Longstaff: Counter-Stereotype Campaign and Hashtag Hamiltonfor

longstaff: It's now a question of who has the time, who will contribute workwise and funding, according to Hamilton Spectator. The counter-stereotype campaign under hashtag Hamiltonfor All will recruit newcomers to tell their stories in bus shelter ads or on social media, Longstaff said. The Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council HIPC mandated to co-ordinate settlement agencies, has an ambitious strategy that by 2020 includes a campaign to counter negative immigrant stereotypes; a yearly Newcomer Day; a mobile settlement information hub; an annual conference; an updated immigration profile of the city; university research on Syrian integration into labour market; The nine projects some modelled on partnership councils the government set up in other Canadian cities are in the formative stages, says HIPC project manager Nicole Longstaff. The Newcomer Day will be similar to Toronto's. Without it, we would be scrambling to put out fires all the time, Lumsden said. HIPC is key to helping agencies be proactive rather than reactive because it looks at the big picture to make Hamilton a welcoming and safe place for newcomers, says Lily Lumsden, the local YMCA's manager of employment and immigrant services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.