This research project is a collaborative effort between the Toronto South Local Immigration Partnership (TSLIP), Social Planning Toronto (SPT) and the Department of Imaginary Affairs (DIA) taking place between December 2021 and March 2024.
The primary purpose of this research project was to develop a community-based funding model that is reflective of the Toronto South newcomer-serving sector. We conducted a participatory research project using co-design principles and methodologies to centre the voices of Newcomers and racialized leaders within the newcomer-serving sector.
This research project was an opportunity to use a co-design process which purposefully and intentionally focuses on building relationships between participants and works to address how power and resource distribution impacts the newcomer-serving sector.
Our research team has produced two reports to document the project as well as a recorded Town Hall of our proposed funding model.
In May 2023, the project team released a report called Reimagining Funding and Service Delivery for Newcomers: Lessons from the Literature and participants. This report includes an environmental scan of settlement services and gaps in the Toronto South area based on a literature review, focus groups and interviews with Newcomers and Service Providers and a census data review.
The full Reimagining Funding and Service Delivery for Newcomers: Considerations for Relational Infrastructure report includes the participatory research approach, methodology and findings of the model-making phase of the project, the proposed community-based funding and considerations.
This summary of the report is available in English, Simplified Chinese, Tamil, and Arabic.
Research Reports
FULL REPORT – ENGLISH
SUMMARY REPORT – SIMPLIFIED CHINESE
SUMMARY REPORT – ARABIC
SUMMARY REPORT – TAMIL
SUMMARY REPORT – ENGLISH
