Our Values
Mission
Vision
We envision a community of individuals from diverse backgrounds unlocking their full potential by achieving socio-economic integration in Canadian society.
Values
Our work is guided by the following values:
We respect the right to self-determination and dignity of people with diverse backgrounds by using person-focused practices.
We carry ethical responsibilities to clients, colleagues, workplaces, and organizations through a transparent decision-making process and accountable practices.
We deliver quality services and learning opportunities to maintain the best interest of clients based on cultural, individual, and community needs.
We aim to use a social justice lens to ensure clients’ access to available services in a fair, inclusive, and collaborative way.
We identify clients’ resilient support systems, acknowledge their barriers, and use the language of hope to empower people from a strengths-based perspective.
Mandates
Our roles & responsibilities:
- Use a lifespan approach to deliver services to vulnerable populations such as newcomers to achieve a smooth transition in life
- Adopt social determinants of health to address employment challenges and understand peoples’ complex needs
- Provide culturally and linguistically sensitive programs and services to individuals and groups with diverse backgrounds
- Promote the overall well-being of ethnocultural communities, reduce self & public stigma, address local poverty, and support low-income individuals and families to gain financial security
- Promote a platform for public learning to increase the community’ knowledge about life in Canada
- Acknowledge people’s rights by addressing social policies and their implications
- Remove newcomers’ barriers and help them fully participate in the Canadian job market
- Acknowledge career challenges by promoting initial career development
- Facilitate training opportunities to enhance skill sets for career advancement and employability
- Match one’s skills & qualifications with inclusive employment opportunities & career development
- Serve as a central point to deliver coordinated employment, settlement, and community services
- Strengthen growth and collaboration among organizations and communities