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Canada Invests $100 Million to Improve Settlement Services

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"The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced the allocation of $100 million in funding to the improvement of settlement services for new immigrants. This funding will be provided through the Service Delivery Improvement Program (SDI)."
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Published on:  Sep 18, 2021
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The Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) recently announced the allocation of $100 million in funding to the improvement of settlement services for new immigrants. This funding will be provided through the Service Delivery Improvement Program (SDI).

The SDI was launched in 2017 to develop new and unique approaches in an effort to improve the settlement services provided to new immigrants, including assessment, information, language training, employment based services and community integration. Every 3 years, the SDI nominates new areas of study and provides funding to those projects for up to 3 years.

In 2020, the IRCC nominated 78 projects for funding. These projects will evaluate the effect of the pandemic on the settlement sector to develop better strategies for the integration of newcomers.

What Are Settlement Services?

The Government of Canada offers settlement services for all new immigrants arriving in the country as economic immigrants, family sponsors, or refugees and protected persons. These services help the newcomers overcome certain challenges that come with adapting to the new country. These services include assistance with finding a job, learning English or French and helping them integrate into Canadian society.

Which Projects Were Selected By the IRCC?

Among the selected projects are:

The University of Windsor's Artificial Intelligence: A Rapid Response Leveraging Newcomers' Pathway to Settlement - This study is based on the improvement of settlement strategies through the use of artificial intelligence.

The Accessible Community Counselling and Employment Services' Connecting Canada: Employer Engagement Driving Settlement in Smaller Communities - This study will test the effectiveness of connecting potential immigrants to employers in smaller communities to encourage more economic immigration to such communities.

S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Is an Anti-Oppression Framework to Combat Systemic Racism in Immigrant Services - This study will examine the service approaches through an anti-opperssion framework.

Why Settlement Services Need to be Improved?

Over 1 million new immigrants recevied settlement services from the Government of Canada between April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2019. For its Immigration Levels Plan for 2021-23, the Canadian government is planning to welcome over 401,000 new immigrants every year. The IRCC will spend over $2 billion per year on developing the settlement services. This is the highest amount ever invested into settlement programs in the world.

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