I. Policy dialogue, community planning and coordination
MOSAIC participates in many policy dialogues, community planning networks, research development, and advisory committees:
Municipal
- Burnaby Board of Trade
- New Westminster Welcoming Community Working Group
- Regional Steering Committee on Homelessness
- Settlement Workers in School Advisory Committees in Vancouver, Burnaby and New Westminster School Districts
- Mayor’s Working Group on Immigration (Vancouver)
- Project Steering Committee, the Dialogue Project between First Nations, Urban Aboriginals & Immigrant Communities in Vancouver
Provincial
- ASPECT (Association of Service Providers for Employability and Career Training)
- BC Council for Families
- Community Coordination on Women’s Safety
- ELSA Net (a network of service providers of English Language Services for Adults)
- ELSA Net Instruction & Assessment Working Group
- ELSA Net Policy Committee, Immigration & Welcome BC
- Ending Relationship Abuse Society
- Enhanced Child Care Evaluation Working Group, Immigration & Welcome BC
- Poverty Reduction Coalition
- Pre-literacy Advisory Committee, Immigration and Welcome BC
- Windows of Opportunity Ethnocultural Committee – a coalition of Vancouver-based ECD table
- AMSSSA (Affiliation of Multicultural Societies and Social Service Agencies of BC)
- IICC (Immigrant Integration Coordinating Committee)
- Active Aging Leadership Council – province-wide leadership council
- BCITP Net (BC Internationally Trained Professional Network)
- BCSAP Settlement Service Reference Group
- CCPA (Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives)
- First Call (BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition)
- IECBC (Immigrant Employment Council of BC)
- NEVCO (Network of East Vancouver Community Organization)
- SPARC BC (Social Planning and Research Council of BC)
National
- Canadian Society of Association Executives – a professional association for senior managers
- CCR (Canadian Council for Refugees) – a refugee advocacy group
- CIC Performance Measurement Advisory Group
- Imagine Canada – a national registered charity that looks into and out for Canada’s charities and non-profits
- SIJPPC (Settlement & Integration Joint Planning and Program Council)
II. Inter-agency planning tables and advisory committees
MOSAIC staff participate in various inter-agency planning tables and advisory committees:
- “Connections to Employment” Job Fair Planning Committee
- Agence Francophone pour l’Accueil des Immigrants – AFAI/Connection Centre
- AIMD BC (Association of International Medical Doctors of British Columbia)
- APLASM (Latin-American Mental Health Workers Association)
- BC Association of Social Workers
- Burnaby Immigrant Planning Table, Burnaby and New Westminster Inter Agency Councils
- CAPC (Community Action Program for Children) Coordinators
- Career Management Association of BC
- Circle of Care and Connection (For Early Childhood Development Refugees and Newcomers)
- Early Childhood Advisory Committee Network 2 and 5 (ECAM)
- Education and Networking for Rehabilitation and Career Practitioners for Francophone Immigrants – CCFI
- Frontline Advocacy Workers Network
- Immigrant Serving Organizations Case Management Working Group
- Iranian Workers Network (IWN)
- Latin American Community Council (LACC)
- My Own Back Yard (MOBY) Community Group
- Online Legal Dictionary Project with Vancouver Community College
- SITE BC (Society of Internationally Trained Engineers of BC)
- South Asian Networking Group
- Stopping the Violence Networking Group
- Vancouver Victim Services Coordinating Committee
- VCC ESL Programs Advisory Committee
- Vietnamese Workers Network
III. Partnerships
MOSAIC partners with numerous organizations to deliver services to the community:
- MOSAIC is the lead organization with Immigrant Services Society of BC, SUCCESS, Progressive Intercultural Community Society, Multicultural Helping House Society, and Jewish Family Services in delivering settlement information and support services in Vancouver, Burnaby, and New Westminster.
- MOSAIC is the lead organization with Immigrant Services Society of BC, SUCCESS, DiverseCity, Burnaby Family Life Institute to deliver a Step Ahead pilot project for multi-barriered families in the Lower Mainland.
- MOSAIC is also the lead organization with Burnaby School District and Early Childhood Development Agencies to pilot a Newcomers’ Centre for Children and Families pilot project in Burnaby.
- MOSAIC, in collaboration with UBC School of Social Work, is implementing a FreeRunning demonstration project to support older refugee youth and young adults in Vancouver.
- MOSAIC collaborates with North Shore Multicultural Society to deliver ELSA classes in the North Shore.
- Building Blocks Vancouver – a partnership with the MCFD, the Health Authority, and Urban Native Society to deliver a home visitation program for at-risk mothers.
