabeth Gryte, Director of Settlement Programs, Ontario Region, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, passed away on June 29, 2007, after a brief battle with cancer.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #1 - Fall 2007 - New Full-Service Welcome Centre to Help Immigrants in York Region
The Welcome Centre represents a new model for service delivery to immigrants in Ontario. Under the model, immigrants will be able to access, for the first time, a full range of services under one roof.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #1 - Fall 2007 - Open House in York Region - Local CIC office administers full range of settlement services
On September 10th, 2007, seven Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) settlement officers stepped into their new office in Richmond Hill for the very first time.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #1 - Fall 2007 - SNAP On-line - A new way of browsing SNAP
Settlement.Org has developed a new format for SNAP on-line.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #1 - Fall 2007 - The Role of Settlement Workers at MNS
The major role of Malton Neighbourhood Services' (MNS) settlement workers is to convey information to our newcomer clients.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #2 - Spring 2008 - Doing the Legwork to Setting Up Successful Infant Room
Developing a physical space that meets the needs of children, parents, childminders and other staff is quite a challenge.
SNAP Vol. 4 / #2 - Spring 2008 - Settlement Delivery Expansion: Transition Almost Complete
As reported last July in SNAP, the administration of CIC's Settlement Programs was to be moved into local CICs across Ontario. The transition is almost complete!
The Development of Services and Sectoral Standards for the Immigrant Services Sector Discussion Document
This document reports in the results of a joint COSTI-OCASI research project that has been underway since January 1998, aimed at developing service and sectoral standards for community based immigrant serving organizations.
