Dear colleagues, 

AMSSA is excited to invite you to register for our upcoming 2024 Leadership Forum: A look beyond: Engaging the B.C. Settlement and Integration Sector in Dialogue on Immigration Policy and Practice that will be held on Wednesday, September 25th. 

A look beyond: Engaging the B.C. Settlement and Integration Sector in Dialogue on Immigration Policy and Practice 

As the 2020-2025 IRCC funding cycle draws to a close, it is time for the leadership of the B.C. Settlement and Integration sector to gather and reflect on the wealth of experience that has shaped the sector during the last 5 years. From significant humanitarian movements to changes in political, economic, and social trends, the recent years have shaped the priorities and the approaches taken, both on an individual level, organizationally and a national level, with national sector engagement, and will continue to shape our future. As we prepare to enter a new funding cycle, drawing upon these past experiences will support to build a stronger sector for B.C.’s future. Looking beyond the individual level and positioning ourselves within the larger scope of national sector engagement will be key to ensuring B.C.’s voice is heard in broader dialogues ultimately impacting immigration policy and practice.  

Through a day of networking, discussion, and tablework, leadership will have an opportunity to engage on high-level topics ultimately building a collective voice for the B.C. sector’s national engagement. 

Logistics: 

• Where: Hilton Vancouver Metrotown 
  6083 McKay Ave, Burnaby, BC V5H 2W7 

• When: Wednesday, September 25, 2025, 9:00 A.M. – 4:00 P.M. (Registration will begin at 7:30 A.M.) 

• Planning and Travel Accommodation:  
  • For those needing travel and accommodation, please connect with your IRCC program officer to plan your attendance. It will be up to the individual attending to book their own travel and accommodation. 
• Booking Hotel 
  • Limited number of rooms are available to book with a conference meeting rate (15% off best available rate). To book use this link here. 

• Hotel Parking 
  • Complimentary parking is available for the first 3 hours in the underground parkade in Red, Brown and Green zones on P1, P2, P3 and P4, $3.00 each half hour or portion to a maximum of $13.00 per day inclusive of tax (subject to change). The parkade is accessible off Kingsborough Street. The clearance of the parkade is 6’6″. 

We have the capacity to host two ED/CEO or Director-level representatives per IRCC-funded organization at this Forum.  

The names of both representatives that you plan to send to the Forum should be listed within a single registration form.  

Additionally, a maximum of two additional Director-level representatives can be added in the waitlist section to attend in the case that space becomes available. If space does become available, you’ll be notified. Please note that adding names to the waitlist section does not guarantee the additional participants a spot at the event. Additional seats will be confirmed on a continual basis with notification by September 4th, 2024. 

Please click on the link below to register for the event. You will receive a confirmation email with instructions within 3 days after registering.  

REGISTER HERE

Please Register by September 6th, 2024.

We encourage you to register as early as possible. Should you choose to decline

the invitation, please let us know and we will free up your seat.  

QUESTIONS?

For questions, please contact Hafsa Khan at hkhan@amssa.org.