As a collaborative community table, HIPC is in a unique position to focus on the collective impact of efforts to improve local settlement outcomes. To this end, in 2024 a small team of HIPC members began working with advisors from the Centre for Community Based Research. Meeting regularly over the course of a year and collecting input from two large public sessions, we drafted a new Community Plan to shape our focus until 2028.

It is hoped that HIPC partners and the wider community can see how their own work can move our community towards these outcomes.

HIPC’s impact statement is tri-fold, focusing on making Hamilton a welcoming community where newcomers have a positive settlement experience and feel a sense of belonging.

HIPC has adopted four operational principles to guide our work:

1. Working collectively to realize the impact that we envision
2. Centering newcomer lived experience, especially equity deserving groups
3. Leveraging newcomer leadership
4. Working from an anti-racism and anti-oppression lens, promoting education and recognition of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms as it relates to Indigenous and Francophone communities