How have other municipalities improved inclusion and measured progress, and which elements should be incorporated into a Hamilton campaign?
Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council is a community table that seeks to create a seamless settlement experience for immigrants in Hamilton. With partners from various sectors – including settlement, education, business, health, social services, municipal affairs, and persons with lived immigration experience – HIPC works to create a welcoming community with relevant and accessible services. Through this project, HIPC seeks to establish an inclusion campaign in Hamilton. Building on existing HIPC work, the key objective for a student team is to research what actions have been taken by other municipal jurisdictions or by postsecondary institutions in Canada, Australia, and the US. Work will ideally include telephone interviews with up to five inclusion campaign leads to ascertain what worked well and the learnings. The goal of this campaign is to expand beyond print/poster and to examine other engagement methods: events, workshops, actions by elected officials, etc. as well as evaluation. Upon compiling this environmental scan, students will develop a recommendation report identifying challenges and benefits from various approaches, outline lessons learned from other municipalities, and deliver a set of recommendations for HIPC to incorporate into their strategy.
Photo from No Hate in the Hammer Anniversary Event
Background Research: A number of organizations have expressed interest in participating in the actual campaign and may wish to be part of one or more student meetings (City of Hamilton Community Initiatives, HARRC, HCLC, HPL, YWCA, HPS, Hamilton Spectator).
City staff: Sarah Wayland, Senior Project Manager, Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council
Faculty & Course: Chuck Ma, Capstone 410, Redeemer University
Students: Bailey Fenn, Alison Nirula, Rachael Hogeveen, Rishel Ramsarran, and Joe Alagna
