Membership

Connect with your peers

• Participate in in-person and virtual member meetings (networking, knowledge-sharing, best practices exchange)
• Participate in in-person and virtual meetings with key settlement and integration stakeholders (networking, consultation)
• Have your organization’s initiatives and news shared in ARAISA weekly newsletters, and quarterly Member Spotlight
• Get your organization listed in the online member directory and annual report

Improve your skills

• Participate in in-person and virtual professional development events
• Subscribe to ARAISA weekly newsletters (see previous newsletters here)
• Participate in ARAISA webinars

Have a say on policies and programs

• Have representation, through ARAISA, at provincial, regional and national forums
• Consult on ARAISA priorities and activities
• Participate in ARAISA working groups and committees
• Nominate representatives to the ARAISA Board of Directors*
• Vote at the Annual General Assembly*

* Not available with an Associate Membership

Criteria

We’ve crafted two pathways to cater to the diverse roles within the settlement and integration sector. Whether you qualify as a full member or associate member, we’ve got you covered! Our memberships offer significant benefits to empower your organization and help you provide the best services to clients.

A full member organization must:

• be an incorporated not-for-profit organization in the Atlantic region
• deliver settlement and integration services for all immigrants and refugees as their prime mandate
• have been established for at least one year
• endorse and actively support ARAISA’s mission and objectives
• receive government funding for settlement services delivery
• be governed by a volunteer Board of Directors

An associate member organization must:

• be an incorporated not-for-profit organization in the Atlantic region
• fulfill ONE of the three following conditions:
  – deliver settlement and integration services to immigrants and refugees OR
  – be an umbrella group for immigrant settlement serving agencies OR
  – be a Local Immigration Partnership (LIP/RIF) which works to serve/address the needs of immigrants in their communities
• have been established for at least one year
• endorse and actively support ARAISA’s mission and objectives
• receive government funding for settlement services delivery