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Local Immigration Partnership (LIP) – Lanark & Renfrew is certified to offer The Intercultural Development Inventory® (IDI®) as a complimentary service to local businesses, organizations, and groups in the Lanark and Renfrew County area looking to:

• Increase their group and individual intercultural competency
• Embark on a journey of self-reflection and meaningful change by applying the knowledge learned to real-life situations
• Learn to view culture from a variety of lenses
• Work towards recognizing and appreciating cultural similarities and differences
• Build a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable workplace
• Recognize biases you were previously unaware of that affect judgement
• Be able to develop unbiased hiring practices
• Develop a workplace where all employees feel comfortable, valued, and equal

The entire process is completely private. No individual results are shared with anyone else participating in the process and no group results are shared outside the organization’s chosen participants.

What is the IDI®Assessment?

• The Intercultural Development Inventory®(IDI®) is a statistically reliable, cross-culturally valid measure of intercultural competence owned and copyrighted by Mitchell R. Hammer, Ph.D. The IDI Assessment is rigorously back-translated into each available language and is widely used in corporate, government, military, not-for-profit organizations, and educational institutions (e.g., K-12; universities throughout the world).
• The IDI Assessment is administered by trained and licensed IDI Qualified Administrators. The respondent completing the IDI Assessment is asked to answer a 50-item questionnaire, available online, that can be completed in 15-20 minutes. The Qualified Administrator can then generate Individual and Group IDI Reports based on the respondent’s answers to provide coaching and other services.

How does this service work?

1. Business or organization leadership selects which members of the team they would like to participate in the IDI experience. They would then provide the first name, last name, and email of these participants to LIP.
2. LIP uses this information to provide access to the 50-item online questionnaire to participants via email to complete individually by a deadline provided by the leadership team.
3. Once all participants have completed the inventory, LIP generates a group IDI report, individual IDI reports for all participants, and an individual Intercultural Development Plan (IDP) for all participants. Please note, that there is no group IDP generated.
4. A qualified IDI Administrator from LIP corresponds with the organization’s leadership team to arrange a meeting for all participants to conduct a group IDI debrief. The administrator will explain the different areas of the Intercultural Development Continuum, present the group’s position on this continuum, and evaluate the group’s results and next steps.
5. Qualified IDI Administrators from LIP will then contact participants to conduct individual IDI debriefs where participants will view their individual position on the continuum, and learn about their personalized IDP. The administrator will recommend some activities the individual can engage with to support them on their IDP journey. All debriefs are a come-as-you-are opportunity to do some unbiased self-reflection in a safe space. The debriefs are judgement-free, informal, and full of great conversation. Results are 100% confidential and are not shared with anyone, including the company’s leadership team.
6. A survey will be sent to all participants to offer feedback to LIP to allow us to improve our efforts and approach.
7. The leadership team will have access to LIP’s monthly newsletter with activities, courses, or activities to facilitate a more inclusive and diverse workplace. Individual participants will also have access to a separate newsletter with suggested individual activities aimed at building more cross-cultural competence.
8. LIP will re-administer the IDI to the organization one year later to measure any changes to the group’s orientation on the continuum.

For more information on why you should consider participating, please read the Why Consider the IDI document.

Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark & Renfrew has a limited amount of annual reports available to administer. We are committed to working with your organization on a timeline that suits you best. If your organization is interested in participating, please contact localimmigrationpartnership@algonquincollege.com.

The world of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) can sometimes be empowering and overwhelming. How can someone get started in this space? This 1-hour self-paced online workshop highlights how you can play an important role in DEIB. We explore key terminology and the business case for diversity, then dive into promising practices for diversity, inclusion, belonging, and equity. Everyone has a role to play in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging practices!! Attendees who fully participate in this professional development opportunity will receive a digital certification of completion from Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark & Renfrew.

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Join us for one of our monthly Introduction to Intercultural Competency workshops. This is a free introductory workshop featuring topics like Identity and Culture, Value-based Behaviours, Assigning Meaning and Unconscious Bias. A ‘come-as-you-are’ opportunity to learn more about yourself and the people in your life.

This session is designed to be interactive and to encourage a desire for continuous learning! Attendees who fully participate in this professional development opportunity will receive a digital certification of completion from Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark & Renfrew.

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Join us for one of our monthly Cultural Orientations – Advancing Your Intercultural Competency workshops. This is a free intermediate workshop examining some of the most common Cultural Orientations, including Time, Power Distance, Hierarchy and Communication.

Building on what we learned together in the Introduction to Intercultural Competency workshop, come prepared to evaluate where you fall on the spectrum of orientations based on your own experiences and cultural influences.

We ask that all participants complete the Introduction to Intercultural Competency workshop offered monthly before completing this workshop.

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In order to progress toward inclusion, people must feel understood, supported, and represented. Most of us are learning about allyship and bias for the first time. In this learning path, you’ll explore the foundational skills—mindset, communication, and advocacy—you need to be an effective ally and champion for anti-bias practices in your organization and community.

Our free How to Engage Meaningfully in Allyship and Anti-Bias Practices workshop is open to all.

Attendees who fully participate in this development opportunity will receive a digital certification of participation from Local Immigration Partnership – Lanark & Renfrew.

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