Action

Want to join an ELIP Action Table or Working Group?

Bring your voice to the table! Turn your experience into action!

Current Opportunities:

ELIP Community Collaboration Monthly Forum

The Community Collaboration Table hosts an inclusive monthly forum for all service-providing organizations/groups with a desire to enhance the settlement and integration experience of newcomers/immigrants/refugees/migrants in Edmonton.

Opportunities to participate include: 

  • Learning about immigration/settlement demographics/trends.
  • Connecting with diverse communities/networks/organisations/government.
  • Participating in discussions.
  • Sharing information/presentations.
  • Building momentum/solidarity/support around issues of priority.

Join us on the Community Collaboration Table via Zoom.

ELIP Employment Action Table

Building Bridges to Meaningful Employment

The Employment Action Table (EAT) is a collaborative working group designed to bring together job seekers, newcomers, employers, and service providers to create real solutions for employment challenges in Edmonton.

We believe that everyone has a role to play — from employers seeking skilled talent, to service providers supporting job readiness, to newcomers eager to contribute their skills and experience to the local workforce.

At EAT, we:

  • Foster connections between employment support organizations, businesses, and community groups.
  • Break down barriers to hiring and retention for racialized immigrants.
  • Empower employers with culturally appropriate hiring and retention strategies.
  • Enhance job readiness through leadership and workplace skills training.
  • Champion employment equity by advocating for policy and program improvements.

This table is open, inclusive, and action-driven, prioritizing voices that are often underrepresented — including newcomers, Indigenous communities, and people with disabilities. Together, we’re shaping a workforce where diversity thrives, and opportunities are accessible to all.

Join us in creating a more welcoming, equitable, and prosperous Edmonton for everyone.

Interested in contributing to the conversation? Click this link to join us every 3rd Thursday of the month.

ELIP Newcomer Community Safety and Well-being Action Table

At the Community Safety and Wellbeing Action table, we gather opinions and ideas from Edmonton grassroots leaders in newcomer communities in order to create a resource for well-being through community and solidarity. This resource will be developed, and then implemented, through an Action Plan based upon group consensus. This table is scheduled to last one year, but a permanent Grassroots Leader Table will then take on the implementation of the agreed-upon resource in the future.

Contact:

Ardith W.
comms@cfrac.com
780-915-0273

ELIP Action Highlights

  • Indigenous Cultural Teachings
  • Francophone Inclusion
  • Frontline Workers Well-Being Project
  • Computers for Students Project
  • Participatory Engagement at the ELIP Community Collaboration Table/Forum: 50+ partners/monthly; email list is 200+
  • Employment and Education Participatory Research: State of Immigration and Settlement Report – Year Two
  • Black Francophone Communities Safety and Well-being Participatory Research Project
  • Intercultural Community Gathering, August 3, 2023