Community organizations: Lloydminster Local Immigration Partnership (LLIP)

Future research / gaps identified: not stated

Integration timeline: not defined

Key populations: newcomers resettling in Lloydminster

Key recommendations:

1) Introduce diversity training to create more inclusive workplaces.

2) Create cultural community events, workshops and awareness campaigns to promote positive relationships between Canadian-born residents and newcomers.

3) Enhance LINC and other language skills programs in Lloydminster.

4) Develop more sustainable and efficient transit and transportation options in Lloydminster.

5) Facilitate collaborations between newcomer serving agencies in Lloydminster.

Location: Lloydminster, AB

Open access: Yes

Key findings:

1) Key areas of concern in Lloydminster to prioritize to improve the newcomer experience include: employment discrimination, language instruction, education, transportation, access to services, specific services for marginalized groups within the newcomer population, attitudes towards immigrants, social cohesion of newcomers and Canadian-born residents, and understanding of the immigration process.

2) Areas that need further attention to improve the newcomer experience, but aren’t an immediate priority, include: unemployment rate, wages. housing affordability, discrimination in housing access, houselessness, secondary and post-secondary completion rates, access to healthcare, discrimination, crime, social supports and participation, ethnocultural community, effectiveness of services and fostering Canadian-born residents’ support for immigration and diversity.