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Homepage – LIP/ZIPs in Canada
This is a public facing page. Here you can find: three most recently uploaded documents to the Library, map of LIPs in Canada searchable by different criteria, summary of what are LIPs, what is their role in a community, and the link to the 2013 LIP Handbook
National LIP Secretariat
- About us (This page includes information about the National LIP Secretariat foundational statements, governance structure and our main areas of work – Working Groups)
- NLS Timeline (Learn more about the history of the National LIP Network and the steps that led to establishing the National LIP Secretariat)
- Contact us (Contact form for general inquiries and communication with the NLS)
Resources
- Library (This section of the Library is publicly available and contains hundreds of resources, news articles, research pieces, reports, datasets, toolkits, etc. You can search the Library by different criteria and find content contributed by the LIPs and the NLS through this repository.)
- Podcast (The NLS produced 14 episodes of New Canadian Voices podcast. Check them out for a first-person experience with the immigration system in Canada and hear about some of the challenges that the settlement sector is dealing with.)
- Data Resources (This page will connect you with LIPData.ca and CDP-Immigration Data Portal – important resources for research, planning, building argumentation, etc.)
- Useful Links (Find information about NLS partners, funders, umbrella organizations etc.)
- Site map (You are here! Learn about the structure of this website.)
Login
- Through this page, LIP staff can access the LIP restricted area of this website. Please use your LIP credentials and find even more resources in Library Plus, Event Calendar, ways to access NLS Weekly Updates, join the “LIP Ideas Banks on Basecamp”, initiate LIP Peer exchange, and more.
- On this page you can also request a link for password reset, or ask for more in-person help with access or navigation.
Bonus content for logged in, LIP/ZIP ONLY users:
Members
This space is only accessible to LIP staff who are logged in with their credentials. Here you can find resources, LIP partners, events, and more:
- View/Edit my LIP Profile (This form will allow you to keep your LIP profile updated and presentable. Here you can mark all the Topic areas in which you have experience that you are willing to share with others. Other LIPs will be able to learn about your work and ask you for peer experience exchange based on your profile and you can do the same!
- Library Plus (Here you can access additional quantity of resources comparing to the Library accessible on the public facing area of the website – those not marked as “Public” when uploaded by LIPs or NLS. These types of resources are usually work in progress, work templates, internal procedural documents, etc.)
- Upload to Library (Through this form you can share your resources (reports, strategic documents, toolkits, TORs, job descriptions, newspaper articles, and everything that you think other, especially less experienced LIPs may find useful. All the resources shared through your account will be visible on your LIP Profile page, in the Documents tab and the most recent ones will echoed through the NLS Weekly Update).
- Find a LIP for Peer Support (This page contains a search tool that will help you select a LIP similar to yours by age, size, hosting type, find all the LIPs in your region, or list all the lips who are offering to exchange experience in certain Topic areas.)
- Basecamp for LIPs (here you can sign up to join the LIP space on Basecamp platform or find the link for accessing the community when you already have an account.)
- Sign up for NLS Weekly Updates (By filling out this form you can sign up your new team members or yourself for receiving weekly communication from the NLS about important events, activities, surveys and learn what has been uploaded by LIPs and NLS on the website.)
- Weekly Updates – Archive (On this page you can access the last 10 Weekly Updates shared by the NLS.)
- Information for New LIPs (This page contains resources marked as “Useful for New LIPs” by those who shared them. )
- Calendar (This event calendar can be populated by LIPs and NLS staff. Please use this tool to promote the events you wish to share with other LIP colleagues: professional development opportunities, lunch and learn hours, drop in sessions, peer exchange sessions, celebrations, etc. Events posted on this calendar will be echoed in the NLS Weekly Update).
- Site Navigation – Guide and Videos (On this page you can access to NLS Web Site training videos and Web Site Navigation User Guide)