Since 2018, The London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership (LMLIP) and its partners have been organizing the annual event, ‘All Are Welcome Here’ in March coinciding with the United Nation’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The two main objectives of these annual events are: to educate the public on different forms of discrimination, prejudices, conscious and unconscious biases and their implications for immigrants; and to engage the community in the conversation to make the region a more welcoming community.
All Are Welcome Here 2024
The London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership (LMLIP) with its partners held their free annual All Are Welcome Here, on March 6, 2024 to mark the United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The event took place at the Portuguese Club of London, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. The topic of the event was intersectionality, what it means, how it is represented in different groups and how it shapes the understanding of our world.
Here are some images of this year’s All Are Welcome Here event.
To learn more about issues and tips discussed at past events, follow the links below:
March 22, 2021: All Are Welcome Here 2021: Coming Together As A Community
1. The fourth annual All Are Welcome Here event highlighted how London and Middlesex is coming together as a community to support those in need during the pandemic. In this video you can hear inspiring stories of supports provided by both immigrants and more established members of our community.
March 12, 2020: All Are Welcome Here 2020: Living & Working Without Fear of Discrimination
1. The keynote address, “Unconscious Bias & Implications for Newcomers”, delivered by Dr. Maydianne Andrade, Expert in Creating Equitable Workplaces Professor Biological Sciences, Vice-Dean Faculty Affairs & Equity University of Toronto Scarborough
March 19, 2019: All Are Welcome Here 2019
1. Table Discussions captured in this Report
March 21, 2018: All Are Welcome Here: United in Diversity
1. Keynote address, delivered by Dr. Shelina Kassam, Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, “Understanding Racism in a ‘post-racial’ Canada”
2. Table Discussions Report
All Are Welcome Here: What Unites Us Is Stronger Than What Divides Us
This year, our annual All Are Welcome Here event will take place on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Together we will listen, learn and participate in interactive activities to better understand discrimination in our community and what we can do as individuals, organizations, and a community to combat it. In an effort to mobilize the global goal of eliminating racial discrimination, we must all take action locally, where we are. This event will equip us all to more effectively and actively make contributions to a more welcoming community here in London & Middlesex. After all, what unites us is stronger than what divides us.
Agenda available on the registration page.
Disclaimer: This event will cover sensitive topics. We will do everything possible to ensure an inclusive and safe space for all to participate.
I am London 2021 Celebration
Join us as we celebrate the Faces of I am London 2021. Register using this link.
Stay tuned for the 2022 Youth Forum and the Fifth Annual All Are Welcome Here event in March 2022
All Are Welcome Here 2021: Coming Together As A Community
The London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership and its partners invite you to attend the virtual fourth All Are Welcome Here: Coming Together As A Community
Life as a Refugee
This year’s Life As A Refugee community event has gone virtual! Resilient Together, we can build a more welcoming community.
On June 19th, celebrate World Refugee Day with us!
Share our messages:
What does World Refugee Day mean to you?
Acknowledge World Refugee Day by submitting your Act of Welcome at https://www.1000actsofwelcome.ca/
Let’s celebrate refugee resilience together!
Use our hashtags:
#WorldRefugeeDay #LifeAsARefugee2020 #AllAreWelcomeHere #ResilientTogether
Watch our video:
Dr. Trung Ngo will join us in recognition of World Refugee Day, on June 19th @LondonCCLC or https://lcclc.org/lifeasarefugee/.
Thanks to our LAAR 2020 community partners:
Collège Boréal, Carrefour Communautaire Francophone de London, London & Middlesex Local Immigration Partnership, London Public Library, LUSO Community Services, Pillar Nonprofit Network, Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre, South London Neighbourhood Resource Centre, Thames Valley District School Board, the Western Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations, WIL Employment Connections and the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario.
Thanks to our funder:
Sincere thanks to our 2020 Sponsors:
